No iPads Allowed At Yankee Stadium

[jjpmann]

I wonder if, say they shrunk it down a bit to make a smaller if it would be allowed. Oh wait it is, unless iphone/itouch are also banned.

 

[ksampanna]

[citation][nom]glawk[/nom]Umm... what the HELL do you need an iPad at a baseball game for? You should be there to watch, ya know, BASEBALL![/citation]
Maybe he wants to tweet the entire game.

 

[hang-the-9]

The people that thing you go to a baseball game to watch the game have maybe not visited an actual stadium. You go to a baseball game to:

Be overcharged for parking
Get drunk
Get beer spilled on you by someone that's drunk
Pick a fight with someone wearing the wrong team's jersey
Get that hot girl 2 rows over to lift her top
Eat food that's bad for you
Miss half the game waiting in line to buy said food
Wonder how much that guy paid for his tickets
Yell at the 3rd baseman who earns $10,000 an hour that he sucks
Get kicked out for being too loud and drunk, swear you'll never come back, buy more tickets online when you get home

 

[Pei-chen]

Old guards trying to prevent technology from affecting their sport. Maybe they should work on effective steroid test first.

 

[Hilarion]

[citation][nom]Eccentric909[/nom][citation][nom]Eccentric909[/nom]Private Property != Public Property[/citation]Just to further explain myself, you'd have had a point if Yankee stadium was owned by the US or NY State government, however it's not.[/citation]
Perhaps not "owned by" but certainly paid for by State dollars which came out of "my" pocket and I "hate" baseball.

 

[hellwig]

[citation][nom]NivenFres[/nom]Obviously it is because it is so shiny, that you can blind the players with it by reflecting the sun into their eyes.[/citation]
They probably would have allowed it if it had a matte-screen instead of those stupid Apple glossy screens. Isn't the Apple fan-boi argument basically that glossy is fine because who uses their computers outdoors? Gee, I guess that was before the iPhone/iPod/iPad, eh?

 

[michaelzehr]

[citation][nom]segio526[/nom]Looks like they're missing a great opportunity. Imagine a Yankee Stadium App. Batter's up, and boom, on your tablet you're seeing all their stats ...[/citation]

After bad plays or bad calls the app would pick from a list of heckling shouts and display one. By coordinating several iPads in the same section of the stadium the players and umps would be able to hear the spectators shouting.

It could be connected to stadium services, allowing essentially a fast-pass to the bathroom (this would be the iGo app).

 

[segio526]

[citation][nom]michaelzehr[/nom]After bad plays or bad calls the app would pick from a list of heckling shouts and display one. By coordinating several iPads in the same section of the stadium the players and umps would be able to hear the spectators shouting.[/citation]
I like the group idea. It would know what seat your in so everyone in your section can hold up their tablets to make a big picture of something. Thanks to accelerometers, you'll never hold your piece upside down and look like an idiot!

 

[phatwheeler]

She can use the iPad to stop a foul ball.

 

[Guest]

Alot people bring In Smart-phones, Like the Iphone, Is just the same as the Ipad!

 

[Caffeinecarl]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]^^^ +1000Epic WIN commentWhat kind of sad loser goes to a ball game and spends their time on a laptop or surfing their iPadWATCH THE GAME![/citation]
I HAD to like that comment because the one you were responding to was already completely maxed out (+20)

So here's +1000 more!

 

[Marco925]

Fine then! i WONT bring my iPad!

Not that i have one anyways,

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]hang-the-9[/nom]The people that thing you go to a baseball game to watch the game have maybe not visited an actual stadium. You go to a baseball game to:Be overcharged for parkingGet drunkGet beer spilled on you by someone that's drunkPick a fight with someone wearing the wrong team's jerseyGet that hot girl 2 rows over to lift her topEat food that's bad for youMiss half the game waiting in line to buy said foodWonder how much that guy paid for his ticketsYell at the 3rd baseman who earns $10,000 an hour that he sucksGet kicked out for being too loud and drunk, swear you'll never come back, buy more tickets online when you get home[/citation]


I remember you!

 

[matt_b]

[citation][nom]glawk[/nom]Umm... what the HELL do you need an iPad at a baseball game for? You should be there to watch, ya know, BASEBALL![/citation]
[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]^^^ +1000Epic WIN commentWhat kind of sad loser goes to a ball game and spends their time on a laptop or surfing their iPadWATCH THE GAME![/citation]
Baseball/hockey/Nascar, etc. - as a company function, I myself have used them in the past as ways for booking clients or basically as a social gathering for potential clients/investors (networking and laptop generally required). So if sad loser is the term you're using, then yeah, I guess it is sad to do business this way instead of just using an old-fashioned boardroom right?

 

[v1ze]

"Yes, Bri, it's very scary indeed. I nearly had to shut my eyes towards the end."

haha, awesome.

 

[Anomalyx]

[citation][nom]glawk[/nom]Umm... what the HELL do you need an iPad at a baseball game for? You should be there to watch, ya know, BASEBALL![/citation]

Without even needing to make a single Apple-related statement, I don't blame people for wanting to bring their own entertainment to a baseball game. You're there for hours, yet how much of that time is actual action? The vast majority of time is spent prepping for the next pitch or between innings. It's the reason I don't care to watch baseball... too much waiting, not enough playing. Same with golf. Even football starts to get boring to me, with the breaks between each down and plays only lasting a couple seconds. Me, I'm a soccer fan =)

 

[goodsyntax]

...I guess it is sad to do business this way instead of just using an old-fashioned boardroom right?

Thanks for doing business at a sporting event. I love high priced tickets, high priced concessions and completely detached "fans" filling the stadium that don't realize that a BASEBALL game is going on in front of them.

Just how much business are you generating by showing someone a PowerPoint presentation during a Yankees game anyway?

You shouldn't need a laptop to schmooze clients. If you do, there are luxury suites for that sort of thing. Better yet, book a private room in a trendy restaurant, or charter a boat for a dinner cruise. Surely there are better options than contributing to the general lack of interest that is taking place at most stadiums these days.

 

[Guest]

the ipad is not revolutionary its not even a good tablet try the hp tx series instead everything Apple makes is shit i wish they would just go out of business already.

 

[captjack5169]

Seeing that no one has put this one up yet the only reason I could come up with would be infrastructure security inside the stadium, maybe they figure someone might try to hack their sh*tty WLAN security or even better try to communicate with other terrorists or hackers inside the stadium, but then again. You can do all this on a droid, iphone, or other decent PDA. Don't know how much chance there is for this though.

 

[Guest]

all these people arguing for the use of laptops and ipads in the park seem to be completely oblivious of the fact that others may be trying to watch the game around them. While I've personally never seen a laptop being using the stadium it's always distracting and annoying when people are whipping out their phones and beeping and booping the whole darn game. It's courtesy, you wouldn't use a laptop computer in a movie theater so don't use it in a ballpark.

although I have a feeling this particular policy has more to do with people making unauthorized recordings or broadcasts of the game. something MLB doesn't like.