Definitely a crazy atmosphere last night, fanbase has clearly been starving for this and we're finally getting it.
On the subject of the crowd itself (e.g. drinking, general obnoxiousness, etc.) it was something I kind of saw when going to Mets games this year: team gets really good again for the first time in awhile, and some folks start coming out of the woodwork and treat each game like an event that warrants getting plastered or whatever. Every fanbase in sports has its share of schmucks in it, and that can be most pronounced when a long-suffering group suddenly starts to taste success again.
...that, and over the last few years it's definitely been easier and easier to get hard liquor at the Rock. I appreciate it, since while I do love a good beer I typically prefer doing a couple of rounds of mixed drinks, instead, but again when it's a Saturday and the team's got a party atmosphere around it, it's hard not to expect some people to make jackasses of themselves. Reminds me of when I was a kid and the PTA gave us forms for discounted Devils or Nets tickets, and I got all excited at one because it was Knicks vs. Nets, but my parents read it, saw it'd be on St. Patrick's Day, and said no. When 8-10 year old or whatever me asked why, they said "because when it comes to the drinking that'll be happening, that's guaranteed to be Amateur Night".
Game itself was all you could ask for; sloppy at times in the first, which has been a bit of a minor habit lately, but just like many other recent games they regrouped in the locker room and came out flying in the second, then were able to just keep things settled for the most part during the third. Did find it funny at first that the guy sitting next to me spent the whole second (y'know, when we were winning and when we were outshooting the Yotes 14-4) just complaining about everything they were doing on the ice, but that got old after a few minutes.
