The Tigers said in their statement: "It was inappropriate behavior; the group was given multiple warnings. They violated the code of conduct and were asked to leave and have not been banned from the park."
September 22, 2017
"Group of 45 men dressed like Magnum, P.I. kicked out of Detroit Tigers game."
The LA Times reports:
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..although he added that he thinks it was because they were a distraction from the action on the field
Tigers are 34 games back. What makes them think there was/will be action on the field?
It would have been more startling if they dressed like Higgins.
What the H? PLUUEEZE don't tell me this is a PC thing. Magnum=gun=advocating gun violence? Magnum carried a gun and was a Vietnam Viet? i.e., prone to violence? What sort of evil signal was this supposed to send? What sort of security threat? HAS SOCIETY GONE MAD???
Seeing that makes me sad. It's funny to see a group of dorkily dressed, silly elders. It's especially cool when the group is just being themselves rather than impersonating others.
Too bad Althouse doesn't do meetups anymore.
Oso Negro wins the thread! LOL
The should have gone as TC. No way the Tigers are throwing 45 black dudes out.
HAS SOCIETY GONE MAD???
On the nosey! A certain segment has. We all know who they are. Imagine this kind of insanity emanating from the Oval Office. Thank god for Trump.
"Thank god for Trump."
What's w/ the lower case 'g'?
That's a lot of people for a bachelor party. I wonder if they outnumbered the people wearing Star Wars costumes. (It was Star Wars night.) It might have looked bad if the improv cos-play was more successful than the official one.
A gaggle of 50-year old, harmless, white guys having fun at a boring September baseball game of the 62-91 Tigers?!
Yeah, that's a problem.
They were probably mostly Trump supporters -- so kick 'em out.
Infinite Monkeys said...
I wonder if they outnumbered the people wearing Star Wars costumes.
They probably outnumbered the rest of the spectators, in general. I bet the team was getting calls from people wanting to know if the Tigers were available for parties and private events.
Millionaires playing ball. I get it.
In the video clip, were they booing because they'd been told they had to leave? Can't blame them if so. Still, I think that sitting near a group like this would spoil the baseball experience for a lot of fans.
I thought MLB encouraged people to attend in big groups. The Brewers do:
Brewers 2017 Group Tickets
"This is our tradition. No one else does it like we do here in Crew Country. You can search far and wide, go to any other ballpark in the country, but you'll never find anything that comes close. Sure, we might be biased, but if you've ever experienced it firsthand, you know that there's nothing else like gameday at Miller Park.
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My dad was a doppleganger for Tom Selleck/Magnum, P.I. complete with the trademark mustache. Actually, that would be the other way around because his look predated Magnum by a number of years.
"My dad was a doppleganger for Tom Selleck/Magnum, P.I. complete with the trademark mustache. Actually, that would be the other way around because his look predated Magnum by a number of years."
Did you ever, when you were a kid, think that somebody you know who looked like a particular celebrity kind of was a celebrity because of that and sort of cling to the idea even long after you understood that it didn't make any sense? I had that with my father, who looked enough like Frank Sinatra that he was asked for his autograph.
(He gave the autograph, by the way, writing "Frank Sinatra.")
A wild guess would be that it was a group of gay men. And their behavior went right through gay and half the way to giddy before the ejection.
Speaking of baseball takeovers.
Once a year, Toronto takes over Seattle.
I can't overemphasize how crazy this is if you're downtown. Everywhere you look there are folks wearing Blue Jay gear. In a lot of places it's a 30 to 1 ratio, where the Canadians are the majority.
It's weird.
And rude.
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-prepared-for-an-invasion-of-blue-jays-fans-this-weekend/
Speaking of baseball, the Brewers lost a heart-breaker to the Cubs in extra innings last night. Their bullpen ran out of bulls.
Lots of Cubs fans at the Brewers game last night. A Brewers home game and there are big cheers when a Cub hits a home run. Annoying!
"Lots of Cubs fans at the Brewers game last night. A Brewers home game and there are big cheers when a Cub hits a home run. Annoying!"
Heh - I was once long ago stationed at Great Lakes, Illinois. For liberty, you could take the train 1 hour south to Chicago. Or you could take the train, 1 hour north to Milwaukee.
We mostly ventured south. Sorry, Milwaukee:)
"Ann Althouse said...
Lots of Cubs fans at the Brewers game last night. A Brewers home game and there are big cheers when a Cub hits a home run. Annoying!"
That's not new. It's been going on for years. We call Miller Park "Wrigley Field North"
I believe it had to to with the mustache rides and other bachelor party antics. I was at the game and unfortunately missed them. Would have been funny.
Interviewed here: http://drewandmikepodcast.com/drew-and-mike-september-18-2017/
"That's not new. It's been going on for years. We call Miller Park "Wrigley Field North""
I know. I just hope there's less to cheer for tonight.
Go, Cubs, go. Go, Cubs, go. Hey, Milwaukee, whaddya say, the Cubs are gonna win today.
I still get that big feel-good feel from last year's WS. Still coasting on it.
Ann Althouse said...Lots of Cubs fans at the Brewers game last night. A Brewers home game and there are big cheers when a Cub hits a home run. Annoying!
Did you see the Notre Dame stands at the UGA game two weeks ago? It looked almost solid red, all the way around! I'm still amazed & pretty proud, but I can imagine a lot of people in South Bend feeling pretty annoyed.
They should have all dressed like Ivanka Trump, then they'd be a protected class?
it's not like Detroit needs any money from inappropriate fans. BTW, could anyone define what an inappropriate baseball fan looks like. I'm pretty sure I could be the template.
... before the ejection..
I am so glad you are a good typist.
I went to a Cubs game in Boston. About 1/3 of the fans were in Cubs gear
I don't get it.
Oh...my....GOD!!!!
I remember the episode of Magnum PI when Alan Trammel and Lou Whitaker made a guest appearance. Greatest middle infielder duo of all time. They should be in the Hall of Fame.
Eamus Catuli. Spell check wants this to say Ram us Catalina, by the way.
Spell check is challenged by Latin.
I guy I work with went to high school with a bunch of these guys. He got invited, had to pass!
Hilarious interview...
https://www.chatsports.com/top-news/a/photos-we-interviewed-bros-who-dressed-magnum-pi-went-detroit-tigers-game-and-got-kicked-out-35492
@mccullough If there is no minimum requirement for time played together, the best double play combo has to be Vizquel/Alomar.
45 guys wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball cap could be considered to be "dressed like Magnum PI." Fake mustaches would help I guess - but Tiger fans are Tiger fans. So how does Detroit's finest differentiate between fans and fakes?
One of the men in the screengrab has his Hawaiian shirt tucked in. That's inappropriate, all right, but no reason to kick them all out. Just pull the offender aside and ask him so slob out proper like.
And remind the rest of them to be considerate of other Tigers fans, and not enjoy themselves so much.
I support the Detroit Tigers organization on this one.
Can you imagine 45 men simultaneously trying to sell you a REVERSE MORTGAGE?
STOP THE HAMMERING!
Vizquel and Alomar were terrific but played only three years together. Longevity matters, as does winning a World Series. That said, 83-85 Trammel and Whitaker were better than 99-01 Vizquel/Alomar.
I bet they could really school Tiffany Trump
Chuck says he's a Michigander and has nothing to add to this? Feh.
Vizquel and Alomar are both in the conversation for best glove ever at their respective positions. Hard to imagine there would have been something better, I guess. I did take a cursory look at the fielding numbers for the three year periods in question, and Vizquel/Alomar had better numbers for the most part. And I did say if there was no minimum for longevity as a duo, so I do realize that it's not entirely fair to mention them, even in this day and age of chasing the next big contract. Old Timer edition, I'd guess it's Luis Aparicio and Nellie Fox.
"Bricap said...
@mccullough If there is no minimum requirement for time played together, the best double play combo has to be Vizquel/Alomar."
Did they write a poem about them?
Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Frank Chance.
These are the saddest of possible words:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double –
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
"My dad was a doppleganger for Tom Selleck/Magnum, P.I. complete with the trademark mustache."
We all have burdens to bear.
You can get kicked out of a ball game for cat calling? I'm glad I didn't know that 40 years ago.
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