Where do people sit who just want to watch the game? Is there a section in any stadium for us? Invariably you either have to sit in a section with obnoxious, loud drunks or you have to sit in a No Alcohol Section with a bunch of squirming, annoying little children. 

Last night I went to the Met game and paid $5.00 each for two seats in the upper deck. I opted for the “No Alcohol” Section because I do not like sitting near beer swilling drunks. No sooner had we sat down when a swarm of little boys and their chaperon dads arrived. Seriously, there had to be about 30 boys ranging in age from 10-12. At any given time, 5 or 6 of them were crawling all over the section. It was like sitting in the middle of a pile of Mexican jumping beans. By the third inning, we elected to move down to an empty section of upper boxes.

No sooner had we sat down there but an usher came over. He asked to see our tickets. I told him we had moved down from Section 16 because we couldn’t enjoy the game surrounded by 30 disruptive and annoying little boys. The usher looked up and over at Section 16. He told us it was okay to sit there and left us alone. After the usher left, we noticed the group of young men sitting across the aisle. There were several dozen empty beer bottles at their feet. As the game went on their obnoxiousness level increased commensurately with their alcohol consumption. Profanities galore.  You know the drill.

There is no happy medium for the average working stiff. If you sit in the cheap seats, you  have to put with “the great unwashed”. This is why it’s good to be rich. One can insulate oneself from the rabble by sitting in expensive seats. They have plenty of security to shut the drunks up and to make the kiddies sit down and behave themselves. Their parents won’t.

I listen to Boomer and Carton on WFAN in the morning. I like Boomer. He’s a Ranger fan. He gives hockey more time then most of the other “personalities” on the Fan.  Craig Carton is only barely tolerable and, with his whining voice, only slightly less obnoxious the Chris “the Mad Dog” Russo.

Boomer and Carton were sitting in the cushy blue seats behind home plate tonight watching the game. They had the VIP seats. They were probably comped. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Anyway, they are being interviewed by the young blond guy who does the  color interviews at the Met games.  Carton turns around as tells his kid to pipe down and dammit, the kid actually listens to him!  How refreshing! 

Too bad the obnoxious, foul mouthed drunks don’t have a parent with them at games to tell them to sit the hell down and shut the hell up. When the Mets actually play well and win, one has a higher annoyance threshold for bad behavior. However, the assaults to one’s sensibilities from “the fans” make staying at home and watching on television a more attractive option.