http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/28/rivalries-all-stars-and-some-stadium-courtesy/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/28/rivalries-all-stars-and-some-stadium-courtesy/#comment-1668 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:21:52 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=8371#comment-1668 Interesting perspective because until you’ve experienced it, there’s no way to know for sure if it’s a good thing. I’d bet those who have experienced this have similar positive thoughts about it. Hopefully others will chime in.

]]> http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/28/rivalries-all-stars-and-some-stadium-courtesy/#comment-1665 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:43:31 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=8371#comment-1665 I live in Washington, D.C., where the Nationals have a benign stop in play process. Saturday I went to my first Royals’ game in five years and was immediately struck by two things: the special energy of fans in a champion’s stadium, and the unintentional rudeness of fans coming and going whenever they pleased. Kansas Citians are polite, reasonable people. If they knew they were not supposed to get up until the end of the inning, they would happily comply. They just haven’t been asked. By all means the Royals should adopt that policy, which in DC is enforced by ushers who hold you at the top of the stairs until the at-bat or inning is over. The same policy exists at the NBA Wizards and NHL Capitals games. Royals fans would totally understand how that policy enhances the game experience and it would become second nature.

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