04/24/24
October 14, 2003
The Official Boston Police Report: from the brawl between the Sox and the Yanks. Clinical and fascinating.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 01:28 PM - 13 comments
bullies
posted by jasonspaceman at 01:54 PM on October 14, 2003
Fry you Evil empire bizzitches! So the bullpen guy was cheering? Actually, he shouldn't do that. But I'm sure that it didn't warrant a cleat-stomping. I'm starting to really dislike ball players.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 02:25 PM on October 14, 2003
Aw, bollocks. I searched for "police report" but couldn't get myself to read that whole thread. If this one doesn't get deleted, hopefully some people that wouldn't normally read that thread (like myself) will still find it interesting (like I did).
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:25 PM on October 14, 2003
I can almost excuse the players for throwing an initial punch or shove, assuming the groundskeeper was behaving obnoxiously. But when five or more of them chose to surround and stomp the guy after he was on the ground, and for Karim Garcia to jump the fence to join in, is just nuts. How could no suspensions have come from that?
posted by rcade at 02:30 PM on October 14, 2003
Rcade - I'm sick of the league suspending players and charging them money - I don't think it's anything more than a low-key PR manouver. Charge these pricks. For real. Let them settle monetarily with the victim and not their pension fund.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 02:40 PM on October 14, 2003
Curse of the Groundskeeper Beating! I call it.
posted by yerfatma at 02:48 PM on October 14, 2003
I seriously believe the second incident occurred because the Yanks failed to react appropriately the first time, and were embarassed and frustrated as a result. Just a matter of time after that. And ironic and unfair as it seems, considering the origins (read Pedro), the Yanks (Garcia and Nelson) should be the ones with legal troubles, if that police report is authentic. Weedy, I like your thinking, though its a dangerous line to cross when introducing legality into the realm of a professional sporting event; a blind side sack would qualify as assault on any given sunday.
posted by garfield at 03:04 PM on October 14, 2003
He didn't deserve any physical attack, not a punch, not a slap, nothing. if it was pissing Nelson off that much, ask the bullpen coach to have the guy moved or have the cop talk to him.
posted by jerseygirl at 03:19 PM on October 14, 2003
He didn't deserve any physical attack, not a punch, not a slap, nothing. That's a little presumptuous JG, as the available information does not provide much insight into what was happening before things got physical, and he very well could've deserved a whoopin....when people break with character, somebody probably deserved it.
posted by garfield at 03:42 PM on October 14, 2003
...its a dangerous line to cross when introducing legality into the realm of a professional sporting event; a blind side sack would qualify as assault on any given sunday.
Not if it is in context. If it is an in-game situation between participants, its just part of the game. If a photographer snapping shots of the bench gets the blind-side sack away from the play and off the pitch just because the fat d-lineman doesn't like him taking shots of his "bad side", that's a whole different story. ...when people break with character, somebody probably deserved it.
For what? Heckling? What the hell happened to free speech? I must be deluding myself, there's no such thing.
posted by lilnemo at 03:51 PM on October 14, 2003
Maybe. It's so 3rd grade playground, it's ridiculous. "He was cheering for the other team, so I beat him up"
posted by jerseygirl at 03:54 PM on October 14, 2003
What the hell happened to free speech? Say whatever you want, but someone may smack ya. I'm not saying its right, I'm saying that's the way it is. And I also agreed with the smackers getting charged. If it is an in-game situation between participants, its just part of the game. Is it? Ask Marty McSorley or any number of hockey players who have faced charges for in-game incidents. And I mention this because if Pedro had connected, then he could've been charged with assualt with a deadly object (making it up as I go folks). It's a murky gray which I can't see clearly through. Maybe. It's so 3rd grade playground, it's ridiculous. Agreed!
posted by garfield at 04:09 PM on October 14, 2003
. I'm really looking forward to the actual report. Still occasionally scanning thesmokinggun.com