Will sent this to me in May…it’s been sitting at the top of my “stuff to get to” line in what has been a busy spring and summer. Anyways, an interesting discussion…
Shannon –
Something happened at the Mets/Giants game last night that really bothered me, and I wanted to share it with you.
I was sitting in the fifth row of section 313, in the obnoxiously named Excelsior section. In the bottom of the 8th with the score tied 6-6, a young fan in a Reyes jersey two rows in front of me stood up and started clapping. He wasn’t drunk, or obnoxious. He was just excited.
I stood up as well, and began clapping. Moments later, the usher walked down the steps and told the fan in the jersey to sit down, which he did without incident.
The usher didn’t admonish me, maybe because there was nobody sitting behind me in the sparsely populated section. But if he had, I would not have sat down. This is not the Philharmonic. It’s a baseball game. And I’d think the team would be happy that people still care enough to stand up and cheer.
Not long after, I heard the fan talking to his buddies. “This stadium is like a funeral,” he said. He was right.
Sounds like a case of the old “down in front.” I’m probably the wrong person to ask since I’m a curmudgeon and wish we could all sit down at concerts…but a tie game, late in the game, I can see it. Get a cheer started.
Now if this fan were getting up every time RA Dickey got ahead in the count I’d be president of the Sit Down Club.
Sounds to me like the usher handled it well. Thoughts?
