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100 sats \ 14 replies \ @grayruby OP 27 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover- Day 54 meta
I was thrown out of a Jays game for buying my ex wife (we weren't married at the time) alcohol when she didn't have her ID with her. (I think I was 28 and she was 24 at the time but they did warn me not to do it and I did it anyways). Don't know why I didn't just go to another vendor (young and arrogant I guess).
And I wasn't permitted to enter a game once. I had gone to a liquid lunch business meeting before an evening game and had time to kill so I stopped into a bar near the stadium. Anyways about half an hour before game time, I was waiting outside one of the stadium gates for my buddy to arrive and decided to make new "friends", needless to say the security guard nearby was unimpressed and told me that he wasn't going to let me in because I was being loud. Again, I could have just said ok screw it, I will go to another gate but I had to protest and argue with him to the point that the nearby police officer walked over and politely told me "you won't be going to the game tonight. go home".
So stupid in retrospect.
This sounds very familiar
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Rogers centre was notorious for very strict security at the time. They have laid off a bit but they used to kick people out for almost anything. I guess there was a mandate at the time that because it was a corporate team they didn't want the stadium to be perceived as place that allows unruly behavior but the pendulum swung a bit to far.
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I never had a problem in New York. We were tame amateurs by local standards. It was always out of town.
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Oh I can remember the games where the young new york guys rolled in to watch the Jays vs Yankees. Those games were great. I learn some great news songs and sayings.
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Believe it or not my craziest friends were Ohio Indians fans. My friend would not stop leaning over the dugout to harass Reggie Jackson. That led to the Anaheim ejection.
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I remember my buddy and I relentlessly heckling Danny Darwin when he was warming up in the bullpen one game. He was a good pitcher for many years but was nearing the end of his career. He had pitched for the Blue Jays a couple years earlier and was awful. I think he was 40 or 41 at this point and didn't have much left. We yelled and razzed him the whole time he was warming up. "He danny, nice knuckleball, throw a fastball", "How's your arthritis today". Haha we were such little shits. I think I was maybe 18 or so.
Then there was Jose Canseco. After he got arrested for domestic violence we laid into him for years, even when he played for Toronto. Every time he would come up we would chant "beat the ball, not your wife".
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Great story. Stadium designers should really consider where to locate bullpens.
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The new dimensions of the Rogers Centre are great. The seats are practically in the bullpen now. They haven't had much problems though. Probably because it is 200 bucks a ticket to sit there.
We used to pay 6 bucks for a 500 level ticket and sneak down to the outfield seats.
I think we need a post about getting kicked out of sporting events. I want to hear some good stories.
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I have a few really good ones. The two I mentioned are pretty entertaining, and I have a few more.
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