Baseball is an outdoor sport. If you have a good seat you are probably sitting close to the field in open air, but if you’re a smoker you have to get up and go to a designated smoking area to indulge your habit.

That’s fine and dandy and I always respect the right of non-smokers to be smoke-free in public, but what about all those drunks you find at any major league sports game?

I’ve had drunks spill beer on me and seen them spill it on others. Then I go home smelling like a brewery and I don’t drink, and even when I did I hated the taste of beer as well as the smell of it.

A woman attending a Mets game was injured when a 300 pound drunken man fell on her and caused back injuries that required surgery.

Surprisingly, security didn’t get his name and he’s walked away free.

She’s suing the team, the beer vendor, and the union that provides the security plus the John Doe who caused her injuries.

Good on her. I hope this causes the sports teams to stop serving alcoholic beverages at games.

If I smoke a cigarette I’m still able to safely drive home. If someone is drunk at the game he’s going to be drunk going home and will not be a safe driver. How many lives are at risk due to drunks at sporting events?