Recently, in the wake of the Mets' first no-hitter, a fan who ran out onto the field (even briefly making it to the player huddle on the pitcher's mound) has been banned for life from attending any game at Citi Field. Him and his game-day buddy who got taken down much more quickly.
I've read about similar bans being imposed on fans for various stupidities before - running onto the field, intentionally leaping a railing to fall into the netting above/behind home plate, that sort of thing. Exactly how would such a ban be enforced?
Am I going to see posters at every Citi Field gate from now on, with mugshots on them of those two guys and with the words DO NOT ADMIT THESE PEOPLE? Like the "bad check" list taped up at the cash register of a local deli? Or when Kramer got banned from his local fruit stand after trying to return a half-eaten pear?
Or is it more a thing like, if we ever catch you doing something in the ballpark again where we have to detain you and demand your ID, you are now open to be prosecuted for criminally trespassing?
And, do bans carry over to new team venues? If I recall, the guy who was banned for jumping into the netting over home plate did it at "Refurbished" Yankee Stadium prior to 2008 - is he still banned from New Yankee Stadium?
I've read about similar bans being imposed on fans for various stupidities before - running onto the field, intentionally leaping a railing to fall into the netting above/behind home plate, that sort of thing. Exactly how would such a ban be enforced?
Am I going to see posters at every Citi Field gate from now on, with mugshots on them of those two guys and with the words DO NOT ADMIT THESE PEOPLE? Like the "bad check" list taped up at the cash register of a local deli? Or when Kramer got banned from his local fruit stand after trying to return a half-eaten pear?
Or is it more a thing like, if we ever catch you doing something in the ballpark again where we have to detain you and demand your ID, you are now open to be prosecuted for criminally trespassing?
And, do bans carry over to new team venues? If I recall, the guy who was banned for jumping into the netting over home plate did it at "Refurbished" Yankee Stadium prior to 2008 - is he still banned from New Yankee Stadium?
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