Here's a tradition that even the young Mets fans can remember. Victory Smokes. Victory Cigars. Whatever you want to call them. One of the most iconic images of the 2006 Playoff Berth for the Mets was David Wright, cigar in Mouth, holding up the Champs sign around Shea Stadium. Of course when things like this happen in America (in this day and age) there will be some sort of complaint, especially when it is broadcasted on TV.
This was taken to a new level though this week with the Reds and the NL Central Division Championship. Not one, or two but five people actually called the State Health Inspection Department in Ohio saying that the Reds were violating the ban on Indoor smoking since they were smoking cigars in the Lockeroom. The department will now be conducting a health inspection. Seriously. Oh, and they won't be able to blame this one on some rookie or veteran who didn't know any better. These cigars were from the owner.
What is really telling about this story, is that I am not surprised about this at all. But to some degree, when does a building stop being a building and starts being a private home? I know legally the lockerroom is still considered a building, therefore no smoking, but where is that line?
