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El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 03:36 PM Aug 2014

Fan At Indians Game Upset To Find Someone Else In His Section

CLEVELAND—Having made his way up the series of ramps to Progressive Field’s upper deck, 32-year-old Cleveland Indians fan Bradley Hunt’s excitement for the upcoming game against the Texas Rangers quickly shifted to frustration after finding another person sitting in his section, sources confirmed Friday. “Oh, come on, what is this guy doing here?” Hunt said in reference to the lone man in the sea of empty rows overlooking right field, noting that there were plenty of other unoccupied upper deck sections nearby where one could sit and watch the game alone from an equally good vantage point. “It’s so annoying to climb all the way up here expecting to grab my section, only to find some random guy took it. I mean, I paid $14 for this. It’s ridiculous.” At press time, having failed to sort the situation out diplomatically, an irate Hunt was searching for the stadium’s lone usher to escort the man out.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fan-at-indians-game-upset-to-find-someone-else-in,36599/


We don't have that problem at Coors Field. All sections usually have lots of fans. Trouble is that a real team is missing.

What's wrong with Cleveland? They're only 6 1/2 games out.
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Fan At Indians Game Upset To Find Someone Else In His Section (Original Post) El Supremo Aug 2014 OP
We had a local late night program in Cleveland during the 60s and 70s ... Auggie Aug 2014 #1
Cleveland needs to have another 10 cent all you can drink beer night, again!! madinmaryland Aug 2014 #2
+1 Auggie Aug 2014 #3
I remember being a kid... Chan790 Aug 2014 #4

Auggie

(31,173 posts)
1. We had a local late night program in Cleveland during the 60s and 70s ...
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 03:53 PM
Aug 2014

hosted by two guys who usually aired B-grade horror genre at 11:30 pm. Along with the commercial breaks they'd run their own filmed comedy skits, and in one I remember really well, the two of them fought over the same seat in totally empty and cavernous Municipal Stadium.

This is a pretty good Onion bit, but it's not new.

Fans know the team is no better than a .500 club. The front office just threw in towel with trades of Masterson and Cabrera, so why should anyone expect anything different?

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
4. I remember being a kid...
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 10:46 PM
Aug 2014

back when the Yankees were terrible, truly awful, back in the 1980s. We used to go to matinee games and have the entire top deck of the old Yankee Stadium to ourselves. All the way up in the nosebleeds. We used to act like fools and see how long it took for the ushers to walk up there to kick us out. It was like a 25 minute walk from the concourse.

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