acceptable or just weird

by at3kevin on May 15, 2008 8:51 AM EDT

I've been going to baseball games since I was around 2 (I have the pictures to prove it). And when I was young I would always bring my glove. Nothing wrong with that. But now I've reached the ripe age of 26. My question is, is it wrong to bring my glove. I know where your sitting will play into if it's wierd or not. Please tell me what you think. Thanks

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A glove at a baseball game

is never weird, no matter the age of the wearer. That’s what this girl thinks.

by cardsgirl95 on May 15, 2008 9:13 AM EDT 0 recs

Dan Patrick

He had a great segment on his show a week or so back on just this topic. A few highlights:

“If you’re old enough to drink beer, you’re too old to bring your glove”

“Bringing a glove to a game is like bringing your older brother on a date—you need all the help you can get because you’re a bit pathetic”

“Only Cubs fans should bring gloves to games—no other fans have that much false hope”

the last one is definitely my favorite—I think it was called in by a Brewers fan.

"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller

by fourstick on May 15, 2008 9:53 AM EDT 0 recs

As evidence of this

I submit this…

http://ballhype.com/story/dodgers_fan_dad_catches_ball_while_holding_baby_in_the/

Would never make fun of someone bringing a glove, but if you’re in a section beginning with the number 3 or 4, it does start to get a bit far-fetched.

Personally, I think we got hosed on that call.

by cardsfanindenver on May 15, 2008 10:41 AM EDT up 0 recs

yeah

thats the thing my tickets for the whole series in san diego are three rows behind the cardinals dugout.

by at3kevin on May 15, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

Being that close, though

bringing a glove is never a bad idea, if only for self-preservation purposes from a line-drive foul. :-)

Personally, I think we got hosed on that call.

by cardsfanindenver on May 15, 2008 12:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

i think it's a little weird

but then again, i bring a scorebook and clipboard to every game, so maybe i shouldn’t judge…

go cards, o's, and phillies.

...boiler up.

by moboiler on May 15, 2008 9:57 AM EDT 0 recs

a grown-ass man should be able to catch a ball without a glove, no?

by cd on May 15, 2008 10:05 AM EDT 0 recs

I See 18 Grown-Ass Men

Using them every game I go to, and it’s not weird for them.

by Midwestside on May 15, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up 0 recs

phsft

The girl said It’s okay. Being that I don’t care what the guys think about me. Only what the girls think about me… It’s okay.

by Evilfrog on May 15, 2008 10:05 AM EDT 0 recs

I am thinking that she is in the minority of this issue though.

by at3kevin on May 15, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up 0 recs

Looks like I am in the minority

on this one, but I stand by my original comment.

by cardsgirl95 on May 15, 2008 12:28 PM EDT up 0 recs

bring a ball cap...

if I can’t bare hand it or snag it with my cap I got no business catching it.

Something just doesn’t look right when anyone over the age of 15 is wearing a glove in the stands.

by cardzfanbub on May 15, 2008 12:23 PM EDT 0 recs

I always bring a glove.

Got a ball from Joel this year, and I get balls for nearby kids around 3 to 4 times a year out of around 8 to 10 games. Nothing wrong with bringing a glove. I always attend BP and sometimes I sit in foul territory. My gal would murder me if I let a ball hit her.

So that’s two women who approve of the glove at the park.

Rasmus or bust.

by Zoop on May 15, 2008 2:13 PM EDT 0 recs

I'm in the minority too

I always bring a glove. I go to BP before each game in hopes of catching a practice home run. I caught one from Duncan a couple of years that stung my hand. Franklin threw me a ball last year and Ray King tried to throw me a ball until some punk-ass kid ran right in front of me and caught it. After I caught a home run ball, I always bring my glove if I’m sitting in the outfield stands. So, anyway, I had a couple of experiences that make me always bring my glove to a game….and I’m 27.

Don't judge me!!!

by BigdJC on May 15, 2008 3:28 PM EDT 0 recs

My dad

I took my dad to a game last season. We were sitting straight back from the plate in one of the last rows of the lower deck (got the tickets from a rich friend, I cannot personally afford those). I went to the bathroom and got back like two pitches into an inning. Turns out my dad had a pop up come literally right at him, but he had 9 dollars worth of Bud in one hand and a bag of peanuts in the other. He told me he would rather have the beer and the peanuts than the ball, so he let the guy right behind reach over his bald head and take the ball. I was so pissed at him…

...but then again it was a 9 dollar beer.

"Your Holiness, I'm Joseph Medwick. I, too, used to be a Cardinal."-Joe Medwick, to Pope Pius XII.

by redbirdnation8206 on May 15, 2008 5:22 PM EDT 0 recs

I think

that if you have played baseball on a field with 90 ft between bases, you shouldn’t bring a glove to the game.

For those of you who are saying it is protection, you need to just use your bare hands or your body. It’s not a bullet, it’s a baseball. It will heal.

After further thought, I would allow a surgeon to use a glove, since a hand injury could cause complications and place other people’s lives at stake.

And on another note, I can’t recall ever making fun of anyone for having hurt their hand when trying to catch a foul ball barehanded. I do recall making fun of someone for catching a foul ball with a glove on and then complaining about how it stung your hand. Suck it up. There’s no crying in baseball.

by Jumsy on May 15, 2008 6:39 PM EDT 0 recs