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Friday, August 03, 2007

River Ave. Blues: Yankee Stadium, now with less facepaint

This means Warpaintburton!

A story from Tuesday, courtesy of my mom. She witnessed the following incident while putting the stuff she brought to the game in one of those flimsy terrorist-proof, clear plastic bags.

“As I was putting food into a clear plastic bag, 3 guys were stopped by the person giving out the bags because their faces were painted. One face was half white and half blue; the other two had the interlocking NY on their cheeks. She told them that facepainting was not allowed in Yankee Stadium. She told them that they had to wash it off before entering the stadium. They were incredulous and asked where they were supposed to do that. After a bit of back and forth, she let the guy with the half white and half blue face into the stadium to wash his face while the other two waited for his return. I never did see the outcome because I went inside but I think the idea was that the friends were kind of like hostages so the first guy would come back out to get them. I don’t know if they had to wash off too, maybe one at a time.”

Thanks to Was Watching.

 

Repoz Posted: August 03, 2007 at 12:56 PM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. TerpNats Posted: August 03, 2007 at 01:21 PM (#2468971)
The irony is that a few years ago, there was an ad campaign from adidas after it became a Yankees corporate sponsor in which the prime characters were a bunch of guys who went around barechested with the Yanks' logo.

Perhaps the facepainters will have to go back to cheering on the Devils come hockey season. Just don't (literally) run into any Latin American priests.
   2. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: August 03, 2007 at 02:57 PM (#2469046)

Perhaps the facepainters will have to go back to cheering on the Devils come hockey season.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=uSHlxWRnx6Y
   3. Dr Love Posted: August 03, 2007 at 03:24 PM (#2469079)
Perhaps the facepainters will have to go back to cheering on the Devils come hockey season. Just don't (literally) run into any Latin American priests.


If you're going to a Devils game this year (and no one does) you're more worried about being gunned down in Newark than running into a priest.
   4. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: August 03, 2007 at 04:35 PM (#2469140)
Oh please. Newark is awesome. Get some Portuguese food.
   5. bob gee Posted: August 03, 2007 at 05:22 PM (#2469201)
ironbound!
   6. jolietconvict Posted: August 03, 2007 at 05:25 PM (#2469205)
My desire to visit Yankee Stadium diminishes all the time. Mind you I'm not a fan of face-painting. As a rule I think it's pretty ####### stupid. That being said I can think of no legitimate reason to keep face-painters out.
   7. scareduck Posted: August 03, 2007 at 05:27 PM (#2469207)
The idiocy involved in this stuff is astonishing. At Angels Stadium, they refuse to allow you to have a bottle of Diet Pepsi (or whatever soft drink) with the cap on — but only if you buy it at the barbecue at field level. If you buy the exact same bottle of Diet Pepsi from one of the vendors in the stands, they give it to you with the cap on. The reason given is "Homeland Security". Who makes this crap up?
   8. Run Joe Run Posted: August 03, 2007 at 06:10 PM (#2469262)
At Angels Stadium, they refuse to allow you to have a bottle of Diet Pepsi (or whatever soft drink) with the cap on

Same thing at MSG in NYC. We have season NY Rangers tix and actually bring bottle caps to the games so we can put them on the plastic beer bottles they sell (sans cap).

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