So I’m not the only Dodger fan feeling ill-appreciated at the stadium. I have a few things to say about Elayne Boosler‘s YouTube rant against the security people who handcuffed her and wouldn’t let her into the fabulous 10-0 blowout against the New York Mets.

GAME 24: Dodgers 10-Mets 0

First, everybody who has been to Dodger Stadium in the past 5 years knows you can’t bring any bags that aren’t see-through into the park. She is being disingenuous when she says she wasn’t aware of that hard-and-fast rule. I once put a folded up paper bag in my clear Dodger bag for use toting a bobblehead home, and they took it out and made me throw it away. It was an empty paper bag. If I were going to hide something in it, it would have to be something I got at the stadium.

Second, taking a banned bag to the car or throwing it away are never the only two options available if you happen to arrive with contraband. There are lockers outside the Centerfield Plaza, and security always offers them to people who don’t want to schlep something back to their car.

Third, although it sounds like something I myself might do if caught in a particularly bad mood, you should never drop the F bomb on security guards just trying to do their jobs. They may have “just that little bit of power,” as Boosler puts it, and they may like to exercise it like fascists, but just think of all the vaping, fighting, drunken lunkheads they have to contend with every night. I wouldn’t want to do that job.

Lastly, I can’t imagine them handcuffing her and holding her for 2 hours just for one F word. She had to have lost it completely and made a helluva scene for them to lock her up for the duration of the game. Believe me, I rail against mindless bureaucracy in much the same way, as my poor husband and infinitely patient son can attest.

But I relate to the feeling of being unappreciated. My request to get Stephen some paper tickets “is being worked on,” according to my rep. Yeah, I’m sure it’s her top priority. In the meantime, we take it one game at a time.

Now, the boys are gone for nearly 2 weeks, so it’ll be next month before we have to struggle with the question of getting Stephen into the ballpark.

I hope this road trip is more successful than the last home stand. We lost all three series for the first time since 2011. Sunday’s powerhouse pitching and awesome hitting hopefully was a shift in momentum and not just a fluke. Go Dodgers!