The New York Yankees earned home-field advantage in Tuesday night’s AL Wild Card Game against the Houston Astros, but long security lines prevented many fans from seeing player introductions.
ESPN did its best to use different camera angles to avoid showing how few people were in their seats during introductions, but judging by the noise level, it was clear that Yankee Stadium was not at capacity. More fans began to make their presence felt by the time Masahiro Tanaka threw his first pitch of the game, which resulted in ESPN finally showing more shots of the crowd as the top of the inning unfolded.
FanSided got a great shot of what the stadium looked like during player introductions.
#Yankees fans were apparently caught up in security lines before tonight's AL Wild Card game http://t.co/Qht0NTOkcy pic.twitter.com/uDp93HudAK
— FanSided (@FanSided) October 7, 2015
And judging by all the action on social media, it’s clear that long security lines were to blame. Check out this video of the madness.
A few minutes to 1st pitch, and just a few fans are still herding through security here. #Yankees #stuckintraffic pic.twitter.com/hERr5xotG1
— John Chandler (@JohnChandlerNBC) October 7, 2015
Some other photos have surfaced as well.
Here is the absurd line outside Yankee stadium because regular gates are closed @alanhahn @hahntourage39 pic.twitter.com/CgYuTVgrQt
— Tim H (@THold42) October 6, 2015
@markmarcus123 @Yankees @ESPNNYYankees This is for Gate 2 which isn't nearly as bad as Gate 4… pic.twitter.com/SJqp9pamvi
— BK (@BillyKlepp) October 6, 2015
These fans deserved better, especially given the amount of money they shelled out for tickets.
