Not the players and the umps, but the behind the scenes folks like vendors and security guards and stuff. Daniel Paulling of the Kansas City Star has interesting profiles of a bunch of them who work at Kauffman Stadium. This bit — about a security guard who works down by the players’ wives section — caught my eye:
Burnett has developed a system where he can spot people who have
moved down to better seats.While he doesn’t want to share too
many secrets, he said the way a person acts and other little things are
big giveaways.
It’s not terribly hard to spot people trying to trade up. The key is what you do about it. Some guys — like this guy — kick ‘em back to where their real seats are. Other guys just turn a blind eye, realizing that as long as the real ticket holder isn’t there it probably doesn’t matter.
But some guys — like the ushers at a ballpark I’ve been to a few times but which I won’t identify because I don’t want to get anyone in trouble — will steer you directly to a primo, unoccupied seat as early as the first inning for as little as a finsky. They’ll even wipe it down for you as if you bought the seat yourself.
But, hey, if the guy in Kansas City wants to leave a few Lincolns on the table, that’s no skin off my nose . . .
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- birdmancometh - Jul 7, 2010 at 12:56 PM
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I’ve had some of the same treatment Craig. A Finsky seems to be the going rate.
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- Jonny5 - Jul 7, 2010 at 1:11 PM
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Well at KC a finsky may be pushing it. The guy could get laughed at for implying a finsky would get you closer seats ,I mean for a finsky you could just buy better seats in KC. Right?
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- kioteh - Jul 7, 2010 at 2:27 PM
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Man, if you’re going to through up a Kauffman pic at least you could make it of the new stadium and show it some love. It’s a beautiful park.
