I went to the Mets game on Saturday and sat in sect 129. It is unbelievable how many times people get up and down during at bats. Whatever happened to the “We let people go down to the seats until the third inning during at bats then we hold them up” rule that the Mets had with the ushers. It became unbearable dealing with this. It wasn’t even like it was a parent with kids. I’ll give them a break because kids don’t think ahead with going to the bathroom or because they are hungry. I counted 15 times we had to get up during an at bat and sometimes miss a play because a few adults couldn’t sit still in their seats.
Baseball etiquette is dead. Being able to go to a game to enjoy it is getting harder and harder and in general people just don’t have respect for others anymore.
Here is a different rant that has nothing to do with the ballpark experience but some fans themselves. I am in a couple of Mets Fan Groups on Facebook and I feel like these folks were raised by sports talk radio. They have the absolute worst takes on what goes on in the Mets organization to the fact that it’s mind numbing. “We” need to do this. “We need to hit more”. “We need better pitching”. Guys you don’t play for the Mets. You don’t work for the organization. You pay money to watch the team play live. You pay money to watch the team on tv. If you hang out at a bar that plays in a softball league and go to a game or too to root on some friends playing do you use “We” also then?
Next point. There are people who are in these groups that have no idea how baseball or any other kind of sports organizations work. I really feel like they play MLB the Show and think they they can force trade players and sign whoever they want in real life. They think it’s easy to play these sports. They get worked up over a player going 0-4 a game after hitting 3-4. I really don’t get it.
I used to have a lot more faith in humanity. Maybe the same folks in these groups are also the ones with no baseball stadium etiquette.
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On Saturday in the 400 section I waited for in-between batters to return to my seat and the usher said I didn't have to wait "we don't have tennis rules here"
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