Video - Citizens Bank Park Underage Drinking Crackdown

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Shake Down. Break Down. You're Busted!
Published 5/14/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ren McCormack) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
"To play in the Big Leagues, you must be 21, or else you're out at the old ball game." Last night, NBC 10 News followed around Philly PD as they prowled the Citizen Bank Park parking lots for underage drinkers. Not surprisingly, they did so on "Dollar Dog Night." The results: 91 minors busted, 7 juvies (under 18), 8 people produced fake IDs and 9 were cited for disorderly conduct. (Yet some drunken stumble bums still managed to make it into the stadium). Kudos to the bearded clown for dropping the old "If you're old enough to go to Iraq" cliche. ...

Dollar Dog Night Lives Up to Reputation
Published 5/14/2008 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
Apparently the scene wasn't pretty last night at Citizens Bank Park. Before the game even started, throngs of undercover police were busting underage kids in the parking lot for drinking adult beverages. Tisk, tisk, kiddies. Then, once the game actually kicked off, mayhem ensued. The Philly Burbs blog writes: The event was an absolute disgrace and an embarrassment to anyone with an even an ounce of dignity. I sat in the 200 level and looked up above to a constant screaming of “Let’s go Mets!” I almost missed Jason Werth’s heroics as the attention turned back to the area which had now turned into a food fight. Hot dogs were flying, ...