I just wish that they could leave their surly behavior at the door for 3 hours.
Is that to much....yeah it probably is.
ry
ne
w3
David Brauer wrote:
> Many Crows crows:
>
> > Also in the strib, in the letters, a man wrote today about people using
> > profanity, sexual in nature, at a twin's game and generally surly
> behavior.
> > Not to mention beer was spilled on him. So it's funny when people talk
> about
> > this family activity, what kind of family, me thinks?
>
> Yeah, I've heard some environmentalists vandalize property and put cyanide
> in McDonalds, so they're all criminals and wackos, right? I've also heard
> some lefties attempt to murder cops, so they're all felons, right?
>
> Point being, we all have things we love and fellow travelers we have to
> apologize for - but let's not be too eager to taint a good thing with
> hyperbole that only confirms our prejudices. I'm a third-generation baseball
> fan, with a 3 1/2-year-old who this very evening was doing his best David
> Ortiz impression on our front lawn, and who has received two balls thrown
> into the stands by major-league ballplayers (more than his not-as-cute dad
> ever received as a kid.)
>
> Baseball is a gas, even at the Metrodome, not because of any corporate b.s.
> but because the fans are still, by and large, cool. I've connected with a
> higher percentage of "civic-minded" people at a pro ballgame - be it Saints
> or Twins - than at damn near any other event in town, including the funky
> parades. They stuff my kid full of peanuts and cracker jacks, laugh when he
> sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (he knows EVERY word), don't spill beer
> on him, and we talk politics and life as the innings roll on. Frankly, the
> Twins fans I know and hang out with define "community" as well as any
> political movement.
>
> Yeah, there are rock-heads, especially when the "we're-finally-winning"
> bandwagon starts rolling and the jerks jump on. But baseball is a great game
> with mostly great fans. You can decide whether or not you want to subsidize
> it, but major-league baseball is mostly a Good Thing. (And you can see it
> for less than an Ani DeFranco ticket.) I love Minneapolis, and yes, the
> Twins are one reason (and no, I haven't supported any stadium deal yet).
>
> David Brauer
> King Field - Ward 10
> May 6 is Willie Mays' 70th (sigh) birthday!
>
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