Ok, I realize we've only had this thing going for a few days, but I have to get something off my chest. Over the past number of years I've noticed a disturbing trend as I attend games at both Safeco Field and Seahawks Stadium. There are a growing number of fans who wear jerseys, t-shirts, etc. of either sports that aren't being played that day or of teams that aren't involved in the game you're watching. Look, I have no problem if I'm at a Mariners-Angels game and you come to the ballpark in your old school Chili Davis jersey. He was an Angel...you're watching the Angels. Does it rub me the wrong way when Sammamish Plateau Johnny-Come-Lately wears his Boston Red Sox jersey when the Sox are in town, even though he couldn't name 4 guys on the team? Yes, but at least he wears it only when the Sox are playing here. If you're going to stroll into Seahawks Stadium for a Hawks-49ers game, leave the old school John Elway jersey at home. If you're at a Mariners game, you're not impressing anyone in your piss-yellow Sounders jersey. Oh, excuse me, kit. For crying out loud, you're in America, it's a jersey.
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This kind of came to a head when I was at a couple Mariners-Phillies games back in June. We're down in the Pen and this conga line of out-of-nowhere jerseys starts coming down the stairs. A Darryl Strawberry Mets jersey, Rollie Fingers A's jersey, Mark Prior Cubs jersey, and on and on. We asked the guys what the significance was and they said, "well, we like baseball but we hate the Mariners and hate Seattle and we all decided to get different jerseys". Not surprisingly, they were from the Rioting Capital of the World....aka Vancouver BC.
It boils down to this. If you're going to a game, wear either home team gear, opposing team gear, or non-sports related gear. If you want to wear your Tapout t-shirt even though the last person you made tap out was your little brother when you were 9, fine. we won't tell anyone. You want to be the Capitol Hill hipster in your skinny jeans and pink scarf, great, it's a source of entertainment for the rest of us. But please if you have this overwhelming desire to wear that new Michael Vick jersey you saved up for, wait to wear it until Dec. 1 when the Eagles actually come to town.
-Mark
It boils down to this. If you're going to a game, wear either home team gear, opposing team gear, or non-sports related gear. If you want to wear your Tapout t-shirt even though the last person you made tap out was your little brother when you were 9, fine. we won't tell anyone. You want to be the Capitol Hill hipster in your skinny jeans and pink scarf, great, it's a source of entertainment for the rest of us. But please if you have this overwhelming desire to wear that new Michael Vick jersey you saved up for, wait to wear it until Dec. 1 when the Eagles actually come to town.
-Mark
