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I basically stopped going to games because of all the NON baseball activity during the course of a game that has nothing to do with baseball in the least.

These mascots, Presidents or whatever races, people marching through the stands tossing ‘gifts’ to the people in attendance etc etc etc.

Then they started ‘This or that day/night’. Being a former sailor I would MAYBE go to Armed Forces night, but would not Army or AF night.
If ________ College is being ‘honored’ I feel I don’t ‘belong’ there.
Also on these special ‘nights’ the uniforms change to ‘honor’ the ‘special nights’ with socks, shoes, hats, batting helmets etc in the color of the theme.

This is dumped back on the owners but I think the players can ‘choose’ not to participate in the ‘color scheme’.

Of course ‘allowing’ them to do this also allows them to ‘sit out’ the National Anthem or at least leads up to someone challenging the custom.

It was refreshing to see the Washington Capitals, fresh off their Stanley Cup victory, celebrating at a Nationals Game and while the TV didn’t actually show the playing of the anthem, while lining up for it the South Americans, Canadians, Russians, Americans etc, baseball & hockey alike, lined up shoulder to shoulder in no particular order for the playing of the National Anthem, some already had hand over heart as the camera ‘went to a commercial’ (guess don’t want to glorify??? Whatever)

Oh yes, the Nationals have been having ‘bring your dog’ to the park night for a few years now.

Cynical me says if you have ‘dogs’ in the park for a few hours, the cleanup must be ‘quite hard’ and how do you deodorize for the next game?

Do you let your four-footed friend sit there in the hot sun or muggy night with no liquids for a few hours? Of course, when there is liquid intake, there must be liquid outgo (One would think)