OT: Smoking and Stadiums

[both-teams-played-hard]

[otismalibu]

We have this term in St. Louis - and for those of you in Indiana...it's not the same meaning. It's HOOSIER. Hoosier is a term that most St. Louisans use for people that in other cities are called hillbillies.

When they announce "last call", they have 4 full beers in front of them. After the game, they ride the Metrolink shirtless and curse in front of families...Frik - I am not marginalizing anyone. Your query has made me think about why stadiums started banning things like smoking in the seats.

Brief thread hijack...

bigtruck260 speaks the truth. I've lived just east of STL for 10 years now and it's hoosier freakin' central. I assumed we were moving to the bottom of the midwest, but it's more like the top of the south.
I've ridden the Metrolink after a Blues game and it's littered with piss tanks who are in severe need of a beat down.

Only place I've lived where a $400K house is only a 3-wood away from a trailer.

[frikativ54]

Just ask Keith!

Thank you all for the responses. About players' tobacco use, I was struck by the irony of an announcement at Safeco last year that tobacco use was prohibited. Yet, ballplayers seem to be free as they will to either chew or smoke in the dugout/bullpen. Anybody else find this troublesome?

[joelsabi]

ive read that many current phillies players are huge dippers and tobacco smokers. its kinda of a throwback thing. good luck with the paper.

[Manram]

ive read that many current phillies players are huge dippers and tobacco smokers. its kinda of a throwback thing. good luck with the paper.

Very unique picture

[metsbats]

Thank you all for the responses. About players' tobacco use, I was struck by the irony of an announcement at Safeco last year that tobacco use was prohibited. Yet, ballplayers seem to be free as they will to either chew or smoke in the dugout/bullpen. Anybody else find this troublesome?

Les,

That was back in the 70 and 80's. Rules were lax then. Hernandez said he had to smoke in the tunnels at Shea during the 86 series because the commissioner didn't want him shown on national TV smoking in the dugout.

I believe the rules are much stricter nowadays and the rules which apply to the public banning now apply to the clubhouse and dugouts.

[karamaxjoe]

I would love to see pics. Were cigarette pack pockets commonplace at one time for MLB uniforms?

Here's a couple of past auctions of Earl Weaver jerseys with the sewn in pocket for cigs


http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/A...Desc=0&period=

http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/A...Desc=0&period=

[LastingsMilledge85]

Tons of players chew tobacco and when the Mes one the division Most of the team smoked cigars. There's a picture of David Wright holding a Champs sign and smoking a cigar.

[joelsabi]

Very unique picture

Jason Werth victory cigar as divisional champs.

[jbsportstuff]

I remember my many trips to Riverfront in the early to mid 70's when I was a kid and I always associated cigarette smoke with the ballpark. I'm sure that it was legal to do it....

One Bengals game..a COLD Bengals game...my father had two full cups of beer spilled on him. The drunken fools didn't even apologize.