Gothamist: One, Two, Three Stupid Baseball Fan Incidents

JMH

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:53:46 -0500

How are drunks fighting at a baseball game newsworthy? That happens EVERY TIME THE METS PLAY THE PHILLIES.

Mr Mel

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:29:52 -0500

Hey Karen lets get the joke right: I went to the fights and a baseball game broke out. Originally it was a hockey joke, but these days, you could substitute any sports event.

XxSuntoucherxX

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:30:05 -0500

So basically, Met fans are emulating Yankee fan behavior? Great...

Karen

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:52:42 -0500

A few things... I'm in love. I want that old, beer bellied, shirtless, loudmouthed, obnoxious blowhard for my soulmate! Address please! Think we can do like that guy months ago did on the subway, when he saw that girl? Maybe we'll be on Good Morning America! I will fight for this man! During a fight, a baseball game was played. For every fan, there should be a security guard. This would sell out all the games, and put a lot of folks named Bubba and Butch to work. Solve two problems at once. Ok, to be serious...I agree with Ace. Ditch the beer. Of course there would still be fights, and drinking. Whenever more than 4 people get together, chances are, at least one of them thinks he or she is Ruler of the World, and Must Be Obeyed. But, cutting out the booze, would calm a lot of them down. Of course, people are going to find ways to hide a flask, but let 'em drink Pepsi! If they can't do that for a few hours, let them sit at home in front of the tv, and watch the game with their 12 pack.

sonyactivision

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:13:23 -0500

If this were Brazil, fans would be passed toward the exits in body bags. New Yorkers are pussies.

Dave Hogarty

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:56:54 -0500

I suggest reading sections of Nick Hornby's "Fever Pitch," where as a young man he was both exhilarated and afraid for his life from the sheer mass of the crowds at Arsenal home games and their potential to go wild. As he's grown, he actually approves of certain modifications to the crowd situations at English soccer stadiums, while acknowledging the loss of certain sense of psychotic group intensity. Don't blame the concessionaires. Those guys are there to make money and aren't babysitters. Everyone can easily identify the guy in his or her section who has had too much to drink and is on the verge of being an a-hole or has already crossed the line. Stadium security should be a little more pro-active in bouncing those jerks, without negotiation. Maybe people will eventually get the message that a ballgame is not the place to tie one on to the point where you're a nuisance.

Mr Mel

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:50:07 -0500

Ace is right. The morons who consume too much alcohol at a sporting event and then go on a rampage ruin it for everyone. I don't know if they still have a "family section" at Shea, but that was a dumb idea." No son, we can't sit there because people drink too much and this is our national sport and we have to sit here so you we won't get hurt". I'm not a prohibitionist nor a teetotaler, but I don't want to subject myself or my family to these drunks, let them watch the games in a bar where the server should know when to cut them off. Let's not have them in a situation where the beer sellers are on commission and really don't care how drunk they get. That guy that was thrown over the railing could really have been seriously hurt, but the two of them probably wouldn't have been missed anyway.

Ace

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:23:58 -0500

Easy solution, STOP serving beer at sporting events.

Kojak

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:04:23 -0500

It goes to show that we New Yorkers are crazy about our baseball teams. Literally

berniegoetz

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:56:20 -0500

"Last night, there a Mets fan was arrested" "...someone captured the a fight in the stands."