Wild fan taunted for tucking in jersey
According to reports out of the
“My wife and I were enjoying the game
when out of nowhere this group of fans in our section started yelling at me to untuck my jersey,” Lagasse said.
“They were merciless. They had half the upper deck chanting, ‘Untuck your jersey,’ followed by the familiar ‘clap, clap, clap-clap-clap.’”
Witnesses report that Lagasse
was standing more often than most fans during the game, apparently trying to
fire up the Wild with motivational cheers after the team’s three-goal lead
started fading in the second period.
“In the first period, I hardly noticed
the tucked-in jersey guy,” Section 210 fan Bryan Maus
said. “But then, the Wild started going in the tank in the second and he was
constantly on his feet, trying to get the fans to cheer ‘Let’s go, Wild’ and stuff like that. Nobody paid much attention to him
until they noticed he had his jersey tucked into his Dockers.
“Then the proverbial gloves came off. It
started with just a couple of guys yelling at him to untuck
his jersey. By the end of the second period, almost half the section was
hurling insults and the occasional box of popcorn at the guy. I can’t say he
deserved it, but c’mon, who in their right mind thinks a tucked-in hockey
jersey looks good?”
Though he received a healthy dose of
grief from fellow Wild fans, Lagasse was unapologetic
for his wardrobe choice.
“I was taking my wife out to celebrate
Valentine’s Day with a little dinner at Fuji Ya
followed by the game. I wanted to class up my look a little bit, so I tucked in
my jersey. She’s always bothering me to tuck my shirt in and brush my teeth
before I go to work, so I just thought she’d be happy with me if I tucked in
the jersey for a night out on the town. Boy, did that
backfire.”
According to the incident report filed at
the arena, ushers were called to Section 210 for fan assistance during the
second period. Usher Rob Swoverland was the first on
the scene.
“It was an ugly situation. Mr. Lagasse looked like a complete idiot, and if I wasn’t
working at the time, I would have probably taunted him, too. After a few
near-misses by thrown cups of beer, I finally convinced him to untuck his jersey. But he wasn’t happy about it. His wife,
however, was relieved.”
According to Lagasse’s
wife, Megan, the tucked-in jersey fiasco wasn’t the first time that Lagasse has been the subject of teasing from fans at a
sporting event.
“We go to a
lot of Twins games in the summer and, despite the fact that he’s 24 years old,
Chris insists on bringing his glove to every game. I understand catching a foul
ball is a thrill, but we have season tickets in the upper deck above the left
field foul pole. That’s an area no foul ball has ever, or will ever, reach. I
love Chris with all of my heart, but what guy over the age of 12 brings his
glove to a baseball game?”
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