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[Blackace]

Just because you pay for a ticket and root for a team doesn't give you the right to attack or harm a player from another team!

BOSTON (AP) -- The New York Yankees got into another scuffle with fans on a testy night at Fenway Park. This time, Gary Sheffield was in the middle of it.

Sheffield was fielding Jason Varitek's two-run triple along the right-field fence in the eighth inning of Boston's 8-5 victory Thursday night when a fan swung a short uppercut in his direction, appearing to graze the side of the slugger's face with his right arm.

"I just felt something hit me in the mouth," Sheffield said. "I don't know if he hit me or not, it felt like it. I thought my lip was busted."

After Sheffield picked up the ball, he shoved the fan before throwing the ball back to the infield. Another fan tossed a beer at Sheffield, who whirled around with a cocked fist but restrained himself.

I get tired of seeing shit like this happening. Also, I would like to say that it makes me sick to hear people heckling players about really personal things that have nothing to do with baseball or whatever sport, and is really none of their business. Saying "Ha you suck!" is great and is a part of the sport. But saying "I heard your wife had a miscarriage! hahah" is sick and wrong.

So remember kids just because you buy a ticket to the game, doesn't mean it is ok to become a complete jackass

 

[Cloudy]

I wanted to see Sheff in the stands

 

[Miguel]

Poor Sheffoid.

 

[Blackace]

Poor Sheffoid.

oh come on... you think that is right? Even to a Yankee a team I hate almost as much as the A's and Angels (M's for life!!!) But this is just one time in many where fans think they can throw beers, quarters, and punch players just because they are a fan of a team and bought a ticket?

 

[Archaix]

You seriously need to watch the footage of this. The guy was pounding on the wall, and his "short uppercut" was him trying to lift his arm out of the way as to NOT get in Sheffield's way.

 

[Miguel]

What the hell? Jesus people. I didn't say I agreed with the fan. I can't say "poor someone" without it being sarcasm?

 

[Blackace]

You seriously need to watch the footage of this. The guy was pounding on the wall, and his "short uppercut" was him trying to lift his arm out of the way as to NOT get in Sheffield's way.

and another guy wanted a fresh beer so he got rid of the cup in the quickest way he could... :lol

 

[Rorschach]

That's Boston for you. :|

 

[calder]

What the hell? I say I agreed with the fan. I say "poor someone" without sarcasm

Damn Yankee fans.

 

[Archaix]

and another guy wanted a fresh beer so he got rid of the cup in the quickest way he could... :lol

You know, when a player decides to punch a fan(during play nonetheless...why aren't the yankees fans pissed that he let an extra run score?) I'm pretty sure he's fair game to get beer spilt on him in the process.

 

[Blackace]

You know, when a player decides to punch a fan(during play nonetheless...why aren't the yankees fans pissed that he let an extra run score?) I'm pretty sure he's fair game to get beer spilt on him in the process.

Actually for someone who has seen the video, you should know Sheff didn't punch anyone... but all in all this thread isn't about this ONE happening... I mean in general... why do people think they have the right to treat players like shit?

 

[whytemyke]

This just in... Yankees sign Ron Artest to play left field for remainder of the season.

 

[john tv]

Woulda been nice if he knocked that fan clean on his ass. Stupid punk.

 

[Fatalah]

Does Fenway stop selling beer at a certain point or what? Because that whole section (watch the footage) looks like they're high on glue.

Gary restrained himself. He did nothing wrong, the little push he gave the fan was nothing--unless you're for a pussy society.

If all game Gary hears "I HATE YOUR GUTS GARY, YOU SUCK! I OUGHTTA SMACK YOU!"

or even worse,

going anywhere near fans for a ball, let alone drunk fans, let alone drunk fans from Boston-- is scary as hell.

 

[The Faceless Master]

i saw the video, and the fan clearly clocked sheff... it's a good thing sheff held back... for his own sake too...

 

[Eminem]

This just in... Yankees sign Ron Artest to play left field for remainder of the season.

:lol :lol


and i agree with whoever said the fan was hitting the wall. he was not trying to jack sheffield. though i wish he woulda busted sheff's lip.

the next series between these two teams, the home team should invite some italian soccer fans. then shef can get hit by a flair, get caught on fire, then get doused in beer to put the flame out.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

sheffield's a bitch.

 

[Shinobi]

Generally speaking, sports fans are fucking morons...not exactly filled with a lot of stones either.

 

[DCharlie]

THE AMERICANS NEED CANTONA , STAT!

Look at the fans faces! They didn't think the gobby little wanker would get a kicking, how WRONG they were!

 

[Alex Anderson]

Poor Sheffoid.

I think "Garroid" sounds better. Rhymes with "Barroid."

*turns to ESPNews to catch the highlights*

 

[Rei_Toei]

 

[Alex Anderson]

That is so cool.

 

[spliced]

Haha I love seeing those clowns get knocked down a peg.

Besides good fans are a big part of what makes sports exciting.

 

[Great King Bowser]

THE AMERICANS NEED CANTONA , STAT!

Look at the fans faces! They didn't think the gobby little wanker would get a kicking, how WRONG they were!

OOH AAH CANTONA!

 

[Kuroyume]

SOX fans are just animals.

 

[Shinobi]

THE AMERICANS NEED CANTONA , STAT!

Look at the fans faces! They didn't think the gobby little wanker would get a kicking, how WRONG they were!

:lol :lol :lol Even if he was a United player, it's impossible for me not to laugh at those pics.

That is so cool.

:lol Yeah, particularly knowing how much those two teams hate each other. :lol Though they'd better curb that shit over there and stat before it gets completely out of hand.

 

[ourumov]

"Au revoir !"

 

[Blackace]

Haha I love seeing those clowns get knocked down a peg.

Besides good fans are a big part of what makes sports exciting.

being a good fan doesn't mean throwing beer on people... no matter what, players are just people who can do something very well...

I'll just throw beer at Tom Cruise next time I decide he makes a bad movie :lol

 

[Ninja Scooter]

being a good fan doesn't mean throwing beer on people... no matter what, players are just people who can do something very well...

I'll just throw beer at Tom Cruise next time I decide he makes a bad movie :lol

nobody threw a beer on him. He knocked the beer out of some lady's hands when he rushed up to the stands trying to be mr.toughguy.

 

[Canadian Psycho]

Come on, Garoid (I like that) - and the media - overreacted big time. Deep down, everybody knows that, right?

 

[Blackace]

Come on, Garoid (I like that) - and the media - overreacted big time. Deep down, everybody knows that, right?

even if they did this one time... are you saying that fans abusing players don't happening at sporting events? I'd even go a far as to say often...

 

[Joe]

red sox players defend sheffield

http://nypost.com/sports/yankees/44568.htm


BUT BUT BUT BUT HES MR TOUGHGUY

 

[Canadian Psycho]

even if they did this one time... are you saying that fans abusing players don't happening at sporting events? I'd even go a far as to say often...

Verbal abuse is rampant, but by now, I don't think I'm going out on a limb saying it's part of the "unofficial" work description of the pro athlete. Most suck it up, but there are still some cry babies once in a while who complain.

As for physical abuse, I really think it's more the exception than the rule (thank god) or else the media wouldn't have made a big deal out of what happened at Fenway Park yesterday, as it was nothing. Definitely a tempest in a teapot kind of deal.

 

[Outcast2004]

Cleveland Browns fans are beasts too... refs getting pelted with bottles, batteries..

Opposing teams get booed out of the stadium (mostly because "we" the Browns SUCK), just an ugly scene.

Usually baseball fans are a bit more reseved, but lately their going nuts.

I willl say one thing though, you throw a pucnh or walk onto the field at any sporting event.... OPEN SEASON ON YOUR ASS!

A team full of roid riddled rage mongers coming at you is no fun.... only worse if Nolan Ryan is in attendance. He'll put you in a headlock annd pound you senseless. He's a bad 60 yr old man.

 

[Blackace]

Verbal abuse is rampant, but by now, I don't think I'm going out on a limb saying it's part of the "unofficial" work description of the pro athlete. Most suck it up, but there are still some cry babies once in a while who complain.

As for physical abuse, I really think it's more the exception than the rule (thank god) or else the media wouldn't have made a big deal out of what happened at Fenway Park yesterday, as it was nothing. Definitely a tempest in a teapot kind of deal.

Far from true, I remember when I got a phone call from a friend of mine when he was playing football for the University of Washington and told me "Kevin, they are throwing rolls of quarters at us down here!" and that is only a small sample of the stories he shared with me. Later when he went to the pros those type of things still happened to him...sadly enough once he entered the sport of professional fighting did this type of abuse stop....

 

[Canadian Psycho]

A team full of roid riddled rage mongers coming at you is no fun.... only worse if Nolan Ryan is in attendance. He'll put you in a headlock annd pound you senseless. He's a bad 60 yr old man.

:lol :lol

I'm sure that now, 14 years later, Nolan Ryan would still kick Robin Ventura's ass.

 

[DCharlie]

"Verbal abuse is rampant, but by now, I don't think I'm going out on a limb saying it's part of the "unofficial" work description of the pro athlete. Most suck it up, but there are still some cry babies once in a while who complain."

yeah, the West Ham vs Man Utd game after Beckham was "tagged" for losing the world cup game vs Argentina by getting sent off was the worst.... yet funniest display of verbal abuse i've ever seen at a game...

When you've got X0,000 Hammers fans, every man, woman and child singing "Does Posh take it up the arse?" for almost the full 90 minutes... man... you have to laugh.

saying that , if i had 40,000 people sitting round my desk singing "He's big, he's fat, he's a total useless twat, it's Dcharlie... DCHARLIE!!!" for 90 minutes , twice a week... i'd go fucking crazy (at the moment, only my boss gets to do this... albeit 5 days a week)

 

[Lathentar]

:lol :lol

I'm sure that now, 14 years later, Nolan Ryan would still kick Robin Ventura's ass.

And still not get thrown out of the game.

 

[rastex]

Anybody else see the creepy guy smiling looking like he's just finished a job well done?

 

[Canadian Psycho]

saying that , if i had 40,000 people sitting round my desk singing "He's big, he's fat, he's a total useless twat, it's Dcharlie... DCHARLIE!!!" for 90 minutes , twice a week... i'd go fucking crazy (at the moment, only my boss gets to do this... albeit 5 days a week)

Granted every profession has its pros and cons, the pros of being a player at the MLB level FAR outweigh the cons. I reckon they are human thus they must feel annoyed when they are being heckled, but I'm sure that in the grand scheme of things, they realize they are very priviliged individuals. At least, some of them do.

 

[Blackace]

Granted every profession has its pros and cons, the pros of being a player at the MLB level FAR outweigh the cons. I reckon they are human thus they must feel annoyed when they are being heckled, but I'm sure that in the grand scheme of things, they realize they are very priviliged individuals. At least, some of them do.

being heckled is a part of the sport...but being abused isn't... hit, spit on, things thrown at you and so on...

 

[Blackace]

(at the moment, only my boss gets to do this... albeit 5 days a week)

Does your boss really say Dcharlie?

 

[DCharlie]

nope - he gets to use my real name... eek.

Given my parents call my by the cumbrian pronounciation,
as does my girlfriend,
my old mates call me by my second name,
and most of the Tokyopia crew use Dcharlie...

i think there's only about 3 people on the planet who call me by my real name.

hey ho - ps. Aki tomorrow at 11 if you are interested. MSN me in the morning if you fancy a treck through - there is a new British pub in aki, and i've had no alcohol for over a week....

 

[Baconäger]

It looked like the fan was going for the ball, which was dumb since it was in play.

Didn't really seem like much of an "attack".

 

[CajoleJuice]

I can't turn on ESPNEWS for 2 minutes without seeing footage of "the incident" at Fenway. Jesus Christ, the guy barely touched Sheffield, and people are blowing this shit so much out of proportion. If Sheffield never turned to push the guy, there would be no discussion at all I bet. When guys get near the stands, stuff happens all the time, but usually the player doesn't usually turn around to push the guy, and then almost punch the guy in the face. People are saying how much restraint Sheffield showed? Bullshit. Now we're praising players for not punching people in the face? Sheffield made it an issue because he's a little bitch. "I thought he bust my lip." What a pussy. The guy barely touched him.

 

[Shinobi]

red sox players defend sheffield

http://nypost.com/sports/yankees/44568.htm


BUT BUT BUT BUT HES MR TOUGHGUY

"That's why they need to stop selling beer in the third inning," Nixon said. "I'm sure the beer companies won't like that, but I could care less.

"Matter of fact, you can take it all out. Drink Pepsi."

:lol I agree with this sentiment...never understood why someone needs a drink to enjoy a sporting event (or some weed for a concert for that matter).

BTW, this is being blown up all to shit because it's the Yankees and Red Sox, the most overrated rivalry in all of sports. If this happened in a game between the D-Rays and the Royals, nobody would give a flying fuck.

 

[brooklyngooner]

Whenever my friends from Europe come over and I take them to a baseball game, they're always like "HOLY SHIT YOU CAN DRINK IN THE STADIUM?"

I'm glad footy supporters came in to this thread to point out this is all handbags. Much, much worse happens elsewhere all the time.

 

[Rocket9]

THE AMERICANS NEED CANTONA , STAT!

Look at the fans faces! They didn't think the gobby little wanker would get a kicking, how WRONG they were!

Dammit now I feel like watching Slap Shot

 

[alejob]

To me it looked like the guy wanted to knock the ball away from Shefield.

Wilbon said the guy should get a beat down :lol

 

[cubanb]

lol
I was reading an espn article about this guys fiance saying he didnt mean to hit sheffield. However, i found two contradictory quotes in the article

"He just said he was going for the ball," Ingerbritson told the Herald, in defense of House.

followed by:

"He's been a season ticket-holder for a lot of years and he's always careful not to interfere with the ball," Ingerbritson told the Herald.

:lol :lol :lol

which is it lady? just fess up that your fiance was piss drunk and did something entirely stupid



meanwhile you have bill simmons , the huge sox fan, sides with sheffield, giving him credit for not knocking the guy out. he points out the stupidity of anyone saying he was going after the ball:

Anyone who argues that "the Probably Drunk Guy was reaching for the ball and 'accidentally' swiped Sheffield" or "we shouldn't judge him because we don't know his intentions" also believes that the Pistons fan who threw the beer on Ron Artest was "just trying to throw his brew out." Come on. If you accidentally swiped a player reaching for a ball, wouldn't your natural reaction be to jump backwards or make some sort of "Whoops!" face? What Boston fan would be dumb enough to interfere with a potential two-RBI triple that was in play? And by the way, had he scooped the ball up, that whole section would have killed him because Ortiz (the eighth run) would have had to go back to third base..
Nope, Probably Drunk Guy was much more calculating – he made it seem like a half-hearted swipe, didn't come within four feet of the ball, and if anything, he probably meant to get more of Sheffield's face than he did (from ESPN's replay of the camera located closer to home plate, you could see that he had no chance at the ball and clearly saw Sheffield coming). And when Sheffield came after him, there wasn't even 1/100th of a look on the guy's face like he felt any semblance of remorse. If anything, he was probably dying for Sheffield to come at him so he could take a punch and immediately call "Attorney Jim Sokolove" from those late-night commercials