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wooden flags became javelins
to be tossed. In Kansas City, two
baseballs were launched at Yan¬
kees outfielder Luis Polonia. In
Anaheim on Opening Day, toi¬
let paper covered right field.
Whether this was a commen-
| tary about their perennially re¬
building team, no one was sure.
One thing common to      *-<.	
Detroit, Pittsburgh/Kansas
City and California is that their
teams have disintegrated to the
point that they have little chance
to win. These fans suffered a
double whammy: Their beloved
teams went away, then returned
no better than before.
Most everywhere, fans are
acting out. Or not showing up
at all.
"It's the response of betrayal
-a lover betrayed," said Bob
Gurland, a philosophy profes¬
sor at New York University. 'If
your lover betrays you, you
don't take them back quite so
quickly. You say, 'Prove to me
you'll be faithful.' There is a
lurking notion they might not
stay. They didn't make any
promises. Usually, when a lover
screws you over (and returns),
she says, This time I ain't leav¬
ing.' "People's connection to
sports is quasi-religious. It's not
Mary Tyler Moore, man. It un¬
locks certain kinds of passions.
People's connection to it is
more visceral and spiritual."
Tom Tutko, a psychology
professor at San Jose State Uni¬
versity, foresees potential
trouble. Talking about fans,
Tutko said, "They feel they've
been screwed. This is their way
of showing their anger at the
players and the owners. If you're
■ not careful, these kinds of things
can escalate and get out of hand
very quickly. I think we're just a
hair-and-a-half away from a real
disaster." It is becoming appar¬
ent that extra autographs and
cheap ballpark giveaways aren't
enough to soothe bad feelings
built over 8 months. The dy¬
namics have changed to the
point where, in some cases, the
fans are in the power position.
''We've been even nicer to
tiie fans," Polonia said. "We try
to please them as much as we
can. We're trying to be the nic¬
est guys on earth right now.
Sometimes they think we're
obligated. You see places where
they say, *You have to kiss my
(butt).' A lot of fans think we
owe them, that we have to sign
and we have to throw them balls.
That's bad. I don't know why
they're getting that type of atti¬
tude."
One tiling that can be said for
fans at Yankee Stadium is that
their behavior was compara¬
tively mellow during the first
week back. If the area around
the Stadium is high in crime,
there has been little evidence of
that so tar . The one guy who
did run onto the field and slid
into second base on Ctpening
Day was treated like a war crimi¬
nal, so that may well have dis¬
couraged others.
Yankee fans ha ve been show¬
ing their displeasure by staying
home, the more mature way to
hurt both sides of the labor dis¬
pute. Even in games against the
archrival Boston Red Sox, there
was no need to worry about
crowd control because there
wasn't much of one. In one
game, the announced paid at¬
tendance was 13,694. The place
had tile look and feel of an exhi¬
bition game. Attendance is
down throughout baseball, and
it would be even worse if not for
half-price and $1 promotions.
The Yankees trumpeted their
giveaway magnetic schedules
this past week, and while these
gifts cost the team no more than
a few pennies and in no way
repay fans for their lost World
Series chance, they do possess
good features. For one, they are
soft, and for another, they don't
fly particularly well. Still, in
other, angrier venues, these
penny schedules were dumped
onto the field.
As were hardballs, and
worse.
Polonia said about fans,
"They should understand no¬
body wanted a strike. We had a
chance to go to the World Se¬
ries. I was crying, believe me. I
didn't want to go on strike any¬
way ... It happened for nothing.
Nobody can say, 'Hey, I was a
winner/ "
In Kansas City, Polonia kept
looking into the stands, waiting
for more giveaway balls to be
hurled his way. "I knew every¬
one had one," he said. "Ifs bad.
I didn't want to get too dose to
the line. It was dangerous. They
should give the bats and balls
away only after the game. One
day something bad is going to
happen. Somebody's going to
get hurt really bad. They should
put more- eyes on the fans to
make sure we don't get hit."
Polonia guessed that fans
might not warm up until the
All-Star break, and Yankee
pitcher Jimmy Key said he
wouldn't be stunned, if some
stay away all year. But Gurland
doesn't see such doom. "People
who love the game are going to
watch the game," he said.
"It's July 11, a nice night _
what else are you going to'do?
Are you going to stay home and
watch The Maltese Falcon' for
the 3,000th time?"
At least that's safe.
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