Comments on: Blog: Bottle Caps

By: 7-train

7-train — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:31:56 +0000

A half drank soda or water that is capped is a missile that can either A. make it to the field or B. seriously hurt someone sitting in a lower deck by hitting them in the back of the head, neck, eye or nose.

Throwing a drink with no cap is going to likely result in the liquid coming out and an empty, practically weightless soda bottle falling to the ground (or onto someone in a lower deck).

The Upper Decks of Shea and most other ball parks have drunken idiots in them (not everyone of course but enough to ruin things like having capped bottles for everyone). Throwing a bottle empty or full at a ball park should be considered assault and should land you in jail.

Matt, I too bring bottle caps in with me so I don’t spill my drink.

By: gottabelieve07

gottabelieve07 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:19:43 +0000

I wish someone would throw something at those 2 wierd bald guys in their wierd suits.

By: Fussballgott

Fussballgott — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:17:21 +0000

And I was thinking..man, those Americans are civilized people, they can even sell glass bottles at stadiums and noone gets hurt. :P

By: theinfamousjb

theinfamousjb — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:54:06 +0000

I believe the reason for no caps is a fear of them being thrown on the the field or be potentially dangerous. Not only will a filled, capped bottle will fly farther and faster, it has the potential to hurt someone, or at least bruise them. Imagine taking a filled bottle from the upper deck on the field level.

I remember a Cleveland Browns playoff game a bunch of years ago where it was reported that fans were throwing filled plastic bottles filled with urine. After that, I’m pretty sure caps were no longer handed out.

Also, I caught a Met game at PNC Park this summer and the Primanti Bros. Cheeseburgher #2 was great, and I don’t even like coleslaw (it is a long cheeseburger with fries and coleslaw in the sandwich on delicious white bread). I’m all for local flavor and food business.

By: gomets6091

gomets6091 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:46:27 +0000

agreed….Mama’s of Corona is about the only decent food you can get at Shea, but they need to expand, and getting New York pizza is a MUST. I mean, it’s pretty much the food NY is famous for, and they franchise out to Pizza Hut?? Explain that logic. As much as I hate the Phillies, they definitely got that right at CBP, with the cheesesteak place, and Camden Yards has just fantastic food all the way around (Boog’s BBQ another example.) If I’m gonna be spending $10 for stadium food, I at least want it to taste decent!

By: sepmets

sepmets — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:26:15 +0000

The original reason for keeping the caps involved the 5 cents NYS bottle deposit. They don’t charge you for a bottle deposit because keeping the cap is (was?) equivalent to returning the bottle. I don’t know why this should be so, but I believe it is the case. I don’t think the vendors even understand this.

By: AzMetsFan

AzMetsFan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:05:37 +0000

They are plastic

By: waterboy

waterboy — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:00:38 +0000

Why no bottle caps?
The only way to get something on the field is to give it some weight…and bottles with no caps lose their contents pretty quickly. One lady told me they remove them so you don’t finish your drink, go to the bathroom to fill it with some water and throw it on the field.

By: Fussballgott

Fussballgott — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:48:26 +0000

What?! They sell bottles in baseball stadiums?! Over here in Europe this would cause a desaster in the stands…like handing out weapons at the entrance…haha.

By: hot stove chef

hot stove chef — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:58:19 +0000

The Mets need to open a giant Bobby V’s right next to the stadium for pre/post game partying.