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We waited too long to ditch the “errybody clap yo hands” tape at the disch. I could see his frustration with change as he aged as a fan. I grew up with him as the only crowd organizer at games.  Clapping to disrupt the pitcher or starting a Texas Fight chant, he was it. As a kid I thought he was the fan we should all want to be, with an affinity for leadership I aspired to be that guy when I grew up, the one all the fans followed. I did grow out of that simple world view but it’s true he had a lasting impact on me as a Texas fan, fact is some of my happiest childhood memories involved following his lead cheering on the horns to a victory at the disch.  

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15 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

We waited too long to ditch the “errybody clap yo hands” tape at the disch. I could see his frustration with change as he aged as a fan. I grew up with him as the only crowd organizer at games.  Clapping to disrupt the pitcher or starting a Texas Fight chant, he was it. As a kid I thought he was the fan we should all want to be, with an affinity for leadership I aspired to be that guy when I grew up, the one all the fans followed. I did grow out of that simple world view but it’s true he had a lasting impact on me as a Texas fan, fact is some of my happiest memories involved following his lead cheering on the horns to a victory at the disch.  

Drunk David ash? 
 

jokes aside, SW was a childhood legend for me and my siblings. Brought us a lot of joy. Rest easy

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1 hour ago, scramblyn said:

We waited too long to ditch the “errybody clap yo hands” tape at the disch. I could see his frustration with change as he aged as a fan. I grew up with him as the only crowd organizer at games.  Clapping to disrupt the pitcher or starting a Texas Fight chant, he was it. As a kid I thought he was the fan we should all want to be, with an affinity for leadership I aspired to be that guy when I grew up, the one all the fans followed. I did grow out of that simple world view but it’s true he had a lasting impact on me as a Texas fan, fact is some of my happiest childhood memories involved following his lead cheering on the horns to a victory at the disch.  

Wilson, Beast, Wild Bunch - all a part of my growing up at The Disch.  I was 6 when my parents bought season tickets the first year.  Section 11, Row 6.  My grandparents were on row 5.  Scott and the bunch were across the field from us.  Along with the above by Scramblyn, also the slow clap building up to a fast one in the 9th to close out the game.  

I let the tickets go after about 40 years of sitting there.  When Patterson raised the prices and sent the renewal the week after Texas went 2 and que at DBU I decided that was it with other things going on in life.  But would still see Scott on occassion, including the last couple of years at a Bourbon/Baseball fund raiser my son organized.

Hook'em Scott!!

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1 hour ago, Kahuna said:

 

This whole sad tale reminds me of a Scott Wilson story when his original orange Caddy convertible made its final stop on the side of the road in Oklahoma while Scott was returning home from a Big 12 game in Kansas.  Even though the vehicle was done, he paid to have it towed back to Texas because he felt "it wouldn't get a Christian burial in Oklahoma." Now I look forward to Scott's final return to Texas. 

I seem to remember seeing that car broken down on the way back from Omaha one year.  

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8 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I seem to remember seeing that car broken down on the way back from Omaha "one" year.  

Sheeeeit.... that fucking Caddy had several broken-down-side-of-the-road deaths 

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1 minute ago, Red Five said:

I’m not sure that the guy who went to a billion consecutive games would appreciate an empty seat in his honor, but it’s a nice idea.

maybe they could make it orange, have it empty for the first game, and then have his family decide what to do with the tickets he had after that. 

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2 hours ago, 1bigtx said:

Is there any way we can comfortably bring Scott back to Texas?

I have wondered about this. I don't know if it could be done while he is still alive or not. 

I know it's a stretch, but it would be a great help to the family if Scott could be brought back to Austin by plane. It certainly wouldn't knock a hole in the athletic budget if UT sent him and his sister back to Austin by a private jet. 

It would cost quite a bit to have the body sent back to Austin by a hearse

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

I’m not sure that the guy who went to a billion consecutive games would appreciate an empty seat in his honor, but it’s a nice idea.

How about one of those cardboard cutouts they did during covid games?

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