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4/8/09

Blue Jays Games At Rogers Centre To Be Alcohol-Free

Maybe It's Actually A Good Idea To Keep These People Off The Booze For A Couple Days

MLB, Toronto Blue Jays

Pat

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I've been looking for video of this ever since it happened, and it finally surfaced. During Monday's Opening Day game between the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays in the Rogers Centre, Blue Jays fans got a little unruly, to the point that Jim Leyland felt that he had to take his players off the field altogether. Fans were throwing baseballs (among other things) onto the field, and Leyland was concerned for their safety.

Ironically, in an unrelated incident, the next game was ordered to be alcohol-free, as the Rogers Centre's liquor license was suspended for several violations over the past year, including "permitting drunkenness, permitting the use of narcotics, selling and serving to apparent minors, failure to request approved identification and permitting illegal liquor on the premises".

April 21st will also be alcohol-free, and a CFL game on August 1 will also suffer the same fate. Judging by the fans' behavior on Opening Day, though, maybe beer and Canadians are just a bad mix.

Alcohol Sales Banned By Jays [ESPN]
I Don't Wanna Live in a World Where Booze Is Banned at Canadian Sporting Events [The Sporting Blog]

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4/8/09

WhoDat12

3	Boski93 wrote: Well those Molsons are dangerous man, those things are like rocket fuel. Also we should not be too shocked since the Toronto fans are looking to get their anger out after having to watch the Maple Leafs and Raptors this winter. The Jays haven't been much to watch since the departure of Joe Carter

4/8/09

Boski93

2	Well those Molsons are dangerous man, those things are like rocket fuel. Also we should not be too shocked since the Toronto fans are looking to get their anger out after having to watch the Maple Leafs and Raptors this winter.

4/8/09

WhoDat12

3	Boski93 wrote: Well those Molsons are dangerous man, those things are like rocket fuel. Also we should not be too shocked since the Toronto fans are looking to get their anger out after having to watch the Maple Leafs and Raptors this winter. The Jays haven't been much to watch since the departure of Joe Carter

4/8/09

WhoDat12

2	Excessive Amounts of Alcohol + Excessive Amounts of Stupidity = CHAOS

4/8/09

100%InjuryRate

1	Boski93 wrote: Well those Molsons are dangerous man, those things are like rocket fuel. Also we should not be too shocked since the Toronto fans are looking to get their anger out after having to watch the Maple Leafs and Raptors this winter. At least the Toronto Argonauts are awesome. /have no idea how they did this season.

4/8/09

Boski93

0	100%InjuryRate wrote: At least the Toronto Argonauts are awesome. /have no idea how they did this season. No, sadly the people of the fair city of Toronto where not too thrilled with the 4-14 2008 campaign.

4/8/09

yanksawboy

3	My new favorite movie! Garbage in the outfield! It will be a classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/8/09

MrNFL

1	Professional sporting events would be such nicer places without alcohol.

4/8/09

drn0iswatr

3	WhoDat12 wrote: Excessive Amounts of Alcohol + Excessive Amounts of Stupidity = CHAOS = COLLEGE

4/8/09

standinglong291

0	Nice announcement at the end of the clip from Paul Schaeffer from the Late Show. Oh yeah have you seen Dave!

4/8/09

Lobotomy Jones

0	That was pretty tame. You want to see people throw stuff on the field, go to Wrigley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKfdebkQcw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GU5VBzmupI&feature=related This is the typical reaction to a bad call.

4/8/09

Chief_aka_James

1	WhoDat12 wrote: Excessive Amounts of Alcohol + Excessive Amounts of Stupidity = CHAOS Oh hey, come on now..Canadians and a good bottle of Elsinore can be hilarity as well, eh.

4/8/09

100%InjuryRate

1	(Edited by 100%InjuryRate) MrNFL wrote: Professional sporting events would be such nicer places without alcohol. Yes, but then who would throw batteries at JD Drew? Alcohol does serve at least one purpose.

4/8/09

yanksawboy

1	100%InjuryRate wrote: Yes, but then who would throw batteries at JD Drew? Alcohol does serve at least one purpose. I would like to dump soda on Josh Beckett! That would be awesome!