The word "hyped" was probably used too loosely. I was referring to the advice we all so often give about joining travel team, travel team, travel team...that I think often gets translated into year-round baseball.
When you block a person, they can no longer invite you to a private message or post to your profile wall. Replies and comments they make will be collapsed/hidden by default. Finally, you'll never receive email notifications about content they create or likes they designate for your content.
Note: if you proceed, you will no longer be following .