An off-duty police officer was arrested at Citi Field on Thursday night when stadium officials discovered that he was sitting in the wrong seat. If you have never been in the position 30-year-old Eduardo Cornejo was in as he was watching the Mets lose 6-3 to the Reds, you’ve either never been to many sporting events or are a strict law-abiding citizen.

According to the NY Post, Cornejo — whom they described as “drunk” — moved to a more expensive seat and was asked to move back to his own seat several times. When he refused, he was asked a number of times to leave the stadium. Cornejo reportedly would not comply, so a uniformed police officer relieved stadium security of their duties and arrested him.

“He was in a section he wasn’t supposed to be,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said according to the NY Daily News. “They asked him to leave. He wouldn’t. (A) supervisor asked him to leave. He wouldn’t. The uniformed police sergeant asked him to leave. He wouldn’t, and he was arrested as a result.”

Cornejo was arraigned on criminal trespassing charges Thursday and released before declining to comment on the situation. While there are certain to be a number of people who are outraged that a police officer was arrested over something like this, that should have no bearing on the situation. If you want to argue that the Mets should allow fans to move to more expensive seats toward the end of the game, that’s one thing. I’ve done it many times at sporting events, but I’ve also moved back if a security guard asked me too. Whether he agreed that he should be allowed to sit there or not, Cornejo was required to comply the same way any other fan would be.

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The Mets have won two World Series, which is more than six franchises. That’s not bad considering they’ve been around for 50 years. But despite the two World Series titles, the Mets have only been to the playoffs seven times, and they’ve finished last in their division 13 times. That’s caused plenty of disappointment for fans, especially one man whose obituary referenced the team’s failures.

Former English professor Richard Spiegel died recently, and here is what was written about him:

The final, and an immensely popular course he taught, was that of the literature of baseball. This was thinly veiled therapy to alleviate the trauma he sustained from coaching arguably the worst Little League [sic] team in recorded (or unrecorded) history and from the sufferings he endured from 40 years as a devout Mets fan.

I just hope that’s not what my uncle’s obituary says (don’t worry Uncle Al, not pushing you into the grave). At least this guy’s obit didn’t have as angry of a tone as this Minnesota fan. Inept sports teams — killing fans for the past 100 years.

Thanks to Hot Clicks for sharing the story.

That disturbing image was haunting viewers during the Mets-Marlins game on Monday night. After much debate, we have concluded it was a fan wearing a baby mask, though one could easily argue he was trying out for a villain’s role in the sequel of Dick Tracy. Even the Marlins announcers got in on the act laughing at said fan. Check out this video passed along by our friends at Kegs ‘n Eggs:

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