Instead, the longtime fan said he was “escorted out of the stadium by two big security guards” just moments after the game began due to his choice of headwear.
For today’s game, Begley, who is 70, wore a Blue Jays hoodie and a red ballcap with the slogan, “Canada is not for sale.”
“We have spoken with the fan to apologize,” (Blue Jays) spokesperson Andrea Goldstein wrote in an email.
“Our staff made a mistake, and we have addressed the issue to ensure it does not happen again.”
“no Political Statements”
How in the fuck is that political?
It’s patriotism. That’s like throwing someone out because they have a Canada flag on their shirt.
Dissing Trump while in Canada is not political. Dissing Trudeau or PP while in Canada is definitely political. But foreign politicians are fair game.
I disagree, I think it definitely is a political statement.
However, kicking someone out for “politics” at a sports game, where you need to stand for national anthems and 75% of the time they’ll make you “honour” some random veteran is ironic and pretty disgusting.
I don’t think anyone should be bothered by political clothing at a baseball game unless said politics are actively hateful, which “Canada is not for sale” is quite obviously not.
It was a bright red hat with several lines of white text on it in serif font. From afar it probably appeared to be a “Make America Great Again” hat. Which is definitely political. The mistake was likely a staffer or someone else not looking at it closely enough and reporting it to security.
If that’s the case, then no the mistake was security being literally three feet in front of them and not reading the hat.
If they did, and still decided to drag him out, my point still stands.
Security personnel might not have been fully privy to the reason why a fan needs to be ejected.
At least when I’ve been at events and things get to the point where a guard comes up and says “You need to leave,” there’s no backtalk that’s going to get them to change their mind. Your only option at that point is to take it up with management later, as this person has done.
Lol, you think they can read …