The Enemy Uptown: The 2012 Yankee Thread

[metsmarathon]

HahnSolo wrote: I agree with his first comment: "This is just a blip. There's gonna be much worse to come, kid." This generation needs to toughen up. I generally agree, but the couple didn't have to be total asshats about it.

this. they cannot NOT have known that tehy were sitting by a toddler who subsequently was crying because they got the ball he wanted.

the couple got a ball. good for them. they could have made a kid's day. that's better.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Note: there's a certain level of sarcasm content on my post, mostly informed by the fact that I have a 4-year-old who constantly says "I want!" I'm working on getting him to accept "You get what you get and you don't get upset."

[HahnSolo]

metsmarathon wrote: the couple got a ball. good for them. they could have made a kid's day. that's better.

Bingo.

[Edgy MD]

We're just the best people in the world, aren't we? If only the world would act more like us.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wifey would never let me take Lunchpail to a night baseball game when he was that little. If she saw this clip that's exactly what she'd say.

[metsmarathon]

Edgy DC wrote: We're just the best people in the world, aren't we? If only the world would act more like us.

well, there'd be a lot more mets fans, thats for sure.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And this forum would have about seven billion members.

[metsmarathon]

jeez, think how much harder it would be to ifnd a good parking spot at the game!

[metirish]

I can do without the six billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred eighty-five extra members.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, also, there would be no wars, except over the fairness of classic-rock-countdown-contest scoring, and how unreasonably hopeful Ceetaria was.

The way they conducted themselves seems unfortunate, and they seem like people I'd have an easy time disliking. But then, I also dislike James Blunt and Brett Ratner and too-slow drivers in the left-hand lane, and I'm not going out of my way to line THEM up against the wall. Yet.

[Vic Sage]

i hate being in line for something behind people who, when they get up to the window/cash machine/clerk/etc, act as if they didn't expect it, or are too busy texting/phoning/etc to notice, and so don't have their card/cash/item/etc ready to use/purchase/etc, and have to dig through their bags/wallet/pockets/etc looking for the thing THEY SHOULD HAVE OUT AND WAITING SINCE THEY HAD SO MUCH GODDAMN TIME WAITING ON THE GODDAMN LINE ALREADY!

It started with old people at cash machines but its become everybody everywhere and i want to kill them. kill them all. skinning them slowly with a dull blade and stuffing their flayed flesh down their goddamn throats...

ah, don't get me started.

[Frayed Knot]

Vic Sage wrote: i hate being in line for something behind people who, when they get up to the window/cash machine/clerk/etc, act as if they didn't expect it, or are too busy texting/phoning/etc to notice, and so don't have their card/cash/item/etc ready to use/purchase/etc, and have to dig through their bags/wallet/pockets/etc looking for the thing THEY SHOULD HAVE OUT AND WAITING SINCE THEY HAD SO MUCH GODDAMN TIME WAITING ON THE GODDAMN LINE ALREADY!

Along those lines, mine is the women (and, yes, it's ALWAYS women) who, upon hearing the total at the supermarket check-out line when paying cash, suddenly declare to the checker; "oh wait, I have the three pennies" before proceeding to rummage through the overnight bag-sized purse for the three cents - AS IF THE FACT THAT THE TOTAL OF NINE RANDOM ITEMS NOT COMING OUT TO AN EXACT ROUND DOLLAR AMOUNT COMES AS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO THEM!!!
If dumping off the three pennies rather than gaining two is so fuckin' important to you then have four pennies at the ready BEFORE YOU GET THERE so that you can dish off however many it takes to round to the nearest nickel.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm not sure where the Yankees thread became a pet peeve thread, but it doesn't seem inappropriate that it went that way.

I remember once I was at Woolworths (yes, this was quite a while ago) and the man in front of me at the checkout line was from the Middle East somewhere. He actually wanted to negotiate the total of his order with the cashier. She said $72 and he offered her 50. When she refused to budge even a little he was totally perplexed and walked away without completing his purchase.

[Edgy MD]

A moral roadmap at Deaspin to help you escape the censure of Sterling.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Red Sox chick gets kicked in the face at MFY Stadium III on Sat night.

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Understand now why Gwreck told me not wear a Mets cap there.

[Gwreck]

Note the usher standing in the background doing nothing. Classy joint, that place.

Disclaimer: it seems pretty clear she was being a douchebag herself.

[Met Hunter]

Frayed Knot wrote: Vic Sage wrote: i hate being in line for something behind people who, when they get up to the window/cash machine/clerk/etc, act as if they didn't expect it, or are too busy texting/phoning/etc to notice, and so don't have their card/cash/item/etc ready to use/purchase/etc, and have to dig through their bags/wallet/pockets/etc looking for the thing THEY SHOULD HAVE OUT AND WAITING SINCE THEY HAD SO MUCH GODDAMN TIME WAITING ON THE GODDAMN LINE ALREADY! Along those lines, mine is the women (and, yes, it's ALWAYS women) who, upon hearing the total at the supermarket check-out line when paying cash, suddenly declare to the checker; "oh wait, I have the three pennies" before proceeding to rummage through the overnight bag-sized purse for the three cents - AS IF THE FACT THAT THE TOTAL OF NINE RANDOM ITEMS NOT COMING OUT TO AN EXACT ROUND DOLLAR AMOUNT COMES AS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO THEM!!! If dumping off the three pennies rather than gaining two is so fuckin' important to you then have four pennies at the ready BEFORE YOU GET THERE so that you can dish off however many it takes to round to the nearest nickel.

I've often wondered about these people. If they're always sifting through their purse for the exact change, how do they have it to begin with? Are there times when they say fuck it, and take the extra pennies? And why am I never around when they do?
The only time I give exact change is to mess with the kid taking the money. I'll usually give them a penny or two, when the total is like 56 or 67 and watch them scramble to figure out the change. They always look at the register for help. I remember when you'd have to constantly count in your head. And you never got it wrong.

[Fman99]

Fucking savages, all of them. See what the designated hitter does to people?

[MFS62]

Fman99 wrote: See what the designated hitter does to people?

This.
And if it remains unchecked, it will mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Later

[Met Hunter]

Being drunk or acting like a douchebag or not, any man that kicks a woman in the face is no man.

[Guest themetfairy]

It appears there was no shortage of douchbaggery or adult beverages with any of the participants.

[HahnSolo]

Met Hunter wrote: Being drunk or acting like a douchebag or not, any man that kicks a woman in the face is no man.

It was a woman kicker, no?

[metsmarathon]

red sox chick walked outta there with a concussion, no?

bitch-kicker shoulda walked outta there with an assault & battery charge.

usher should walk outta there with a pink slip.

[Edgy MD]

It's amazing to me how much aggression is permitted to fester in ballparks before staff intervene. With concrete floors ready to crack skulls open, iron rails and armrests ready to break spines over, and bleacher overhangs inviting you to plummet to your death, it's just outrageous to look the other way at ballpark violence.

It would help if some those Cellphone Scorsceses would stop recording and call security.

My last time in Yankee Stadium was... my last time in Yankee Stadium. I tried to intervene in a fan-on-fan thing and it got all pear-shaped really fast.

[Met Hunter]

HahnSolo wrote: Met Hunter wrote: Being drunk or acting like a douchebag or not, any man that kicks a woman in the face is no man. It was a woman kicker, no?

Geez. Just looked at it again. You're right. Sure don't make 'em like they used to.

[Methead]

I'm currently serving the 39th year of my self-imposed lifetime ban from Yankee Stadium.

[Ceetar]

Methead wrote: I'm currently serving the 39th year of my self-imposed lifetime ban from Yankee Stadium.

I get out to on average .75 games a year at that place (i.e. I've been to two in three years) I like feeling superior and walking around think "Look at this ridiculousness" and "Citi Field does this better" and "They sponsor THIS too?!"

I mean, I like stadiums and I'm guaranteed to like exactly one of the teams playing baseball that day, so it's not all bad.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've been to Yankee Stadium twice. Once, in 1984, because I figured I ought to go once in my life, and I was able to get $1.50 bleacher seats for a Yankees-Red Sox game.

The second time was in 1985, to see Tom Seaver win his 300th game.

I can't imagine anything that would induce me to go there again. So I'm in the 27th year of my personal Yankee Stadium exile.

And Ceetar, check your math. Two divided by three isn't 0.75.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've been to Yankee Stadium twice. Once, in 1984, because I figured I ought to go once in my life, and I was able to get $1.50 bleacher seats for a Yankees-Red Sox game. The second time was in 1985, to see Tom Seaver win his 300th game. I can't imagine anything that would induce me to go there again. So I'm in the 27th year of my personal Yankee Stadium exile. And Ceetar, check your math. Two divided by three isn't 0.75.

there's a tax at Yankee Stadium. costs you half a game to get in, and you pay with your dignity.

The new place is..better. At least from a fan perspective. I went once with my Uncle and once to see the Mets, so there were mitigating factors. I think the perfect comparison is an airport terminal. Maybe terminal 4 or 5 would make a good example at JFK. You have to go through a ridiculous screening process, can't bring in bags above a certain size, and everything inside is designed to try to get you to spend money. They've got some good food, but it doesn't make up for it.

[soupcan]

I think I was at the old Yankee Stadium maybe 3 times for baseball games (the first Yankee/Met interleague when Mlicki pitched and a Yankee playoff game against the Rangers in the early 90's, or late '80s? Don't remember any others but there must have been at least one) and I saw a U2 concert there.

I've been to the new place once and that was for a Syracuse football game (2011 Pinstripe Bowl -v- Rutgers) so I need a ruling on whether or not it counts.