Over at Zennie62.com, this blogger reported:
According to San Francisco Police Officer Greg Shur, the crowd, with the exception of just two arrests, was well-behaved. It was a vastly different and more controlled, yet electric feeling for World Series Game One than for the NLCS or the NLDS before that. The 21st Amendment was packed and orderly, and funny.
There was some guy behind me who yelled like a weird animal. A high pitched KIYYEEEEEEEEE sound. Then there was the man with the "Beat Texas" sign. And there was a lot of beer. It's great to see the businesses around the ballpark pick up so much business from the World Series.
Well, that was true, except that by World Series Game 2, things did get a little ugly. A SFPD Officer keeping an eye on the celebration from his perch on the Muni AT&T Park platform said, in response to the comment that there were just two arrests, laughed sarcastically and said "There were a lot more than that. There was a 70-person fight at the McDonald's (on Brannan, just a block from the ball park), someone lost $4,000 on a set of phony tickets, and Texas Rangers fan got pummeled inside their (pointing at the stadium)."
People Coming Just To Hang Out
There must have been 20,000 people hanging out outside AT&T Park without tickets on the first day, and a good 10,000 the second day. There was one couple who flew in from Indiana, and two party girls watching the game from a line next to Momo's. One of them said her favorite celebrity was Brett Favre and also said she would take a text from the Vikings Quarterback - and she said this on video to come on Friday!
There were a lot of happy people, but it's sad to learn that the environment overall isn't as safe as it was reported to be on the magical World Series Game first day.
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