I don't think they do The Wave at Fenway. I mean, you could try, but I expect you'd get a beer poured down your back.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2010 7:13:46 am PDT #26262 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
flea - Jul 22, 2010 7:21:33 am PDT #26263 of 30000
information libertarian
I have personally done The Wave at Fenway! Twice, in the later 1980s.
Hil R. - Jul 22, 2010 7:21:38 am PDT #26264 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
At Fenway, also, it's perfectly acceptable to shout out "Yankees Suck!" at any random time, even if they're not actually playing the Yankees that game.
Hil R. - Jul 22, 2010 7:23:44 am PDT #26265 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I now have two boxes and one enormous suitcase packed. I'd say this wasn't quite as difficult as I'd expected, but I don't want to jinx it. I still haven't dealt with clearing out all the junk under my bed.
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2010 7:24:28 am PDT #26266 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are there sports you're not allowed to talk (even quietly) while watching live? I know you're not supposed to disturb the athletes, but when that's not a concern, who cares?
And I come from a family of psycho fans.
Steph L. - Jul 22, 2010 7:25:51 am PDT #26267 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Are there sports you're not allowed to talk (even quietly) while watching live? I know you're not supposed to disturb the athletes, but when that's not a concern, who cares?
I thought tennis matches were like a library. Death to talkers.
Dana - Jul 22, 2010 7:25:53 am PDT #26268 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tennis? Golf?
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2010 7:26:21 am PDT #26269 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
At Fenway, also, it's perfectly acceptable to shout out "Yankees Suck!" at any random time, even if they're not actually playing the Yankees that game.
You won't find much of the reverse at Yankee Stadium, though I don't suppose anybody would mind.
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2010 7:26:41 am PDT #26270 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Monster truck racing?
javachik - Jul 22, 2010 7:31:10 am PDT #26271 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I'm not a chatterer at any sporting events. I am there to watch the game. (I am not as uptight as I am about being quiet during movies, though, I promise!) But I don't resent the more casual fan, because without 'em, ticket sales would be way down and it would be hard for SF to have a major league team. So I say, "please come! Buy lots of overpriced beer and food! Chat away!"
As much as I love the Giants and baseball, I loathed it when our company had its annual event there. I was so happy when we went to a bocce ball place instead. Sporting events are weird as a company event because you're not actually doing anything, and everyone sits facing something only a third of the people are actually interested in.
ETA: A glimpse of me in the 1990s, when I was in my 20s and the Giants played to audiences of approximately 6,000 most nights at Candlestick. I would be there, in an REI parka, with my radio tuned to the game (with headphones on), hands around a hot cup of coffee to ward off the wind and cold off the bay, scoring sheet in front of me, sport section to the right of me, media guide to the left of me. I would wear my Giants cap real low so that I could only see the battery (pitcher and catcher) for every pitch and would hold my breath with every play.
Imagine that nonsense for 60+ games a year.
Yeah. It's not wonder I spent my 20s mostly single.