Yankees fans entertain themselves by throwing money from upper deck

If you thought sitting through the entire 19-inning game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees on Friday night into Saturday morning made for a long time at the ballpark, check out this story about four friends from Binghamton, N.Y, who were apparently bored long before the ninth inning even rolled around.

Bored enough, according to NJ.com, that they actually started freely throwing away their money from their upper seats to the fans seated below.

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According to NJ.com’s Brendon Kuty, Clark Giblin, Patrick Hunter, John Koniuto and Ryan Mead threw about $20 in singles from their section 300 seats into the Delta Sky 360 Suites around the third and fourth innings. They continued doing so for about an hour, when Yankee Stadium security asked them to stop

It’s not high quality video, but there they were in action.

As for an explanation.

“They were doing so bad, we had to entertain ourselves somehow,” Ryan Mead said.

Granted, it did take the Yankees until the fourth inning to get their first hit against Wade Miley, but it was still only 1-0 at the point. And really, up until that point, the game was moving at a pretty decent pace. Although that would obviously change by the time the 19th-inning rolled around.

What we’re trying to say is, the game was never really boring, and certainly never boring enough to start throwing away money. But Mead, who says he’s done this before at Yankee Stadium, obviously disagrees and apparently would have continued doing it had security now stepped in.

“We’re not hurting anyone,” he said.

Alright then. It’s his money, mostly, so perhaps we should just congratulate those who walked away $1 richer.

By the way, there’s no word in the story about whether or not the four friends lasted the entire game. If they did, then perhaps they got their money’s worth. Then again, the Yankees losing may have drove them to completely empty out their wallets on the almost entirely empty seats below.

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Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Townie813

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