Monday, following the Yankees 7-6 win over Minnesota, John Gordon, the radio voice of the Twins and former Yankees broadcaster, attempted to get on the team bus parked in a tunnel underneath the Stadium. Security personnel blocked his path and would not let him enter.
When Gordon informed them he was a Twins broadcaster (this is his 23rd season) and presented a proper credential, he was told to take a hike. He still couldn’t get on the bus. Security informed Gordon he needed to be “escorted” on by the team. Gordon headed back to the Twins clubhouse where some of the player’s wives, who were on the road trip, had congregated. They asked Gordon if he could help them gain entry to the bus. Stadium security had bum-rushed the ladies, too.
So, Gordon and the wives were forced to wait about an hour before the players left the clubhouse and walked them all on to the bus.
...The combination of food and security collided inside the Stadium Wednesday night. This had nothing to do with high-profile broadcasters or players’ wives. This was a rebellion of the rich. In that expensive area downstairs - the one with the empty seats - there are seemingly more waiters and waitresses, serving free food, than there are patrons.
On Wednesday, it got so crazy that the fan-elite started tossing ice cream sandwiches over the moat to peasants sitting in the $400 “cheap” seats. This did not sit well with Toastie security forces, who began scolding their most prized customers. The lecture from security prompted a guy in the rich seats to say: “I paid for this food, I can do with it what I want!”
Yeah, let them eat ice cream (sandwiches).
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I'd love to hear Suzyn Waldman tearfully describe the angry hordes storming over the moat!
I'm telling you, whatever home day is closest to Bastille Day should be a day for a coordinated revolt at Yankee Stadium where the plebs storm the legends suites. Of course, I'll be sitting safe at home...I'm more of a general-type, useful for my strategies. Others can face the wrath of the rubber bullets and riot police.---
And i'll be at your house watching the game with you. b/c I have just as much a right to be there as the people who didn't pay for the expensive seats.
don't piss in our cornflakes
Also, that would probably spawn the awesomeist BTF thread ever.
I said something similar earlier in the year. Because no matter what would happen, the Yankees would look like ########. If they let the Fans stay (which.. wouldn't happen) in the legends seats, they'd look weak. If they forcably removed the fans, they'd look tyrannical aristocrats. If it got violent......... god only knows what would happen.
Me too! If it's too small, the bear will get all cramped and cranky.
"The Marquis de Lafayette is in George Steinbrenner's box!"
Great, now I'm laughing like an idiot.
would it be considered torture tactic if I cram packets of mustard and pickle relish down Michael Kay' throat during Le Revolution?
I have to say that might be my single most favorite commercial of all time.
John Sterling sings Sinatra...
Okay, they've now entered War Crimes territory.
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