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August 13, 2009
You Stay Classy, Cubs Fans: Perhaps upset by his jack earlier in the game, an enterprising bleacher bum tosses a beer on Shane Victorino as he snags a pop fly on the warning track. More importantly, future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez gets the win in his first major league start since September of last year.
Deadspin has a photo of the beer thrower and is hoping he can be identified. That's a ridiculously lame stunt, though you have to appreciate the idiocy of the innocent guy who gets tossed for enjoying it so much.
posted by rcade at 09:16 AM on August 13, 2009
The Sun-Times is looking for him too.
posted by rcade at 09:20 AM on August 13, 2009
wow, that guy even looks like a douche.
posted by bdaddy at 10:27 AM on August 13, 2009
I think it's K-Fed.
posted by bdaddy at 10:29 AM on August 13, 2009
wow, that guy even looks like a douche.
I think it's K-Fed.
Same difference.
*Good one, bdaddy
posted by BornIcon at 10:30 AM on August 13, 2009
What the heck does a beer cost at Wrigley? And the idiot throws it? As much as he should get punished for dumping it on Victorino, Chicago fans should toss him out of the city for wasting beer like that.
posted by THX-1138 at 11:32 AM on August 13, 2009
That's what I like to call real alcohol abuse, THX.
posted by BornIcon at 11:34 AM on August 13, 2009
Hey, at least it wasn't vomit or urine!
And, yeah I think I saw his brother on vacation a few weeks ago.
posted by tahoemoj at 12:44 PM on August 13, 2009
Wow, I can't believe Deadspin used the same headline as me.
I mean, I can, but good times.
But yes, that Mexico story is much worse.
posted by SpiffyRob at 01:14 PM on August 13, 2009
Anchorman quotes on the Internet? Now I've seen everything.
posted by yerfatma at 02:26 PM on August 13, 2009
The fall guy looks like Steve Bartman.
posted by Ricardo at 03:05 PM on August 13, 2009
I was surprised Pedro pitched as well as he did, he still has decent velocity and can still paint the corners. He may be a real difference maker down the stretch.
posted by mjkredliner at 04:50 PM on August 13, 2009
mjkredliner, quit trying to make this thread about the game, hate that.
Wasting beer like that ought to be a crime. What is up with the fall guy loving his moment in the spot light?
posted by dviking at 05:43 PM on August 13, 2009
Well, at least it wasn't pee and vomit.
posted by Joey Michaels at 05:57 PM on August 13, 2009
What is up with the fall guy loving his moment in the spot light?
I noticed the same thing when I watched the video and had to agree with BI. The only thing I could think of was:
Wow. Moron.
posted by THX-1138 at 07:21 PM on August 13, 2009
Why are they dumping beer on the only guys seemingly capable of playing decent baseball at Wrigley Field (that being the opponent). They should dump a beer on batting practice pitcher Jeff Samardzija, as well as Pinella for trotting the guy out to the mound when he's obviously not able to get major league hitters out.
posted by dyams at 09:29 PM on August 13, 2009
The fall guy looks like Steve Bartman
Maybe the XXL version. The fall guy taking the heat made me think of one thing:
Wow. Moron.
posted by BornIcon at 07:09 AM on August 14, 2009
Pedro was much, much sharper than I expected him to be. His velocity is obviously down, but the lowered arm angle gave his fastball some nasty English. A couple more starts to find his groove and he could be a major factor down the stretch. The Phillies look very strong.
posted by SpiffyRob at 08:07 AM on August 14, 2009
As a disappointed Mets fan, the only thing I have to say about Phillie fans talking about Pedro is: Please stop! I'm in enough pain as it is this year watching my team implode with injuries.
posted by BornIcon at 08:18 AM on August 14, 2009
Meet Johnny Macchione (photo), the 21-year-old college student who turned himself in to police for tossing the beer. "It was a big mistake. I'd like to apologize to Shane Victorino. It really is nothing against him. It was a mistake like I said. The Chicago Cubs -- I'm sorry I disgraced you, the fans of the Cubs, myself, my family. And that's all. The courts will handle itself. ... It was just an impulse."
His apology is as deft as that throw but it won't stop him from being known as a total idiot. If I was him, I'd start working on winning the Nobel Prize to keep this from being the first line in my obit.
Fall guy Dan LaPaz, who was a friend of a friend of Macchione, had an interesting night. After he was dragged away and then released without an apology, he went to Murphy's Bleachers. Bouncers wouldn't let him in. "They said, 'You're the guy who got kicked out. We don't want you here,' " DeLaPaz said.
posted by rcade at 08:56 AM on August 14, 2009
Funny video that tried to save the fall guy:
The look on his friend's face after he threw the beer is priceless.
posted by rcade at 09:05 AM on August 14, 2009
The look on his friend's face after he threw the beer is priceless.
Yeah, I saw that too. My question is if the look that his friend gave him was: A) I can't believe you just did that-look or B) You asshole! Did you really just throw away a $8.50 full cup of beer away-look...?
posted by BornIcon at 09:11 AM on August 14, 2009
Sort of relevant: In July, Deadspin caught up with half of the father-son team who mugged the Royals base coach at the White Sox game in 2002.
posted by rcade at 09:12 AM on August 14, 2009
You know who's second in line (behind Shane) for an apology from this jagoff? The fall guy. This guy not only let him take the hit and get thrown out, but actively pointed him out to Cubs security. You know, the "just an impulse" excuse is almost believable, but a respectable human being would have done the right thing when the poor sap next to him was being dragged off.
posted by cl at 09:31 AM on August 14, 2009
He called LaPaz and apologized, according to one of the news stories.
posted by rcade at 09:36 AM on August 14, 2009
cl, the guy is a douche bag. He threw a cup of beer away, let the friend of a friend take the heat while pointing him out as the suspected beer thrower to security and is now acting as if he's humbled by this experiance. What the guy needs to do is stand in the batters box during Cubs practice and allow the pitching maching to hit him square in the chest while unprotected about 100 times. By the time it's all said & done, either he'll be dead from his chest caving in from the impact of a 90 MPH fastball repeatedly hitting his "sweet spot" or he'll never forget how much of an assbag he is due to the dent he'll have on his sternum for life.
posted by BornIcon at 09:42 AM on August 14, 2009
Ah, OK. Maybe there's hope yet.
posted by cl at 09:42 AM on August 14, 2009
He deserves to die because he threw a beer on somebody?
posted by rcade at 10:42 AM on August 14, 2009
He deserves to die because he threw a beer on somebody?
Negative. I wasn't intentionally promoting murder, I was just being snarky towards this asshat.
posted by BornIcon at 10:50 AM on August 14, 2009
You can't fix stupid.
posted by THX-1138 at 11:06 AM on August 14, 2009
After watching the video a few times, it looks like security grabbed the wrong guy. If you look at the video when it replays in semi-slow motion, the guy that actually threw the beer slyly throws the cup of beer at Victorino and quickly sits back down. For whatever reason, the guy that gets grabbed by security is acting as if it were him that did it. Dumbass.