One thing you have to admit -- despite my clear hate of the Red Sox and support of the Yankees, I never acted like Yankee fans are innocent or not largely made up of idiot meatheads. In fact, I think more than once I've come down on the NY media and fans for being general morons, like when they say things about A-Rod being a choker or the Yankees being better off without him. You know, idiot things.But the story currently on ESPN.com and pointed out by reader "bdi," the mess pictured here killed a Red Sox fan with her car. Apparently, intentionally, after get harrassed in a New Hampshire bar.
Now, I'm sure she was provoked. I'm sure the Sox fans were obnoxious to her. I'm sure they called her all sorts of desultory names. But to get into your car and to f-cking run the dude down?? Wow. Seriously unhinged.
According to the prosecutor, "she indicated to police that she wanted to scare this group of people. She thought they would get out of the way." But they didn't and a 29-year-old dude is dead now.
Way to end your own life, too, you disgrace.
I'm not sure what you were thinking being a vocal Yankee fan in a New England bar, but hey, keep your fandom to yourself. You're nothing to be proud of.
8 comments:
J,
As I have told B-Dowd time and time again, despite the fact that he denies this, fans are the same every where you go. There are good fans, there are bad fans, there are bandwagon jumpers, and then there are idiots like this chick. Kind of makes you ashamed to be a fan of that team.
I'd agree to a point... there are those kinds of fans pretty much everywhere, but I would say the breakdown of each KIND of fan varies quite a bit. Like, St. Louis Cardinal fans are, by and large, polite, non-booing, baseball-loving kind midwesterners. There may be 10% that are complete a-holes, but that percentage is 50-60% in NY and 96% in Boston (note, all figures random estimates -- clearly!).
But yeah, I see you point.
Yes, we Cardinal fans are polite, except when the Cubs are in town. I've been to some games that had complete jerks there.
Funny thing - you would think Utah Jazz fans would be like St. Louis Cardinal fans (different sports - I know), polite, non-booing. No, not one bit. Lots of jerks at Jazz games.
Paul, I heard it explained this way- Many Jazz fans are Mormon, thus are pretty reserved/restricted in their day-to-day lives. These games are one of the only ways they're allowed, if not encouraged to vent angrily...kinda makes sense to me.
That said, whether in LA, Boston, SLC or Indy, there are a-holes everywhere...sadly those people have to have a favorite team too.
It's fun how we don't consider ourselves a-holes, when I KNOW all three of us have yelled things that could be construed as a-hole-y things at Ross-Ade, among other places.
Heh. We rule, though.
B-Dowd,
I never yelled anything A-Hole like at Ross-Ade. Nope, not during your fresman year, not during a drubbing by Wisconsin, not directed at Jim Coletto, not heard by any players, and not causing all our friends and everybody around me (except you) to clear out 3 rows from us. Never, not once.
hey big dummy- You in town yet?
B-Dowd,
I get in tonight. I also arrive in Indianapolis this evening. Always funny, always funny.
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