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Hecklers
At the beginning of the game, there weren't a whole lot of people in the gym and there was one guy in the second row spouting quite a bit in the first quarter (my position as Trail was usually about 10 feet from him) and rabbit ears or not, anyone would hear him. Finally when he agreed with a call he stated "good call". As I inbounded the ball right next to his kneecaps, I had to mention, with a smile that "it's always a good call when it goes your way". We chuckled and he wasn't so verbal from then on.
When we came out for the second game and stood opposite the scorer's table during warmups, we were right in front of a group of the home fans that had been riding us earlier. They were making comments about us back and forth that I'm pretty sure we were meant to hear. Perhaps this was not according to Hoyle but I turned and smiled again and asked them if they were getting their money's worth. Most chuckled but one lady in particular went on and on about our calls (her team lost the freshman game) and we shouldn't even be paid, etc. etc. I had to bite my lip to keep from telling her we don't get paid enough to put up with people like her.
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