Diffusing Red Sox Fans/Cheers at OPACY

[JTrea81]

Every team has vendors selling merchandise outside, that's true. But those are private vendors that might well get a license from the team or the city in order to sell there, but otherwise aren't affiliated with the team. I'm talking about the actual stadium store selling merchandise for the visiting team.

Correct and there is absolutely no Orioles gear at the the official team store for the Red Sox. I've been several times and have yet to see even a hat or a pin for that matter.

Until the Orioles make OPACY an unfriendly place for the locusts, they will continue to invade.

What we need is a big can of this:

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[Domenic]

Correct and there is absolutely no Orioles gear at the the official team store for the Red Sox. I've been several times and have yet to see even a hat or a pin for that matter.

Until the Orioles make OPACY an unfriendly place for the locusts, they will continue to invade.

What we need is a big can of this:

<img src=http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE-1109283reg.jpg></img>

I have no problem making Camden Yards an unfriendly place for these parasites, via proper means or otherwise. I don't advocate violence against anyone, and I wouldn't want our fanbase to resort to that. But in the same respect, we don't need to be so accomodating to these people either. Not selling their merchandise in our stores won't stop them from coming. In theory the Orioles turning into a contender would stop them from coming. But apparently weekend trip from Boston to Baltimore including gas, hotels, food, and game tickets is cheaper than going to a few games at Fenway. Honestly, our fans should just harrass their fans to no end at the games. Nothing threatening or anything that would indicate potential danger, just telling them how bad they suck, and perhaps throwing the occasional peanut at someone. I don't know if that would stop them from coming or not, but if it were me I'd think twice about returning to that ballpark. What more do these people want or need?...they can see "home games on the road" in Baltimore, see the game in a beautiful ballpark, good food, and a docile environment. Not to mention that if they want a Red Sox souvenir, they can go right into the Orioles stadium store and buy one.

[Domenic]

Lol, we could also arrange for a "fart on a Red Sox fan" day at the ballpark. Oriole fans that are willing to walk over to a Sox fan and fart on them will get free beer the entire game.

[nemO821]

Every team has vendors selling merchandise outside, that's true. But those are private vendors that might well get a license from the team or the city in order to sell there, but otherwise aren't affiliated with the team. I'm talking about the actual stadium store selling merchandise for the visiting team.

Ive bought O's stuff inside the stadium, but only when their in town do they have Orioles gear for sale.

[Domenic]

Ive bought O's stuff inside the stadium, but only when their in town do they have Orioles gear for sale.

Hmmm...I've never heard of that before, but I believe you if you say so. They don't sell Red Sox merchandise at the O's team store unless the Sox are in town either.

[O's Fan83]

Here's something for you to ponder...

Say you went to one of the O's-Nats games in DC, would you be all that ticked if the Nats team store had a small section of O's apparel, like maybe a couple hats and Markakis/Roberts/Scott shirts? Somehow, I doubt it.

Also, I go to a lot of Hagerstown Suns games, they're currently a Nats affiliate, but their team store carries a pretty wide variety of O's, Yankeees, and Red Sox items along with the Nats/Suns stuff, and somehow, I'm not offended.

I went to one of the O's/Nats games in DC and the team shops that I walked by had absolutely NO Orioles merchandise. Nothing. I wasn't offended at all and appreciated how they pushed their own team. With how territorial the Orioles and Angelos were in regards to a new team in the area and with MLB's TV broadcast rights and blackouts, I can't understand why they would allow another team to "make inroads" and profit off of official merchandise being bought inside the stadium.

When I would go to Memorial Stadium as a kid, my dad would always buy me a pennant for the team they were playing. It was pretty cool to collect each team and remember who you saw the Orioles play. I don't recall seeing any Red Sox team stores like you do now.

[Domenic]

I went to one of the O's/Nats games in DC and the team shops that I walked by had absolutely NO Orioles merchandise. Nothing. I wasn't offended at all and appreciated how they pushed their own team. With how territorial the Orioles and Angelos were in regards to a new team in the area and with MLB's TV broadcast rights and blackouts' date=' I can't understand why they would allow another team to "make inroads" and profit off of official merchandise being bought inside the stadium.

When I would go to Memorial Stadium as a kid, my dad would always buy me a pennant for the team they were playing. It was pretty cool to collect each team and remember who you saw the Orioles play. I don't recall seeing any Red Sox team stores like you do now.[/quote']

To be fair, there's only one shelf in the back of the O's team store that has Red Sox merchandise, so I would hardly call it the Red Sox team store. I would have no problem with them selling penants for every MLB team in the store, and in fact I kind of like that tradition of getting a penant for each team you see the Orioles play. That's something I might start doing myself now that you mention it. That said, it's just counterproductive in my opinion to sell merchandise for the other team. As I said, I do blame the Orioles for this, because although Aramark provides concessions and souvenir services for Camden Yards, someone in the O's organization has to okay what they sell I would think. The Nationals use Centerplate for their services; they used Aramark up until last season, and I never saw any visiting team merchandise in their stores. I've said this before, but what's next?...we're going to have to sit on the third base (visitors) side and sport our road grays when the Red Sox come to town? Maybe I take this stuff more personally than most, but I love the Orioles so much, and it pains me to see this filth in our ballpark.

[htownorioles]

What really made me madd was seeing all these red sox fans caring around luke scott t-shirts

[htownorioles]

On the other hand it would have been an even uglier sight if there wasnt all those orange t-shirts to drown out the swarming colors of red and blue

[Stacey]

What really made me madd was seeing all these red sox fans caring around luke scott t-shirts

Ha ha last night we were walking home and there was a group of O's fans behind us and this girl says, "Do you like my Luke shirt? I stole it from a Red Sox fan. I don't feel bad. She went to the bathroom and left it by her seat and I just took it. She doesn't need. F the Red Sox fans!"

[Domenic]

What really made me madd was seeing all these red sox fans caring around luke scott t-shirts

That's another thing. There are two ways to look at that...one is that at least we're giving them something orange to wear. (They'll probably put it on ebay and turn a profit.) The other is that with all of those people getting the shirts the people that truly deserve it don't get one. It's easy enough to say that O's fans should have gotten there earlier, but sometimes work schedules and traffic don't allow that to happen. Next season they should sepcify that the first 10K Oriole fans will get t-shirts. Better yet, don't sell tickets to someone from a New England zip code/area code.

[JTrea81]

Better yet, don't sell tickets to someone from a New England zip code/area code.

Well there are some Orioles fans in New England...

But I'm sure I could get tickets through somebody else, so I'm on board with that idea.

[Domenic]

Ha ha last night we were walking home and there was a group of O's fans behind us and this girl says, "Do you like my Luke shirt? I stole it from a Red Sox fan. I don't feel bad. She went to the bathroom and left it by her seat and I just took it. She doesn't need. F the Red Sox fans!"

Nice. That's what I'm talking about when I say that we need to make Camden Yards an unfriendly place for these people. Finders keepers right? Unless there's physical harm involved, I have no sympathy for any Boston fan that has something like that happen to them at our stadium.

[Stacey]

That's another thing. There are two ways to look at that...one is that at least we're giving them something orange to wear. (They'll probably put it on ebay and turn a profit.) The other is that with all of those people getting the shirts the people that truly deserve it don't get one. It's easy enough to say that O's fans should have gotten there earlier, but sometimes work schedules and traffic don't allow that to happen. Next season they should sepcify that the first 10K Oriole fans will get t-shirts. Better yet, don't sell tickets to someone from a New England zip code/area code.

Don't sell tickets to someone with a New England zip code? You do realize this is a business, right? The Orioles don't exist to give you team or civic pride. They exist to make $$.

I hate the Red Sox fans as much as the next person, but they have as much right to be there as you. They bought a ticket, just like you.

[Goop]

What really made me madd was seeing all these red sox fans caring around luke scott t-shirts

Seriously, what are they going to do with them? They could have simply said "No thanks" and walked in to the stadium so the shirts could have been given to an O's fan (kids especially.) All they are going to do is put them on ebay.