• Dodger fans attack, critically injure Giants fan
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[quote]A San Francisco Giants fan barely survived Thursday's season opener in Los Angeles. He is in critical condition in a medically induced coma at a Los Angeles hospital after being beaten by Dodgers fans. Other Giants fans are telling similar stories of the hostility they faced at the game. "It was pretty tense from before we even parked," San Rafael resident Mark Vaughn said. When Vaughn went to Dodger Stadium in orange and black Thursday night he expected ribbing, but not verbal and physical hostility. "My wife had a 3-year-old toddler say, 'Giants suck' to her," Vaughn said. After the game, in an outer section of the parking lot, other Giants fans received worse. Three of them, including 41-year-old Bryan Stow of Santa Cruz, tried to walk away from taunting fans, but were attacked anyway. Stow remains in critical condition and police have released sketches of two of the suspects involved in the violent beating. "He fell to the ground and hit his head and they kicked him several times and then they fled the scene," Los Angeles Police Detective P.J. Morris said. Stow is a paramedic at American Medical Response; in fact, he was with a co-worker when the attack happened. On Friday, five people from AMR flew down south to be with him. "We're like family here, so we'll do what we can for each other," friend Martine Bustamante said. Those at American Medical Response in San Jose can't believe what's happened to one of their own. "He's a diehard Giants fan and the guys that were out there, they love their team and just love being Giants fans and to think that sports rivalries turn to this is sickening. It's heart breaking," Bustamante said. "We're very worried, we know with head injuries it's very significant. It can go either way at any time, it's one of those things that only time will tell," AMR co-worker Robert Guerrero said. This was supposed to be nothing, but happy times for Stow who took a few days off from work to go to the game. The notorious rivalry between the Giants and Dodgers is no surprise, but to take it to this level is outrageous to Robert Oneto; he's known Bryan Stow for years. "It's the Giants and Dodgers. It's a rivalry, but it's not something that somebody should get beat up for," Oneto said. There will always be some level of tension when the Giants and Dodgers play. "Winning or losing requires grace; it should be good enough to win," Jorge Costa, who runs ballpark security for the Giants, said. But time and again, sports fans exceed the red line, from soccer riots overseas, to local Raiders fans who cut loose after the last Super Bowl in 2003. "And that is why they are called 'fanatics,' there is an ownership entitlement where they almost become the player, they are winning or losing, they get so immersed in the game that they become irrational," Costa said. The LAPD says it expects to make at least one arrest. "I will never go back there again and my wife has fond memories, she never wants to go back again," Vaughn said. Vaughn says that unlike Giants games, security was lacking inside Dodger Stadium. Regarding the attack, the Dodgers Friday released statement saying, "It is extremely unfortunate that this incident took place on what was otherwise a great day at Dodger Stadium for tens of thousands of fans. We're committed to having the most fan and family friendly environment in baseball and will continue to make that a top priority." There was no comment from the Dodgers about how they intend to protect Giants fans at Friday's game. Stow's AMR family knows this will be a long recovery. They've already started taking donations to help his family, since Stow is a father of two. Also, Some of employees at AMR are offering to give up some of their own vacation and sick time to Stow, so he can take the time he needs to recover. They're also planning a barbeque fundraiser for him next week.[/quote] Source: [url]http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/sports/pro/baseball&id=8047347[/url]
Isn't sport supposed to be civil and gentlemanly? :smith:
[QUOTE=Shibbey;28975091]Isn't sport supposed to be civil and gentlemanly? :smith:[/QUOTE] It's football, what did you expect? Hell, I've never seen any sports fan who acted polite and courteous to a fan of an apposing team.
Don't people ever think before doing things like that? It's just a fucking sport for fuck's sake.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;28975180]It's football[/QUOTE] these are baseball teams
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;28975094]I dislike sports...[/QUOTE] Do you dislike walking too?
Sports are serious business
:doh:
Guess you can say that the Giants fan had a hard time [i]dodging[/i] the attack.
Should've been "retards attack and critically injure Giants fan" Anybody who does this sort of shit over a fucking game is nothing more than a dribbling retard, doesn't deserve the term 'fan'.
Those damn [del]soccer[/del] baseball hooligans!
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;28975958]Should've been "retards attack and critically injure Giants fan" Anybody who does this sort of shit over a fucking game is nothing more than a dribbling retard, doesn't deserve the term 'fan'.[/QUOTE] That's just cruel. This represents no more than 90% of the Dodger's fanbase.
I love baseball. It's a shame people like these have to tarnish the image of it. I hope the guy makes it through this okay.
[QUOTE=Edgar Allan Poe;28977521]I love baseball. It's a shame people like these have to tarnish the image of it. I hope the guy makes it through this okay.[/QUOTE] Every sport has their assholes. Thankfully the fact that there are no Rays fans means I can go to games without having to deal with this.
Sports fans acting like a group of chimpanzees with beer strapped to their heads? Surely you jest.
I don't care about sports and team discrimination is retarded and childish. [editline]3rd April 2011[/editline] Anyone that disagrees is an immature boy man.
[QUOTE=venn177;28977532]Every sport has their assholes. Thankfully the fact that there are no Rays fans means I can go to games without having to deal with this.[/QUOTE] And fortunately the assholes of sports like to congregate in large numbers at events known as "sports games", meaning it's much easier for them to riot and burn shit when their team doesn't win, or when it does win, or when the rival fans aren't using the right brand of latex paint to make themselves look like Scottish highlanders.
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;28977586]And fortunately the assholes of sports like to congregate in large numbers at events known as "sports games", meaning it's much easier for them to riot and burn shit when their team doesn't win, or when it does win, or when the rival fans aren't using the right brand of latex paint to make themselves look like Scottish highlanders.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure they're just butthurt that they're the Dodgers, in this case. I'd hate to be a fan of the Dodgers, too.
Football hooligans in the UK are pathetic enough... Its hard to imagine what drives a group of grown men to go 'Oh hey lets viciously assault and almost kill someone because they support the other team in a game'
Baseball is like soccer. Nothing happens for 4 hours and people go batshit over it.
It's a giant shame the poor fan couldn't doge the attack.
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;28975249]Do you dislike walking too?[/QUOTE] Walking fucking suck, i hate it. I want to fly.
[QUOTE=Shibbey;28975091]Isn't sport supposed to be civil and gentlemanly? :smith:[/QUOTE] what are you a woman? cause right now you sound like a woman.
uncivilized people. [QUOTE=Brage Nyman;28979077]Walking fucking suck, i hate it. I want to fly.[/QUOTE] jump off a building and flap your arms.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;28975094]I dislike sports...[/QUOTE] watching yes i dislike it playing whatever [editline]4th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Mikedestruct;28978254]Baseball is like soccer. Nothing happens for 4 hours and people go batshit over it.[/QUOTE] and you know whats like both of them EVERY POPULAR SPORTS
See? Games do cause violence.
dodgers are just mad that they are a terrible team and got owned in the playoffs by the Giants who went on to win the world series.
I'm supposed to be surprised? Sports fans have always acted like fucking 4-year olds to eachother.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;28975766]No, I don't mind exercise, I just don't find sports very interesting.[/QUOTE] So there isn't a single sport that you like? That's ridiculous.
still pales in comparison to this meeting of the minds: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KErBk0z4_Mw[/url] simply amazing.
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