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50 sats \ 23 replies \ @siggy47 27 Aug 2023 \ on: Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover- Day 54 meta
I turn off the volume. I can't stand the chatter.
Sometimes the commentators audio cuts out and you just hear the crowd and the sounds of the game and it is amazing. I don't know if I would enjoy it more if all games were like that or if it is like going on a short vacation.
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About 30 years ago I worked for a firm that didn't want to go to New Jersey for Jets games, but they wanted to keep the season tickets. I went to almost every home game for about 4 years and got used to not hearing play by play. With today's screen graphics you really get all the information you need.
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Free corporate seats are always a nice perk. Around 10 years ago a buddy of mine called me a couple hours before an afternoon Blue Jays game. His CEO was supposed to take a client to the game but the guy couldn't make it so the CEO gave the tickets to my buddy and told him to take the rest of the day off and go catch the game. Fortunately I was heading to meet a client close to downtown at the time and could just make the game in time after my meeting.
I have sat right beside the bench for a hockey game (in detroit) and I have sat third row courtside for a basketball game (in toronto) but these were the best seats I have ever sat in. 2nd row in the action seats down the first base line. The blue jays don't even have these seats anymore since they expanded all the netting for fan safety. But these were two small rows of seats they used to have boxed in, in front of the stands down the first and third base line (essentially putting you on the field of play). Amazing. Thought for sure we would get a screeching liner coming our way but no luck.
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Damn. That's nice. Corporate perks. I was all excited that I basically got free seats, and they were good seats too. Not quite as good as yours. But, then reality set in: The Jets have been terrible for 50 plus years. The stadium is pretty damn cold and windy. 2 1/2 hour car ride each way. I eventually stopped accepting the gift. I went to a Monday night blowout against Buffalo, when drunk fans set fire to seat cushions. That night changed the rules for beer sales. I think they stopped at halftime after that.
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Haha Jets fans can get a bit rowdy I guess.
I was at a Jays game that went 19 innings once. It was brutal. 6 hours and all the drunk people around me in the 6th inning were either sober or sleeping by the 19th. Haha.
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Jets fans have been stereotyped as drunken idiots. Stereotypes often have some basis in truth.
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I don't drink anymore but in my youth I tended to overindulge especially at sporting events. I am pretty sure my buddies and I would have been part of the "drunken idiots" crowd at a number of games.
Regrettable now that I have kids. I can't stand when I take my kids to a game and people are just sloppy drunk. Have your drinks, have fun, yell at the players, refs, but don't make everyone around you uncomfortable because you are trashed and an idiot.
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Same. I was almost thrown out of a 1979 World Series game in Baltimore, and I DID get thrown out of a mid 80s Angels Indians game in Anaheim.
Since my daughter was born I get all indignant at bad drunken behavior