NationStates Jolt Archive

We went to the Cubs/Rockies game last night (incidentally, the Rockies trounced the Cubs 15-2). We were having a good time when the guy in front of us turned around and told my son to stop cursing (he'd let slip with a "f..k"). Of course, my son said he wouldn't do it again, it was inadvertant and he knew it was inappropriate. Then the person demanded that he keep the noise down, he was too loud. My son said he would not curse again, but he was at a ball game, his team was winning so he was going to yell. The person persisted in his demands (he even had the gall to tell me that I had raised my son poorly - my son is 35!), my son persisted in refusing them. The upshot is that the person went to talk to one of the people who keep order who then came back to talk to us. The monitor checked everyone's tickets, told the complainer that it was a ball game and people were going to make noise, we could yell as much as we wanted and he left. At this point, everyone around us in the stand started yelling louder and making pointed comments about the complainer. Ironically, the stadium bulletin board started flashing the "get loud" sign at this time.

It's baseball, not ballet: people yell.

What do you think?

Any other sporting event idiocies?