Game 154 - New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles

June 12 at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD
MASN

Like every major league game I've seen either in person or on television, there were several people in the stands with gloves.

Hang on, let me just revise that a bit: there were several GROWN ADULTS in the stands with gloves.

This topic has been discussed thousands of times, but I feel like there haven't been enough solutions, until now. 

I'd like to propose a glove bonfire be placed at the gates of every major league stadium. Call it the only phase of my Too Old For A Glove At The Park plan. If you bring a glove to the game, you simply have to provide identification with your ticket. And let's go ahead and set the age limit at 12-years old.

[Ticket taker] "Welcome to (stadium name). I see you have a glove there, OK, let's see some ID, son......looks like you're....nine. OK, come on through."

(Next person with a glove)

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on there buddy. Let's see some identification..........no, 47-years old. Give me the glove....enjoy the game." [glove tossed on nearby bonfire].

The bonfire being nearby is an important part of this. The fans need to see the bonfire; it's the only way they're going to learn.

I wonder if a glove detector is going too far? If people begin attempting to sneak gloves into the stadium if might be necessary. If no detectors, then ushers are going to have to start getting involved.

"You wanna hand me that glove, sir?"

"What glove?"

"The glove you used to try and catch that foul ball and then shoved underneath your jacket. Let's have it."

(starts to take off jacket) "The jacket?"

(hands jacket over)

(not accepting jacket/pointing) "The glove, sir."


Ubaldo

The announcers - Gary Thorne and Mike Bordick - referred to Baltimore's starting pitcher, Ubaldo Jiminez as "Ubaldo" nearly the entire time he was in the game, an 11-3 Orioles win.

I really do enjoy counting Ubaldos. It's a lot more enjoyable/popular than Let's Tally Up The Weak Groundouts By Yankee Middle Infielders.

* Thorne: said 'Ubaldo' six times
* Bordick: 15 times

By inning:
1st - 7
2nd - 2
3rd - 4
4th - 4
5th - 1
6th (after he had left the game) - 3

Notable Ubaldos:

Bordick

"Ubaldo double plays"
"Ubaldo's fast ball"
(What other Orioles' players are thinking when Jiminez falls behind in the count) "Come on, Ubaldo"
"Nice start for Ubaldo"

Thorne

"Ubaldo watching"

My 'Ubaldo(s)' count in this post: 14

* Also, Bordick said "extendoglove", and he wasn't going to get away with that.