I went to the game last night, and as I walked in, was startled to see how many Giant fans were there, out of the 41,000, mus have been at least 1/3 Giant fans.
I was sitting on the first base side and was surrounded by Giant fans, and I expected the worst.
But unlike Red Sox and especially Dodger fans who can be nasty (Yankee fans are just arrogant), they were actually pretty good. Unlike Dodger fans, who get mores atisfaction out of booing the other team and talking smack, they spent their energy cheering their team.
Seeing me and my wife in our Angel gear, a lot of them around us were complimentary of the team, talked about how great Trout was, how they loved The Big A as compared to "Crime-ez Ravine" as they called it.
Maybe it was our mutual disdain for the Dodgers that made it not so bad, even if they did get to cheer more than we did.

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I was not expecting many SF fans, but there was A LOT. But they were very pleasant compared to NY, BOS, LAD fans. Im sure the Angels ticketing people loved seeing 41,000+ on a monday night.

I have had great times with SF fans in ballparks across the country. They have always been class, and they have been traveling fans way before 2010.
Pure class.

Giant fans sitting next to me, they said, they don't feel safe at Dodger Stadium, they would rather see their team here.

Hey Halo,

I'm a Giants fan attending all 3 games. It's VERY refreshing to be able to see a game down here with good fans. Dodger stadium is just a different mindset. Everyone there looks for ANY reason to fight.

Angel fans have been very cool both games...We had some good humored trades back and forth, but ending in Hand Shakes and "Good games". That's the way it should be.

BTW, Trout and Trumbo....HOLY!!!! You guys are set for a long time!

Thanks, you're right, that's the way it should be, I mean it is only a game...

A few years ago, my wife and i went to Chase Field in Phoenix to see the Angels play and the stadium people there commented a number of times how much they like Angel fans and HATE Dodgers fans. I watched the Angels play two weeks ago in Denver and the fans there were very cordial and inquisitive about the Angels--- even in defeat. As a side note, there were a LOT of Angel fans at the game.

A few years ago, I was in Angel Stadium for a Sunday game against the Dodgers, who were in the process of getting swept by the Angels. With the Angels leading (they eventually won), Dodger fans were leaving the stadium chanting "Angels $uck." Do Dodger fans even look at the scoreboard?

Dodger fans USED to really know baseball. Sad to see the deterioration.

Nevertheless, that is why I am Red NOT Blue!

I had the same experience as everyone seems to have had on this board. I like SF fans. They prefer to root for the Giants rather than against the opposition. My dad and I flew up to SF for the world series in 2002 and the Giants fans couldn't have been nicer. Granted I was 11 and had a rally monkey stapled to my hat, but still. I went to the game tonight and had some good exchanges with some SF fans as well.

Sad to say that my oldest daughter's sometimes off and on boyfriend went to see the Angel / SF game on Monday night. He is an Angel fan and was denied access to the game because of wording on his shirt. He designs and makes his own shirts, and when asked he turned his shirt inside out, but unfortunately that was not enough for the Na zi stadium police. He had tickets that had face value of $68 but when he asked for reimbursment for his ticket, the Angel staff member involved pulled $1 out of his pocket and offered him that as reimbursement.

Sorry, I understand the Angels staff being on their guard against anything violent happening at Angel Stadium but I have known this guy for 5 years and have never known him to hurt anyone at all. I realize that Angels staff do not have the same history with this guy that I do, but really, just because he is Hispanic does not mean that he is any more likely than anyone else to cause any problems. He is one of the sweetest guys I have ever known.

That said, I respect the Angels right to refuse entry to anyone they choose. But really believe that if that is what they choose to do, the person they refuse to admit to the game should be reimbursed for the price of their ticket. What happened to my daughter's boyfriend this Monday was not acceptable behavior on the part of Angels staff.

An unfortunate incident, but look at it from the organization's point of view for a moment...

Once he's inside, it's just as easy to turn the shirt right side out again... so if they are serious about preventing certain language from appearing in the stadium, they *must* prevent the shirt from going inside. I don't know what language they objected to, but if it could possibly be considered profane I'm absolutely *thrilled* that they are taking a stand against it.

As far as getting reimbursement, as a season ticket holder I can assure you that MOST tickets are not worth the face value. When I can't go to a game I often can't resell my ticket for half of what I paid for it. Furthermore, the face value on the ticket is more than double what I actually paid. I can understand why you would want reimbursement in this situation... but unless the Angels were to make tickets non-transferable (so they could check how much was actually paid), a policy of reimbursing would lead to people attempting to make money by intentionally getting denied entry.

Yea, something has changed. Civility is down overall, but its good to hear about the Giants fans being cool!!!

Yeah, the Giants fans these days are of a different stripe than the Candlestick parks days, a much younger and cooler set, for the most part.

AT&T is a great place to see a game, even if you're from an opposing team - no hassles, no "D" cells - although I gotta say, once you'e left the park, and are headed, say, to the Caltrain station, I'd cover up - and not just from the inevitable cold ...

Why didn't he just go buy one of the $9.99 cheap shirts the team store sells? H e chose to not attend the game when he could of got in for 10 bucks and had a new cheap angel shirt. He may be the nicest guy in the world but little kids who attend angel games should not have to see shirts with profanity on them at a baseball game. That is why angel stadium is still a very desirable place to see a baseball game bro.

Your daughter's boyfriend may indeed be a sweet kid who would not start a fight but the words on the shirt could cause someone else to create a scene. The Angels want a family atmosphere within the stadium and they were protecting that atmosphere.

This is refreshing to hear. They actually have word for this. I think it's called SPORTSMANSHIP.

I too was at the game last night and had a great SF family in front of us. Lotta fun banter back and forth, very clean and entertaining.

Years ago my friends and I went to Candlestick with Dodgers gear on (pre-FOX) and had hot dogs thrown at us (we weren't obnoxious). Granted we were in their yard, but I think the SF fans have grown for sure.

Thanks SF fans for being respectful in our yard and for cheering your quality team.

And Helen, I think you made the point as being a PRO for the Angel family experience...there are a ton of kids at the stadium and there's no reason to wear an offensive shirt. Save the dou.che shirts for the club and wear some Halo red.

He should have gone to the team store and bought one of their cheap t-shirts (I think they're like $9.00) - problem solved.

Why are you bringing that up? It is "old" news. . . .or are you trying to imply that there is as much "crime" at the Big A as there is at chavez ravine?

I'd have to disagree with that, if that's why you brought it up.