If you’ve been following the sad story of the New York Yankees banning the use of print-at-home tickets in part on the grounds that, as team COO Lonn Trost put it, it’s “a frustration to our existing fan base” that the people sitting next to them “may be someone who has never sat in a premium location,” you will enjoy John Oliver’s latest excursion into sports, in which he offers to sell two seats behind the plate at the first three Yankees home games for 25 cents apiece to anyone who promises to dress as if they’re never sat in a premium location before:
Yesterday’s Yankees home opener was rained out and rescheduled for today at 1pm. I can’t wait to tune in and see who’s sitting behind the plate, and how long it takes before team security forces whisk them off to a black site, or at least the bleachers.
Squirrel would like to sit on the other side of the fence for once #IHaveNeverSatInAPremiumLocation #Thursday pic.twitter.com/7B1PGld0Yq
— Harsh Mehta (@cpt_mellow) April 4, 2016
You, sir, in conjunction with Mr Oliver, have won my internet for today.
How rude I am, not sir, but vous !
Per Deadspin, looks ike John’s tickets went to Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles!!! YES….
http://deadspin.com/there-are-two-ninja-turtles-behind-home-plate-thanks-to-1769155451
Yeah, I watched as much of the game as I could stand (not much, thanks to Michael Kay) and spotted those two earlier. Given that it’s a Yankee game, though, hard to say for certain whether they’re poor assholes or rich assholes…
Exactly – there’s a dog bites man story – “Asshole shows up to watch Yankees game.”