John Oliver sends more ‘riff-raff’ to Yankee Stadium
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Two young women dressed in costume occupy luxury seats behind home plate in the second inning of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros in New York, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. The women are among a group of fans who were awarded luxury seats in the Yankees Legends Suites section as part of a stunt by television personality John Oliver.
NEW YORK >> John Oliver has put more “riff-raff” in the premium seats at Yankee Stadium.
Two young women dressed in unicorn costumes and two others in shark costumes sat in the second row behind home plate Wednesday night, the latest fans to win high-priced tickets for 25 cents apiece from HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” after promising to dress like “riff-raff” at the ballpark.
Oliver is looking to shake things up during New York’s season-opening series this week against Houston. Claiming the Yankees are elitist, the comedian is selling premium seats for a quarter to fans who pledge to dress as though they don’t belong there.
Two male fans wore yellow and green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles outfits in the Legends Suites luxury seats at Tuesday’s game.
After the Yankees announced that fans no longer could print tickets at home, chief operating officer Lonn Trost explained on radio station WFAN in February that someone buying a discounted ticket from a resale service “may be someone who has never sat in a premium location, so that’s a frustration to our existing fan base.”
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The Yankees’ reaction says it all: John Oliver is right.
So what. It is the Yankees. If you don’t like it go see the another team, like the Mets who have always been Yankee underlings. This stuff with Oliver is stupid and insulting to the game. He should stick to making fun of Trump and his wall. Eventually the fans around these clowns will say something then I hope Oliver can pay to clean up his mess. Hope no one gets physically hurt.
I’m a Yankee fan but I don’t like the statement from Trost at all. Go for it Riff Raff. Just don’t wear Red Sox gear!
What’s the big deal” It’s just the Yankees, whose fans are famously front runners and dilettantes.