There Were Empty Seats at the Start of Jays Game Because Everyone Was Stuck Outside

If you're one of the lucky 51,517 fans with a ticket to Game 5 of the ALCS at the Rogers Centre, congratulations … on having the foresight to own a smartphone to stream the game because the social medias say you ain't getting in anytime soon, hoser. For the second game in a row, the 4:00 PM first pitch conspired against Rogers Centre and the security trying to process the crush of people who all waited until the last minute to ditch work and head to the game.

Here's a shot of the queue debacle from Adnan On MUFC, whose tweet should come with a sad mournful button accordion playing in the background:

I should get in for the 4th inning. pic.twitter.com/jMcjUwRTIh
— Adnan (@AdnanOnMUFC) October 19, 2016

Here's a bird's eye view two hours befo—err, I mean two minutes after the first pitch.

This dude Mike Gans has some strong Torontonian words for the Blue Jays.

@bluejays game time and line management sucks. pic.twitter.com/ZtUQdKktOT
— Mike Gans (@mike_gans) October 19, 2016

Chris Creamer, sports logo historian, predicted empty seats at game time to head off aspersions about the fandom of our neighbors to the north.

Just minutes before 1st pitch, the lines to get into Rogers Centre still quite long… May see empty seats for 1st inning #BlueJays #ALCS pic.twitter.com/XdeKvaQO4Z
— Chris Creamer (@sportslogosnet) October 18, 2016

If you think he's joking, here's Ryan Pritt with the eyewitness account. Crowds are there, just not there there.

Late-arriving crowd at Rogers Centre for Game 5. Seats more than half-empty about five minutes from first pitch. pic.twitter.com/X76Lw2r9kg
— Ryan Pritt (@RyanPritt) October 19, 2016

If only Blue Jays fans could be their man Geddy Lee and make "Time Stand Still." Alas, the ALCS waits for no man. Or woman. By the time you're in the building, you'll be down 2-0.