Short hops
Interleague baseball. Tonight. Temper the excitement.
Consider last month’s rainy showdown with the Braves but an appetizer for the next fortnight of interleague action. The Red Sox won’t meet up with another AL opponent until June 25 when they fly to Seattle. Red Sox fans may want to actually stay away, or at least behave themselves for that series at Safeco Field, where they are actually handing out the equivalent of a red card for bad behavior.
“This season, Safeco began employing snoops who score ballpark staff on their responsiveness to bad language and tense situations in the crowd, among other things,” reports Seattle Weekly. According to Safeco usher Ruth Wilson, the loudest objections usually come from New York or Boston boosters. “They get confused when I say, ‘We don’t do that here,'” she said.
Hmm. In case you were wondering, here’s a list of the offenses:
•Foul/abusive language or obscene gestures
•Intoxication or other signs of impairment related to alcohol consumption
•Displays of affection not appropriate in a public, family setting
•Obscene or indecent clothing
•Any disruption of a game or event, including throwing of objects or trespassing on the playing field or other restricted areas
•Sitting in a location other than the guest’s ticketed seat
•Fighting, taunting or making threatening remarks or gestures
•Smoking or the use of tobacco products, in any form
Just think, if they applied these same rules to the clubhouses, they might have four or five players ready to suit up.
No, it was actually my mother, who felt the need to call after the eighth inning to inform me that Curt Schilling was throwing a no-hitter in the game I just happened to be watching. She subsequently told me to watch my mouth.
Or maybe it was these two schlubs seated behind the San Francisco Red Sox Fan, who actually said the words, “no-hitter” when one happened to be, you know, going on in the game they were at. The nerve.
Wait, it was this guy.
Schilling, of course, placed the blame on himself for shaking off Jason Varitek with two outs in the ninth, which we assume he’ll probably never do again from here on out. Shannon Stewart was thinking fastball since Schilling had thrown nothing but in the inning, and he was ready for it. Slap.
Certainly not everyone was excited about Schilling’s bid with history in Oakland yesterday. From the SFist: “We’d like to thank Shannon Stewart for ending Curt Schilling’s possible no-hitter, which he was one out away from getting (he was a Julio Lugo error away from having a perfect game up until that point), and thus keeping the already insufferable Curt Schilling from being even more insufferable. We’re sure ESPN thanks him too because it kept them from having to stop their 24 hours of LeBron coverage to actually cover another story (although as it involves the Red Sox, it wouldn’t be that difficult to do).”
Hey, they broke away from that compelling draft coverage. Isn’t that good enough?
Are you pay-rolled by Direct TV? It’s a clear truth that the general consumer is being *&^%$# by the Direct TV deal – consumers who may not be able to afford the ridiculous price.
I think it’s your responsibility as a journalist or so-called journalist to be the guardian of truth. But evidently, same as most others who claim to be journalists, you just print crap for the sole purpose of stirring up people’s emotions so that they will visit your pages and generate revenue. If I ever meet anyone like you in person it will punch your lights out.
Fix it.
I don’t know where to go with this, but I’d better fix something. Soon.
