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I was wrong: Cardboard cutouts are a terrible idea

Sports are like the reward of a functioning society.

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Reader, I must seek your forgiveness.

In early July, I urged the Rockies to adopt fan cardboard cutouts, which were common in the Chinese Professional Baseball League and the Korea Baseball Organization. It would allow fans to have a presence at games, I argued, and provide a source of fundraising for team-related charities.

Having watched games with actual cardboard cutouts, I’m here to confess that what looked like a good idea in theory is a nightmare in practice.