Hitting, like idiocy, is contagious

The Yanks went happy with the extra bases yesterday, but outside the sustained rallies and quality outing by Andy Pettitte, were the following:

Ken Singleton and Al Leiter make a great team. They're knowledgeable and speak when necessary. They allow the game to happen and have relevant stories. Plus, Leiter advocates "gamesmanship," the one positive thing he shares with David Cone. For whatever reason, if Michael Kay isn't in the booth, Singleton refrains from his wretched puns.

And then, there's this:


Here we have Brett Gardner batting, Rod Barajas catching and Chuck Merriweather, the home plate umpire.

To Gardner's left are two douchebags. One guy more so than the other because (a) he's wearing a mask and (b) he thought this was a great way not only strike up conversation, through the whole game, with the lady next to him, but a great way to impress who I assume was the Lady's mom.
To make matters worse, you could hear them yelling "ball" or "strike" OVER the real umpire. And they'd punch anyone out, Yankees player of Blue Jays.


Although their seats made ignoring them impossible, YES thought it would be great to zoom in on these guys, whose stupidity infected at least two other guys in the section.

Guys, how much did you pay for those seats? And that's what you do? It's bad BAD form to bring a glove to a baseball game if (a) you aren't playing and (b) you are older than 12. It's beyond ridiculous to dress like an umpire.

Grow up you morons.