March 30th, 2011, Baseball Season and Seat Swapping

The 2011 MLB Baseball season starts tomorrow and it will be nice to get another World Series ring for the Chicago White Sox.  Every year I try to get down to Anaheim at least once to see the White Sox play the Angels and its even better in the rare occasion when they come to L.A. to play the Dodgers.  Check out this video from the historic 2005 White Sox Championship season.

I like seeing live events. Sports, Concerts, Pro-wrestling, etc.  I usually buy the cheapest ticket possible and then I "sneak up" to a better seat once the game starts.  This can usually be done pretty easily when your with your "guy friends", but girlfriends hate it.  Sneaking up to a better seat takes a relaxed skill that you have to do with confidence.  Girlfriends seem to think its like robbing a bank.

  I'll admit, it can be a little nerve racking when you get caught,  Like when your sitting in the wrong seat and you see the rightful owner come prancing down the stairs, he stops and finds his row, counts the seats and double checks his ticket. (most people hate confrontation and this can be used to your advantage) You can see them contemplating saying something to you. But eventually they will usually strum up the balls to come over and say "These are our seats"

This is where it gets awkward, when being confronted, you have 2 choices.  You can either apologize profusely and swear it was an accident. "What? "These aren't the Lawn seats" "I'm sorry" "I thought they seemed a little close" or you can choose my personal favorite ... to slowly get up and "stare down the family" making them feel like they made a mistake and its their fault for wanting to sit in their expensive seats that they paid for. Make them feel like they are the ones that are wrong. (this never works by the way! I'm not very intimidating, I usually will trip, or spill a drink while doing this)   Usually, the rest of the crowd will think your a real idiot and they will turn into an angry mob against you like Frankenstein.  You become the leper of the ballpark! But don't worry, you can move, there are usually plenty of other open seats around that are not yours. Nobody would ever think that you would do it twice right? Also, your girlfriend will love dealing with this!

Keep in mind that this will usually also backfire on Airplanes.

See you at the ballpark!