On Mon, 5 May 2008, AguaGirl wrote:
:Isn't this taking fandom a little overboard? I mean, unless it's
actually
:Pete Rose's mom. Seriously, making up stuff like this, the ridiculous
:dedication to the whole rose award thing. The guy has been out of
baseball
:forever, and hasn't done anything since baseball to warrant such
devotion.
:IMO, it crosses the line from Fan to scary get a restraining order
fanatic
:I love the game and there are players I admire but even the screaming
:fainting teeny bopper who faints at one glance from her idol pales in
:comparison to this guy.
:Guess it takes all kinds.
This guy has exhibited borderline stalker behavior in the past. At one
point, he created a female cheerleader persona "Merry McGrath" (which
through NG headers was shown to clearly be the same person, and then if
there was any doubt, "Merry McGrath" had a daily "Shaq Award" in the
baseball newsgroups) and chatted up people in teen newsgroups. Creepy
stuff like:
From: merry mcgrath (merrym8...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
)
Subject: Re: A Question I have about ***.
Newsgroups: alt.teens.penpals
Date: 1998/09/06
E-mail question: Do I engage in ***? Yes, I do. Quite
regularly. It's one of the advantages of being a cheerleader. Yes,
I'm 16, but that's alright. Throughout history, children have
participated in many wars.
***
Yeah, that's right. alt.teens.penpals. There's other creepy stuff out
there too, but that's the one most easily found through google groups.
Not only a bonafide s***bag, but a possible pedophile. Whee!
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M. Zaiem Beg zbeg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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