Stopping the Sale of Alcohol at MLB Games

kq76 · 04-19-2003, 09:11 PM

With all the recent bad behaviour of fans at MLB games, including Carl Everett getting hit in the head with a cell phone (see: http://sportsnet.ca/mlb/story/105079...10507984102443), there's been talk that perhaps MLB should stop stadiums from selling alcohol at games? Not that they will because I doubt many people think they will for financial reasons, but should they?

AnotherAlias · 04-19-2003, 09:31 PM

No. It's entertaining every once in a while to see some drunken idiot run out onto the field and get his butt kicked by both benches.

Seriously though, like you said, they might stand to lose too much money because of a few bad seeds. It doesn't sound prudent.

blubbla · 04-19-2003, 10:03 PM

They need to enforce sensible limits regarding their sales, something that has been ignored.

If a fan is obviously intoxicated, the team should have the right (and sometimes use it) to ask them to leave, just as any person has the right to kick them out of their house.

(I know, the problem exists with them being paying customers...)

TLBOrioles · 04-20-2003, 07:37 AM

I fail to see a problem with Carl Everett getting hit in the head with a cell phone.

Draft Dodger · 04-20-2003, 11:05 AM

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Originally posted by TLBOrioles
I fail to see a problem with Carl Everett getting hit in the head with a cell phone.

then you are a dumb ass.

blubbla · 04-20-2003, 12:21 PM

Agreed. Nobody deserves that (unless they provoke it...).

Eckstein 4 Prez · 04-20-2003, 12:24 PM

Well said, DD.

twins15 · 04-20-2003, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
then you are a dumb ass.

I am guessing he was joking, but just did not put any smiley face.

P.S. If he was not joking, disregard this post.

TLBOrioles · 04-20-2003, 02:53 PM

From now on, all my posts will come with a

so as to avoid any assaults on my intellect from people who don't detect an obvious attempt at humor.

blubbla · 04-20-2003, 03:35 PM

Thats better.

Draft Dodger · 04-20-2003, 06:22 PM

for the record, I knew he was joking, and I also was joking, but I am going through another "Smiley Faces Are Too Effinate" phase.

sixfour210 · 04-20-2003, 07:17 PM

effinate?

you mean effeminate?

twins15 · 04-20-2003, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
for the record, I knew he was joking, and I also was joking, but I am going through another "Smiley Faces Are Too Effinate" phase.

You say that now.

Draft Dodger · 04-20-2003, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by sixfour210
effinate?

you mean effeminate?

yep. typo.

LivnLegend · 04-20-2003, 07:58 PM

I can not imagine any scenario in which beer will not be sold at baseball games anytime in the near future. To suggest that the drunken field charging fans in Commiskey or the idiot in Oakland who threw the cell phone are part of some new trend is ludicrous. Fans have been making asses of themselves for years. From Cobb to Everett, this is nothing new.

Besides, ask officials from Coors Field, Miller Park, and Busch Stadium how they feel about banning beer sales.

Rizon · 04-20-2003, 10:11 PM

From someone who is not joking: I dont see anything wrong with Carl Everett being plunked with anything.

sixfour210 · 04-20-2003, 10:16 PM

Rizon, the game of baseball should be played on the field, not in the stands. When fans interfere physically with the game of baseball, that's where the line has to be drawn, no matter who it is.

blubbla · 04-20-2003, 10:34 PM

Everett is a jerk, but he still doesn't deserve that.

Draft Dodger · 04-20-2003, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rizon
From someone who is not joking: I dont see anything wrong with Carl Everett being plunked with anything.

hmmm - Rizon lives in Oakland.
the incident was in Oakland.
Rizon thinks the incident was ok...

viper31631 · 04-21-2003, 12:19 AM

I say no because these things would happen either way. People who have been doing them have not been drunk.

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sixfour210 All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,227	effinate? you mean effeminate? __________________

04-20-2003, 07:58 PM	#15
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	I can not imagine any scenario in which beer will not be sold at baseball games anytime in the near future. To suggest that the drunken field charging fans in Commiskey or the idiot in Oakland who threw the cell phone are part of some new trend is ludicrous. Fans have been making asses of themselves for years. From Cobb to Everett, this is nothing new. Besides, ask officials from Coors Field, Miller Park, and Busch Stadium how they feel about banning beer sales. __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

04-19-2003, 09:31 PM	#2
AnotherAlias Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I'm back...for now Posts: 4,190	No. It's entertaining every once in a while to see some drunken idiot run out onto the field and get his butt kicked by both benches. Seriously though, like you said, they might stand to lose too much money because of a few bad seeds. It doesn't sound prudent.

04-19-2003, 10:03 PM	#3
blubbla Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Herscher, IL Posts: 2,460	They need to enforce sensible limits regarding their sales, something that has been ignored. If a fan is obviously intoxicated, the team should have the right (and sometimes use it) to ask them to leave, just as any person has the right to kick them out of their house. (I know, the problem exists with them being paying customers...)

04-20-2003, 07:37 AM	#4
TLBOrioles Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 188	I fail to see a problem with Carl Everett getting hit in the head with a cell phone.

04-20-2003, 12:21 PM	#6
blubbla Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Herscher, IL Posts: 2,460	Agreed. Nobody deserves that (unless they provoke it...).

04-20-2003, 02:53 PM	#9
TLBOrioles Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 188	From now on, all my posts will come with a so as to avoid any assaults on my intellect from people who don't detect an obvious attempt at humor.

04-20-2003, 03:35 PM	#10
blubbla Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Herscher, IL Posts: 2,460	Thats better.

04-20-2003, 10:11 PM	#16
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,370	From someone who is not joking: I dont see anything wrong with Carl Everett being plunked with anything. __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

04-20-2003, 10:16 PM	#17
sixfour210 All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,227	Rizon, the game of baseball should be played on the field, not in the stands. When fans interfere physically with the game of baseball, that's where the line has to be drawn, no matter who it is. __________________

04-20-2003, 10:34 PM	#18
blubbla Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Herscher, IL Posts: 2,460	Everett is a jerk, but he still doesn't deserve that.

04-21-2003, 12:19 AM	#20
viper31631 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 69	I say no because these things would happen either way. People who have been doing them have not been drunk.