Twins at Tampa Bay

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Acting drunk or disorderly is not against the playing rules of baseball, but a ballpark can certainly legislate or mandate that you not do it or be removed from the park. The assertion that the ballpark has no authority over it's fans other than those proscribed in the rulebook that rules the game they are watching is asinine.

Now you are comparing apples to onions. The fan was acting within his rights as a fan, not acting drunk and disorderly. Another leap in logic, and nothing in my post said that the ballpark cannot exercise its authority over violations of the law. However, Geiger did nothing at all illegal. Perhaps someone pointed that out, and is why he was later readmitted to the game.