No backpacks allowed - will MLB follow suit?

by Brush Back on Sep 29, 2009 6:04 PM CDT

NFL issues new stadium 'bag policy'? Does this just affect the Bears? What's the deal?

NOT ALLOWED:

Any size backpack
Fanny packs
Duffel bags
Shoulder purses
Non-fitting, over-sized camera cases
All other types of bags, regardless of size

ALLOWED AFTER INSPECTION:

Small handheld 'clutch' purses
Diaper bags (with related items)
Medical bags
Clear zip-lock bags for personal food
Clear Bears Pro Shop bags with merchandise from stadium stores
Cameras (6" lens max.) & binoculars with fit-to-size cases
Above items must fit into 12" x 12" template box at gates

Will the MLB follow suit - if so, that will drastically reduce the games I go to, how about you?

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No small purses or fanny packs now? Sheesh.

A couple years ago I went to a Bears game and standard school-size backpacks weren’t allowed into the stadium, but I think smaller bags were okay back then.

I don’t think that MLB would do the same thing. At all the parks I’ve been to, the security guys only give the contents of my fanny pack a cursory glance before letting me in, so it doesn’t seem to be a big concern for the powers that be.

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by HappyHuman on Sep 29, 2009 6:48 PM CDT reply actions

Yankee Stadium just relaxed a draconian policy

Used to be you couldn’t carry any bag into Yankee Stadium, aside from purses for women. You had to check bags across the street at the bowling alley. Now, you can bring in a small (or should I say reasonably sized) bag.

So, hopefully, no.

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by Sox Machine on Sep 29, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions

my dad won't be able to bring in his scorebook.

he’ll never go again!

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by KenWo4LiFe on Sep 29, 2009 11:48 PM CDT reply actions

good thing I can fit a dirty bomb in my foam #1 finger

how much for the Tyler Flowers rookie card?

by Nordhagen on Sep 30, 2009 8:25 AM CDT reply actions 7 recs

i'll set the over/under on this policy lasting at 2.5 games.

by larry on Sep 30, 2009 8:31 AM CDT reply actions

This sounds more onerous than flying.

But it’s happening all over. Last weekend at a freaking gymnastics meet for 6-12 year old girls in the Daytona Beach Convention Ctr. (quite the hotbed of athletic and terrorist activity) we had to dump our coffee before being allowed to enter.

Fer Chrissakes.

So you think Zambrano has more value than Peavy? You are an idiot.
by mick10 on Sep 27, 2009 11:16 PM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 30, 2009 9:13 AM CDT reply actions

tell the security guard you have throat cancer and need liquids present at all times.

works for me at such events.

by larry on Sep 30, 2009 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Jesus, larry.

;)

So you think Zambrano has more value than Peavy? You are an idiot.
by mick10 on Sep 27, 2009 11:16 PM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 30, 2009 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions

probably so two-fisted sloppers don't spill on the mats?

how much for the Tyler Flowers rookie card?

by Nordhagen on Sep 30, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Nope - they said they wanted us to buy their crap.

$2.75 for a POS small coffee, $6 for a POS hot dog.

So you think Zambrano has more value than Peavy? You are an idiot.
by mick10 on Sep 27, 2009 11:16 PM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 30, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions

$6.00 for a hotdog?

That’s insane for a 6 – 12 year old gymnastics. Hell, I wouldn’t pay that at a White Sox game for a hot dog, let alone at a kids sporting event.

by Grinder in Training on Oct 1, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions

LOVE the word onerous. props OPOS

lets go dodgers

by BoeJouma on Sep 30, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Is it a sporting event or a fockin' slumber party?

How much does a person really need to carry into a game anyway?

Fuck it, Dude... Let's go bowling.

by homesickalien on Sep 30, 2009 9:44 AM CDT reply actions

it gets cold in chicago, you know. far easier to carry a blanket in a backpack.

by larry on Sep 30, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Does it really? I had no idea. For whom is it easier? An armless person?

Fuck it, Dude... Let's go bowling.

by homesickalien on Sep 30, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

anyone.

not all of us take a stretch limo to the game. some of us slum it on public transportation and probably would like to be able to be able to have our stuff, like blankets, in something which makes it easy to carry.

by larry on Sep 30, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions

I understand that, as a public transportation slummer (some of us can't take limos OR pay for parking!). But I know for a fact that if you cram a blanket into a backpack, they'll make you remove it at security to shake it out anyway.

It’s really not too hard to drape it over your arms, even on public trans. And that would probably save you and everyone else some time at the gate.

Besides, as you already said you don’t think it will last long – I betcha they make a lot of exceptions to these rules. I don’t get the ‘no fanny pack’ thing, but no backpack shouldn’t be too hard to arrange.

This is certainly not something that would reduce the amount of games I attend.

Fuck it, Dude... Let's go bowling.

by homesickalien on Sep 30, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions