Wild Bill Hagy was one of the first ultimate superfans in sports. He was the greatest Baltimore Orioles fan and always participated in meaningful and intense ways while he was attending a ballgame, which was almost always for almost two decades in the 70's and 80's. Baseball, like its brethern basketball and football, now frowns on fan behavior like this in the taj mahal ballparks that have been built in the last 20 years and takes an active role in discouraging and eliminating such overt enthusiastic fan support. Too bad you have to go a college or high school game to be able to experience rabid fans like Bill Hagy. He really helped the Orioles have a greater home field advantage when he was at a game leading and encouraging active and fun fan support.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.connolly21aug21,0,555626.column?coll=bal_sports_baseball_util
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hagy
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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