Poor baby
Christine comes down hard on a woman who kvetched that the Patriots wouldn't let her newborn into Gillette Stadium for free. Even aside from the money issue:
... Who would bring a 3 month old to Gillette Stadium in the first place, for pete's sake! That is the thing that I really can't wrap my head around. I won't even take my 8 year old to a live game because the fans all are drunk and puking and throwing things. I love the Pats as much as the next fan, but really. Who wants to deal with a 3 month old in that kind of environment? What if the baby can't deal with the screaming and cheering? Where do you go to make it happy? I know the screaming baby won't bother the average Joe Fan who is also screaming his head off in the stands so that isn't an issue really. He won't be able to be heard above the din of the crowd as they freak out for two whole hours. ...
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Um...
//the fans all are drunk and puking and throwing things//
...No?
yes.
The last game I went to, I was hit in the back of the head by a flying beer cup when someone got pissed off about Bledsoe getting picked off.
At another game I went to I sat in a row where the fan behind me was yelling at the fan in front of me because he was wearing a Miami Dolphins jersey and routing for the other team. At another game, the woman behind me was swearing like a trucker (at the top of her lungs with her kids beside her) and when I asked her to tone it down she told me to suck her dick.
It's not a universal indictment against all Pats fans. Fans at the meadowlands in NJ are a LOT worse, and I don't know that I'd go see the Raiders. I might be eaten alive because I'm plump and juicy. Forget yankee stadium if you're wearing the color red. On the whole, Pats fans are a better lot. But each of the 8 games I've gone to, I've witnessed serious drunken behavior like none I've seen anywhere else on the planet. Except the guy at a U2 concert at "Foxboro" who decided to piss in the middle of the crowd because the line was too long, and the guy next to me punched him in the face and sent 2 of his teeth flying up against the backdrop of the night sky.
The scene at a football stadium isn't exactly the place anyone should be bringing an infant in my opinion. My overall entry isn't just about babies BEING at stadiums, it's about planning ahead before you buy the tickets (ie: call the stadium and ASK what their policy is on infants before you smack down the dough). And some other things.