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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
According to a friend who watched a game at Yankee Stadium last year, he made the comment about how he wasn't sure he would feel comfortable about taking his daughter there to watch a game, just because of some of the things fans were yelling. Is that an issue everywhere? Perhaps, but he said it was more noticeable there.
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Well, I was at Yankee Stadium in '04 for a Yankee/Red Sox game. I had those same apprehensions. But I have to be honest, we didn't see any of it. We didn't hear any vulgarity, other than what you'd hear in normal conversation; along with the occasional "_________ suck" chant by fans of each team. And we sat in the center field bleachers, wearing our Red Sox hats. Maybe b/c the Sox got blown out that day, we only heard good-natured ribbing and no hostility or vulgarity. (And one obnoxious call on my cell phone. . .)
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I've noticed that at every game I've been to, so I'm not sure that's a "Wrigley" phenomenon as much as a society issue. There were any number of people talking on cell phones, talking about their job, telling their kids they had enough cotton candy, etc, etc. Heck, in Cleveland there was a group of guys that spent an inning and a half discussing whether Steve Perry from Journey was the greatest rock-n-roll singer ever.  Can I extrapolate that Cleveland fans really are the dumber than Cub fans???
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In fact, I think this is a direct by-product of the pace of the game itself. For better or worse, baseball is not non-stop action, like hockey or basketball. The game lends itself to leisurely conversation and minor distractions. I think that's what made it the "national pastime". When baseball first became popular, I think that's more like what the pace of everyday life was.
As for Steve Perry, well, I've got a couple Journey CD's like any other child of the 80's. But the greatest rock singer ever?
