and the dude behind me asked me if i know that when i stand up he cant see. wtf is that!?

Saving the money aside…do you regret giving them up? Guess you figure you could always get seats, but it’s hard to know when they’re going to get good and then have to try and get seats that are as good as the ones you had before if not better.

i have nba league package and no other announcers are more loyal then barnett and co.

I have my own personal opinions about attending the 4 major sports in the Bay Area:

1. Basketball: LIVE – The action is non-stop and since the Arena isn’t that big, you really get into the action! It’s definitely not the same watching it on TV. You don’t get to feel the energy!

2. Hockey: LIVE – Actually never have been to a game, but you can just tell by watching it on TV that it’s fun to be there! Just like basketball it’s non-stop action so you really get into it when you’re there than when you’re just watching it on TV.

3. Baseball: LIVE – It’s not the most exciting sport to watch on either TV or live, but at least when you’re live you can drink and check out chicks and stuff like that. Maybe if there was some in-house commentating it would make it more fun and then I’d probably pay more attention while I was there.

4. Football: TV – Probably the worst sport to attend. Unless you have like 50 yard line seats, it sucks to be sitting on one end of the field. You just can’t see what’s going on since the field is so big. It’s also more fun when you can drink and have pizza while watching the game on a big screen TV w/ your friends and family.

So let me ask you this…Would you have rather watched the Warriors during the playoffs on a nice big screen HD TV or at the Arena?

I agree that live music is better than a CD if the music is somewhat up-tempo. I have actually had the good fortune of opening up for one of my favorite bands a couple of times.

But some bands are better live than others whereas sports are always better for me on TV because I can see plays better, especially balls and strikes.

I agree that he’s a bit of a homer and so does he:

Most local broadcasters would recoil against being labeled a “homer.” Not Bob Fitzgerald, a Chicago native who broadcasts the Warriors’ games on TV.

“So a guy is a homer, so what?” he said. “You live with these guys (the players). You care about them and their families. You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t care about them.”

He said his support for the Warriors doesn’t stop him from criticizing their play. “If players are not getting back on defense, you have every right to be critical,” he said.

Maybe he’s being a bit more critical because of that article. He annoys me a lot less now than he did during his first few years. That said, Greg Papa and Jim Barnett were the best announcing team I’ve ever heard do basketball. Tim Roye is Excellent as well minus the idiotic “elevation sensation” which is equivilent to saying “yes, I am that white”.

Barnett is as objective in his analysis as he is completely inflexible in his idea that there is a “right way and a wrong way” to do something on the basketball court. He’s clearly rooting for the Warriors but his analysis of individual plays are very objective, clear and thorough.

It would be a protest symbolizing what Cohan has done to a once proudly mediocre Bay Area franchise.

:(

Does Union City still claim to be the “Gateway to Silicon Valley”? Someone should tell them that Union City is the Gateway to Fremont which is the gateway to Milpitas which is the gateway to Silicon Valley.