<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">SAN ANTONIO -- Marcy Gomez stood in front of her seat Sunday night and gestured toward the surrounding area at the SBC Center. "This is nothin' but bums," she said. She meant it as a compliment. "We're the best fans in the world," she said. "We're No. 1." Gomez, 62, of San Antonio, is a member of the Baseline Bums, a group of people who are so serious about the Spurs, they'll support the team until the day they die. And beyond. Take Jo Anne Boeer, 74, of San Antonio. When Steve Kerr played for the Spurs, he gave her a game-worn jersey and signed it, "To Jo Anne, my No. 1 fan ..." "I'm being buried in it," Boeer said. "I've told my family." Um, OK. Anyway, the Bums have a long, colorful history. George Gervin, the Detroit native and Eastern Michigan product who starred in San Antonio for 12 years, called them part of the franchise's foundation. "The Baseline Bums, they don't miss nothing," Gervin said. "I always felt the Baseline Bums were our sixth man on the floor. They were special to us." Back in the Spurs' ABA and early NBA days at the HemisFair Arena, the Bums sat within striking distance of the players and coaches. While a guy known as Big George would wave a Texas flag, the Bums would sometimes throw items like beer bottles at the Spurs' opponents.</div> Source
