Biggest Pet Peeve at the Ballpark?

beer is too expensive.

I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 5:19 PM PST 0 recs

+1

…and it’s not even close.

by VizquelQuest on Nov 16, 2008 5:44 PM PST up 0 recs

everything is overpriced.

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 16, 2008 7:39 PM PST up 0 recs

especially beer.

Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.

by jasomack on Nov 16, 2008 9:33 PM PST up 0 recs

this!

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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:44 AM PST up 0 recs

I would like to have a beer or 2 while at the game, but I refuse to spend on one beer, what I can buy a whole six-pack for. So I never buy beer at the park. If the prices were cheaper, I know I would buy beer, and I bet a lot of others would too. They could make more money by charging less. Instead they are fostering resentment by soaking their customers with their inflated prices.

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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 9:53 AM PST up 0 recs

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT....

Because I’m sure they’re the only North American professional sports franchise that does this…It comes with the territory my man!

As a self-professed expert on the subject, let me ask you this…where do you stand on ordering bottle service or paying for overly expensive drinks in a swanky club? I’ve paid as much as $18 for a standard well drink (not a double, martini, or anything fancy) at a bar in D.C. This just in….booze is the biggest racket out there in the bar/restaurant industry.

Assume for a quick second the cost of your run of the mill shot vs. the price for a whole 750 mil bottle of the stuff…

$5-6 max. for a 1.5-2.0 oz. shot (not including tip)
$40 max. for a 750 mil bottle (Patron Silver for instance) and this is the price on the “street”… distributors cut the bars much better deals on booze because they know it’s going for resale.
750 mil = (13) 2.0 oz. shots (approx.)
If you run the math…after only 8 shots the bottle has been paid for, the remaining 5 shots contribute to overhead and profit for the business.

If you must have cheap booze, do what I do…get lit out in the parking lot on your own supply or head to a neighborhood bar for some “social lubrication” THEN stumble to your seats with a big smile on your face.

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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 5:38 PM PST up 0 recs

I'm aware of the realities.

Having once worked in the restaurant business, I know that the difference between success and failure is usually having a liquor license. And perhaps, comparing the price of beer at AT&T to what I pay at BevMo, is unfair. But, I can get a Sierra Pale draft for $4.00 at a bar, and compared to the $8.25 that the Giants charge for the same thing still strikes me as absorbitant.

I would never go to a place that would soak me for $18 for a standard drink. I might pay a stiff price for a nice bottle of wine at a good restaurant, but that is usually some special occasion, not something I do often. I do often go to Giants games though.

I am also aware that the Giants aren’t the only sports franchise that does this. They have every right to charge what they do, so I use the only option I have, which is to not give them my beer business.

I wish there were more owners like Arte Moreno. When he bought the Angels a few years ago, one of the first things he did was to lower concession prices. Sales went up and so did his popularity with the fans.

All I was saying is that the Giants could make more money with a higher volume of sales if the prices were lower, because I know I am not the only one that refuses to pay their prices.

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by marklar on Nov 18, 2008 9:53 AM PST up 0 recs

discussion over.

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by BrianBokake on Nov 18, 2008 12:43 AM PST up 0 recs

Hmm...

…one…two…three…four…all 3 of those… ;-)

Anyway the wave should not be allowed at a baseball game, only at football games. Loud mouth drunks who yell at EVERYTHING are “WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH” people.

And I’m guessing I’m going to say beer is too expensive next year.

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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 5:42 PM PST 0 recs

(1) Beach Balls, (2) Thundersticks, (3) the Wave:
all three bad.

(4) Loud mouth drunks who yell at EVERYTHING?:
Kinda fun, actually!

by FPTV on Nov 16, 2008 10:19 PM PST up 0 recs

I still love the old Bogart line about going to the Yard to yell and scream for 3 hours. Or something like that.

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Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!

by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:45 AM PST up 0 recs

Did you mean this one ?

That’s baseball, and it’s my game. Y’ know, you take your worries to the game, and you leave ‘em there. You yell like crazy for your guys. It’s good for your lungs, gives you a lift, and nobody calls the cops. Pretty girls, lots of ’em. ~Humphrey Bogart

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A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz.-Humphrey Bogart

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.-Earl Wilson

When you’re in a slump, it’s almost as if you look out at the field and it’s one big glove.-Vance Law

I’m convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ~Tom Clark

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. ~Mickey Mantle, 1970

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice. ~Casey Stengel, 1967

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by nvsfg on Nov 17, 2008 10:35 AM PST up 0 recs

YES!!!!!!!!

umm thnak you.

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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 11:13 AM PST up 0 recs

awesome

by CTGiant on Nov 17, 2008 4:38 PM PST up 0 recs

wow I had no idea mantle walked that much. I had to go look it up. I always imagined him as more of a hacker.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:06 PM PST up 0 recs

negative fans

i’m all about booing the opposing team, but many fans take it too far. i think i first noticed this when i moved to l.a. and the dodgers fans just yell bigoted remarks about homosexuals and the giants. or they yelled that barry bonds sucked, even when he in fact did not suck.

clever putdowns = welcome.
ignorant yelling-to-hear-your-own-voice = not welcome.

Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Nov 16, 2008 5:51 PM PST 0 recs

but the ignorant people think they’re being clever.

I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 5:53 PM PST up 0 recs

People touching balls that are still in play

by wilriv21 on Nov 16, 2008 5:52 PM PST 0 recs

+a base

I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 5:54 PM PST up 0 recs

++++++++++++++++

I guess a row of plusses isn’t a valid subject so I have to have a body of the post.

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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 6:37 PM PST up 0 recs

right up there along with high beer prices.

Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!

Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!

by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:46 AM PST up 0 recs

yes

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Nov 17, 2008 11:00 AM PST up 0 recs

drunk assholes

that happens pretty much everytime i go

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Nov 16, 2008 6:07 PM PST 0 recs

People

Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.

by ResDog on Nov 16, 2008 6:08 PM PST 0 recs

At Giants games, I think my biggest pet peeve is all the in-game advertising, idiotic games and crap between innings, and all the stuff that takes away from the game. The one that bugs me the most is the, “Let’s ask Brian Wilson what his favorite TV show is!” Every time the players say anything, all I’ve ever been able to hear is “Mmmmmammmmammmbmsmmmeeemammmaaammmmm.” It’s irritating.

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Nov 16, 2008 6:11 PM PST 0 recs

Sitting next to the really fat guy who spills over into your seat.

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by xanthan on Nov 16, 2008 6:25 PM PST 0 recs

Dumbass fangirls who show up in pink shit and blab about retarded things throughout the game.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 16, 2008 6:34 PM PST 0 recs

Just reach over and smack some sense into them , grrrl. They’re insulting your gender.

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Nov 16, 2008 6:45 PM PST up 0 recs

yeah, they belong in the kitchen, cooking and not voting.

Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.

by jasomack on Nov 16, 2008 9:08 PM PST up 0 recs

Once we started wearing pants it all went downhill.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 16, 2008 9:58 PM PST up 0 recs

hmm I thought once they stopped wearing bras that happened? But then what do I know.

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Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!

by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:48 AM PST up 0 recs

mags

How about the girls that bring Cosmo and read it till the 7th when they leave….

Bring me the head of Barry Zito!

by elGuapo on Nov 16, 2008 8:25 PM PST up 0 recs

I think it's a good thing for everyone that I've never encountered this,

but I don’t doubt it happens.

by CTGiant on Nov 17, 2008 4:41 PM PST up 0 recs

"MAKE SOME NOISE!"

I’m going to go to sleep now , and when I wake up it’ll be in a city that has fans that aren’t pathetically passive/obedient. I ‘m no longer a traveling drunk but I’ll yell , cheer , exhort , berate , whatever…. I just don’t obey.

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Nov 16, 2008 6:43 PM PST 0 recs

+1,000,000

Has anyone who has ever worked for a baseball team ever noticed that the loudest, most engaged, most supportive crowds happen when there ISN’T a scoreboard telling them when to get excited?

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by Kitspool on Nov 17, 2008 2:47 PM PST up 0 recs

I am one of those people who yell, “BALK!” even when I know it isn’t one. At least, I did it this year out of sarcasm after Lincecum was called for a balk when he clearly didn’t.

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
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by Natto on Nov 16, 2008 6:56 PM PST 0 recs

Well, I think we can accept it after an incident like that. I’m trying not to think about that, it makes me mad…at least it didn’t cost timmy the cy

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:08 PM PST up 0 recs

No..

But a win it did cost him.

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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 6:49 PM PST up 0 recs

People who are overly negative

My current Interwebs obsession is pretty awesome. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Nov 16, 2008 6:56 PM PST 0 recs

That’s a shitty thing to get annoyed by.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2008 8:51 PM PST up 0 recs

See, the joke is that…uh…Never mind.

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by groug on Nov 16, 2008 10:09 PM PST up 0 recs

The “Everybody Hold Up Your Visa Card And If The Camera Is Pointed At Your Row Then You’ll Win Some Unspecified Prize” game they play after the first inning every game really bugs the shit out of me.

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Nov 16, 2008 7:03 PM PST 0 recs

me too

That’s the one I was going to post, in these days of camera phones and identity theft it just seems really stupid that a credit card company is asking you to do—- heh, then again, looking at our economic situation, maybe I shouldn’t be all that surprised.

by Merope on Nov 16, 2008 7:42 PM PST up 0 recs

EXACTLY

Every time that comes on I’m all “OH SURE! LEMME SHOW MY VISA NUMBER to the ENTIRE 40,000 PEOPLE HERE! SURE, SIGN ME UP! Idiots.”

Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.

by tk on Nov 16, 2008 9:00 PM PST up 0 recs

that is awful.

by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 8:55 AM PST up 0 recs

Definitely guys that mess up balls in play

Bonus: I like the wooop thing that people do when an opposing pitcher warms up

I see the future, and it is Pablo

by CB30 on Nov 16, 2008 7:19 PM PST 0 recs

I remember a game at the ’Stick where Kyle Farnsworth started yelling at the fans for that.

I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 7:48 PM PST up 0 recs

He would

I see the future, and it is Pablo

by CB30 on Nov 16, 2008 9:33 PM PST up 0 recs

Ugly ass bitches that spit their sunflower seed shells at my wife

true story. We we 2 or 3 seats away in the same row. I swear she was trying to spit them in my wife’s soda cup, though she was acting as if we weren’t there. It was fucking disgusting.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 16, 2008 7:38 PM PST 0 recs

Oh hell no.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 16, 2008 8:04 PM PST up 0 recs

Oh no you didnt

I see the future, and it is Pablo

by CB30 on Nov 16, 2008 9:33 PM PST up 0 recs

Now thats what ushers are for. Unless they want things goign back to like the old bleachers were in the ’Stick.

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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:50 AM PST up 0 recs

I also hate the Cell Phone People

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 16, 2008 7:39 PM PST 0 recs

“WHERE ARE YOU? I’M OVER HERE!”

“I’M WAVING RIGHT NOW! CAN YOU SEE ME?!”

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 16, 2008 7:50 PM PST up 0 recs

“AM I ON TV? REALLY?” *waves away from the camera *

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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 8:34 PM PST up 0 recs

"WHERE ARE YOU? I’M OVER HERE!"

"I’M DOING THE WAVE RIGHT NOW! CAN YOU SEE ME?!"

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2008 8:54 PM PST up 0 recs

That happen right in front of me at a game. Three Cub fans were sitting in the row in front of us and stood up and started waving, and talking on their phone – “saying we’re on TV” no one around them waved or looked remotely interested. We all just glared at them, as they continued waving and the woman next to me was quite snarky ..“whoopee we’re on TV” while glaring at the three cub fans.

I was amused at everyone’s reaction which was no reaction.

by timmeh on Nov 17, 2008 1:46 AM PST up 0 recs

people on tv

One pretty bad case I remember was when there was some kid behind home plate (different ballpark) who kept doing some dorky dance for a looong time. And he was right in the view of the camera for like half the game, it was impossible to ignore.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:12 PM PST up 0 recs

In View Reserve:

1. The people (often in large packs) that are constantly getting up and going up and down the aisles (would it kill you to stay at your seat until the inning is over?!)

2. The ones that obliviously stand at the bottom of the aisle/top of the stairs, sometimes for no apparent reason at all

Even worse is when these two groups collide. It can take a while to clear up the traffic jam, leading to a guessing game of “What just happened on the field?” based on crowd reaction.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 16, 2008 7:46 PM PST 0 recs

This

And it’s not just in View Reserve. I was at a game once in the lower deck, and as the runner is rounding 3B, and the OFer is making a throw to the plate, the guy in front of me stands up and says to the people he’s with, “want anything?”

Some people are at the park and it’s like they have no idea that a baseball is being played there.

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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 8:20 AM PST up 0 recs

+1

People getting up and leaving during an at bat, or even while the ball is in play is by far my biggest annoyance at the yard. People will be sitting the entire time between innings, and as soon as the batter steps into the box, they decide they want to leave.

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by BaysideBaller on Nov 17, 2008 12:38 PM PST up 0 recs

Sitting too close to Dodger / A’s fans when they are in town. A couple of years ago we were in the bleachers for the A’s v. Giants series and there was a pair of A’s fans very close to us who were absolutely being obnoxious.

By the 9th inning the A’s had a 3-run lead against Street. These guys would not shut up about how dominating and awesome Street was blah-blah-blah.

Then this happened w/ 2 runners on in front of Durham:

RRR    12-  4  100%  R Durham        Home Run (Fly Ball); Sweeney Scores; Bonds Scores

I’ve never seen anyone shut up so quickly while slinking away. It was pretty sweet. Babe Durham of ’06 was awesome.

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by xanthan on Nov 16, 2008 8:03 PM PST 0 recs

Game link -

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200606240.shtml

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by xanthan on Nov 16, 2008 8:04 PM PST up 0 recs

I'd say the same thing when Giants fans come to the Coliseum

In general, its really just people being retarded which is standard for all teams.

That being said, the answer to this question is the wave, I make sure to scream “sit down bitches i’m trying to watch the game!” to anyone in front of my line of vision.

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by iamawesomer on Nov 16, 2008 9:28 PM PST up 0 recs

No..

The answer to the wave is “SIT DOWN WE ARE NOT A’S FANS HERE!” ;-)

Actually, I think that’s Baron’s line anyway.

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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:30 PM PST up 0 recs

THIS IS NOT OAKLAND

But a fine effort.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 17, 2008 6:13 PM PST up 0 recs