MLB to force fans through metal detectors

[BroncoBlue]

Not everyone has this option. 7pm game. You get off work at 5, takes a half hour to get home. Get changed, grab the mit, get the kids . . . getting there earlier may not be an option.

Don't you have to be at least thirteen years old to post on a forum? Mother fucker, at that age you shouldn't be taking a glove to a MLB game anymore.

[JeremyHight]

If you don't want to wait, arrive early. If you cannot arrive early, but a ticket for a different day. If you want them to reduce security at games, GOOD FUCKING LUCK. Post 9-11, bitches.

[Guest]

If you don't want to wait, arrive early. If you cannot arrive early, but a ticket for a different day. If you want them to reduce security at games, GOOD FUCKING LUCK. Post 9-11, bitches.

Orioles did not do pat-downs last year. I commented to my stepmom, a former cop and Bureau of Prison officer, and she was in agreement- anyone could have gotten in there with a weapon on their person. I was shocked at that, because I had not been to an Orioles game post 9-11, but the Redskins always had pat-downs, as did the Naval Academy (hell, we sold food at the graduation one year and each time we left the stadium, we had to be patted down on return.)

[spursup]

Citi Field did a good job security wise last time I was there. At Yankees Stadium you can walk in with pretty much anything you want though.

[Slateman]

I still don't see how this will cause any huge delays. 90% of people will pass on through because they can follow instructions. Some people will be pulled to the side and wanded for 30 seconds because they were too stupid to take off their belts, and that's about it.

It's a small price to pay for someone not bringing a gun, knife, or worse yet an explosive into a baseball game IMO.



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I think you're over-estimating the human population.

On top of that, baseball games are supposed to be family friendly. Do you know parents who don't bring a bag when they go to the park? Don't have a ton of extra stuff? It's going to slow things down. People will forget they wore the big belt buckle or that their boots are steel toe, or a host of other things.

Look at TSA and airport security. You KNOW you're getting searched. You show up 2 hours early because of it. And still people set off the scanners and metal detectors.

I'm not saying this is going to be a cluster fuck, but it will impact attendance. Maybe I'm just jaded from living in DC, but it's already an effort to get to the game. I have to ride Metro or fight DC traffic, and then pay a shit ton to park. I have to walk through the shitty part of town that they don't seem to be developing (which was the whole reason DC built the park in the first place). On top of that, now I have to go through a security checkpoint that consists of a metal detector?

Maybe, just maybe, I decide it's not worth it. Not without another compelling reason like it's a big series or my Dad wants to see them play the Tigers (last year).

I understand why they're doing it. It's the day and age we live in and, frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. Doesn't mean I have to like it though.