Comments on: Nationals: PLEASE SIT DOWN DURING AN AT BAT! http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/06/24/nationals-please-sit-down-during-an-at-bat/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/06/24/nationals-please-sit-down-during-an-at-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-15280 Frank Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:10:23 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/?p=8952#comment-15280 Well whether Soccer is less/more boring than baseball is not the point. I paid to see a game, not your Ronaldo jersey....Oh wait, I already used a "jersey" joke. how about...I paid to see a game, not your umbros. Well whether Soccer is less/more boring than baseball is not the point. I paid to see a game, not your Ronaldo jersey….Oh wait, I already used a "jersey" joke.

how about…I paid to see a game, not your umbros.

]]> By: carlosdelvaca http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/06/24/nationals-please-sit-down-during-an-at-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-15279 carlosdelvaca Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:47:52 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/?p=8952#comment-15279 This has long been a problem, and it's not just here. I was at a game at Shea some years ago, and in the bottom of the first the Mets loaded the bases for Mike Piazza (back when he was still good). That's when the folks three rows in front of us thought it a good time to stand up and all shift around for a while. Hellooooooo? Are you dying or something? Pay attention! As for the soccer guy, you are entitled to your opinion that baseball is boring, but still and all, you are never more than a minute or two away from a break in the action long enough to get to your seat then. I don't think it's asking too much for you to wait, rather than come in during an at-bat and block those of us who actually watch the game. (And yes, I like soccer too, it is possible to enjoy both.) As for the "attendance record," I think the Nats are taking a page from the Orioles' playbook. I don't know how many times I've been at Camden Yards and they've announced a new regular season attendance record. I think any time it's a big game and they want to play it up, they sell one more standing-room ticket and call it a record. Don't be surprised to see a new record set at Nats Park tonight, and broken tomorrow. This has long been a problem, and it’s not just here. I was at a game at Shea some years ago, and in the bottom of the first the Mets loaded the bases for Mike Piazza (back when he was still good). That’s when the folks three rows in front of us thought it a good time to stand up and all shift around for a while. Hellooooooo? Are you dying or something? Pay attention!

As for the soccer guy, you are entitled to your opinion that baseball is boring, but still and all, you are never more than a minute or two away from a break in the action long enough to get to your seat then. I don’t think it’s asking too much for you to wait, rather than come in during an at-bat and block those of us who actually watch the game. (And yes, I like soccer too, it is possible to enjoy both.)

As for the "attendance record," I think the Nats are taking a page from the Orioles’ playbook. I don’t know how many times I’ve been at Camden Yards and they’ve announced a new regular season attendance record. I think any time it’s a big game and they want to play it up, they sell one more standing-room ticket and call it a record. Don’t be surprised to see a new record set at Nats Park tonight, and broken tomorrow.

]]> By: splinter http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/06/24/nationals-please-sit-down-during-an-at-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-15278 splinter Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:35:51 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/?p=8952#comment-15278 Uh oh. Who let the Soccer nerd in here? Quick -- slowly back away and nobody look at him, unless you want to spend hours talking about the latest spectacular nil-nil contest, how all sports should use the relegation system, or how "diving" is not pussies trying to cheat but an integral part of the beautiful game. Whonix, Baseball is boring to you because you're boring, or because you don't know what's going on. Uh oh. Who let the Soccer nerd in here? Quick — slowly back away and nobody look at him, unless you want to spend hours talking about the latest spectacular nil-nil contest, how all sports should use the relegation system, or how "diving" is not pussies trying to cheat but an integral part of the beautiful game.

Whonix, Baseball is boring to you because you’re boring, or because you don’t know what’s going on.

]]> By: whonix http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/06/24/nationals-please-sit-down-during-an-at-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-15277 whonix Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:14:47 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/?p=8952#comment-15277 It's baseball dude - what do you seriously think you're going to miss? It's only because it's the world's most mind-numbingly dull pastime its players can physically afford to play almost every day. Now, if you were talking about a real sport like soccer, your frustration would be totally justified. I didn't think baseball fans really went for the games anyway - I thought it was for the beer and hot dogs and the atmosphere and conversation in the stands. The "game" always seemed pretty irrelevant, no? It’s baseball dude – what do you seriously think you’re going to miss? It’s only because it’s the world’s most mind-numbingly dull pastime its players can physically afford to play almost every day. Now, if you were talking about a real sport like soccer, your frustration would be totally justified. I didn’t think baseball fans really went for the games anyway – I thought it was for the beer and hot dogs and the atmosphere and conversation in the stands. The "game" always seemed pretty irrelevant, no?

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