Citizens Bank Park installs additional security after coin tossing incident in World Series Game 3
Arizona Coin Collector
I wonder if the beer bottles are glass or plastic? They are
plastic at the Arizona Diamondbacks game.
Maybe they think Nick Swisher and Melky Cabrera don't
make enough money? I wonder if the coin throwers are
American?
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Citizens Bank Park installs additional security after coin tossing incident
in World Series Game 3
BY Mark Feinsand
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Monday, November 2nd 2009, 4:00 AM
PHILADELPHIA - The fans at Citizens Bank Park better
be more careful with their money from now on.
Additional security was installed in the outfield for
Sunday night's Game 4 after fans spent the early
innings of Game 3 on Saturday throwing coins at
Yankees outfielders Nick Swisher and Melky Cabrera.
Bonnie Clark, the Phillies' vice president of
communications, said in an e-mail message Sunday
that the Phillies were advised by umpires and
Yankees security during Game 3 that fans were
throwing coins at the outfielders.
"We alerted our security people and directed more
resources to that area Sunday night after learning
of the matter and we will do the same tonight,"
Clark wrote.
Swisher brushed away the topic after Saturday's
game, satisfied that the Bombers' 8-5 win was the
best revenge against the Philadelphia fans.
"They back their team," Swisher said. "It's a
hostile crowd, but you know the territory coming
in. You've heard the stories. I'm glad we got some
runs and were able to take them out of it, because
that's their 10th player."
Swisher and Cabrera did exact some revenge on
those fans, teasing by faking tosses into the
stands, then turning and running in toward the
dugout after the final outs of innings.
"We're not messing with them, just having some
fun," Swisher said. "There's no malicious intent
to any of that; you just get caught up in the
moment. You hear them talking so many bad things
about them, so when you get a chance, you want
to get them back. That's the only way you can."
Joe Girardi said he was concerned about the safety
of his players, but hoped the additional
security measures would remove any danger for his
outfielders.
"That will really hurt; it's one thing to throw a
paper airplane, but things like coins or bottles
can be dangerous," Girardi said. "It's not funny.
We have addressed it."
There were no major incidents reported during
Sunday night's Game 4, which the Yankees won,
7-4, to move within a victory of winning the
World Series.
"You always want to take the crowd out of it on
the road, no matter where we go," Girardi said.
"Still, you've got to shut down the other team.
That's the most important thing."
..
Jud
wrote:
> Hello
>
> I wonder if the beer bottles are glass or plastic? They are
> plastic at the Arizona Diamondbacks game.
>
> Maybe they think Nick Swisher and Melky Cabrera don't
> make enough money? I wonder if the coin throwers are
> American?
>
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>
Reminds me of the first time Johnny Damon returned to Fenway Park in
pinstripes. Fans in the 'Monster Seats' were throwing dollar bills at
him. For those who don't know, Damon said he would always play for the
Red Sox, but when the Yankees offered him a lot more money, he jumped
ship. A far cry from the reception that Trot Nixon, Kevin Millar and
Nomar Garciaparra received, where they all got standing ovations. They
were traded away, and didn't leave for more money.
Jud - Red Sox fan since 1955
Jud
Bruce Remick
"Jud" <numis...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Oh, BTW, beer at Fenway comes in plastic cups, and costs $7.50!
No beer sales in the stands, as I recall, and isn't there a 2-cup limit per
order, too? Last time I was there, a couple years ago, they carded you,
regardless of how old you were. I loved that.
Sox fan and Fenway Park attendee since 1948.
The Giant Brain
Reminds me of the first time Johnny Damon returned to Fenway Park in
pinstripes. Fans in the 'Monster Seats' were throwing dollar bills at
him. For those who don't know, Damon said he would always play for the
Red Sox, but when the Yankees offered him a lot more money, he jumped
ship. A far cry from the reception that Trot Nixon, Kevin Millar and
Nomar Garciaparra received, where they all got standing ovations. They
were traded away, and didn't leave for more money.
Jud - Red Sox fan since 1955
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Why should a player give a shit about the team?
They cut and trade players all the time without a care for the player's needs or
desires.
Damon made the smart choice and took the money.
The rest is just the typical whining of the average BoSux fan, who just hates
that the Yankees are the better organization.
The Giant Brain
"Bruce Remick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Q: What do you call 25 millionaires watching the World Series on TV?
A: The Boston Red Sox!
Jud
> No beer sales in the stands, as I recall, and isn't there a 2-cup limit per
> order, too? Last time I was there, a couple years ago, they carded you,
> regardless of how old you were. I loved that.
>
> Sox fan and Fenway Park attendee since 1948.
Yep...2 beer limit and EVERYBODY gets carded, even if 100 years old.
In response to Red Sox joke, there are lots of better ones out there,
such as:
Q: Whats the difference between a hotdog bought at Fenway Park and one
bought at Yankee Stadium?
A: You can buy one at Yankee Stadium in October.
Jud - Red Sox World Series wins in the 21st Century - 2
Yankees World Series wins in the 21st Century - 0
The Giant Brain
Jud - Red Sox World Series wins in the 21st Century - 2
Yankees World Series wins in the 21st Century - 0
Poor, pathetic BoSux fan, so jealous of the Yankees' 26 Championships (soon to
be 27).
Pitiful, just pitiful.
Paul Anderson
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote:
> The rest is just the typical whining of the average BoSux fan, who
> just hates that the Yankees are the better organization.
No, Red Sox fans hate the arrogance and "we deserve it" attitude of
Yankees players and fans.
Not every player and not every fan is like this as I know quite a few
Yankees fans who are otherwise perfectly normal people.
Paul
The Giant Brain
"Paul Anderson" <paulra...@charter.net> wrote in message
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More BoSux fan sniveling.
Jud
its best, and its good for baseball too. It goes on in my family too,
with my sister's family being just as much die-hard Yankees fans as I
am a Red Sox fan. Baseball is a great game, almost zen-like. Its only
a game, but that's what makes it fun.
The Giant Brain
Nothing is better than seeing the Yanks beat the BoSux...
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
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I think it's the compassion and humility that most typifies the New York
sports fan. And the insecurity, too. Ironic New York should be matched
against a team from Philadelphia of all places.
sgt23
But it was sweet to night watching the Phillies go down. I hope my
braves are around next year in October. We were spoiled for 14 years
straight. I have a sad feeling it will be a while before another World
Series here, specially after we lose Bobby Cox after next year.
The Giant Brain
BTW: Yanks won their 27th Championship.
Take that, BoSux fans!
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
Congratulations.
Jud
> BTW: Yanks won their 27th Championship.
> Take that, BoSux fans!
Only thing worse than a sore loser is an arrogant winner. 8-)
The Giant Brain
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May I remind you of your earlier post:
"Jud - Red Sox World Series wins in the 21st Century - 2
Yankees World Series wins in the 21st Century - 0"
Blo-Sux fans were all over the so-called "evil empire" back when they won (to be
fair it was unknown territory for the hapless fans).
The Yanks were, are and will be the best franchise in MLB.
Trouble is that Blo-Sux fans WISH the Sox were as good as the Yanks!
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
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The Yankees must have been envious enough of the "Red Sox Nation" to have
chosen a name that typically refers to New Englanders, not New Yorkers.
Again, congratulations. It must have been a really rough eight years for
you.
The Giant Brain
Pathetic rejoinder, simply pathetic...
Paul Anderson
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote:
> More BoSux fan sniveling.
No, I'm not sniveling. The Yankees put together an excellent team this
year and they deserved to win the World Series. My hats off and
congratulations to you and your team.
I just don't like any team that feels they "deserve" to win the
championship. It's the arrogance of many Yankees players and fans
that's distasteful. Despite the Red Sox winning two recent
championships, I don't think many Sox fans feel they "deserve" to win
in any particular year.
Paul
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
So it was rough then for you. It shows.
Bruce Remick
Careful, Paul. Comments like that will just rattle around inside the huge
head necessary to contain the Giant Brain.
The Giant Brain
It seems that only the Red Sox Nation can spot the so-called "arrogance" of the
Yankees and their fans.
You guys are just sniveling complainers.
mazorj
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
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Nope. The arrogance of both - although much more the fans than the
players - was legendary and common knowledge back when Mantle was in his
prime and Yogi was cracking the quip from behind the plate. You just didn't
notice it, any more than a fish is aware that he's surrounded by water.
This wasn't just media spin. I got it (the super-superiority of the Yanks
and the relative inferiority of my home team) rubbed in my face whenever I
tried to talk baseball while visiting relatives there. (Although to be
fair, half my relatives there were rabid Yankee-haters - probably for the
very reasons being noted here.)
The Giant Brain
"mazorj" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Well, it ain't braggin if you done it!
Bruce Remick
Looking back, I remember seeing both DiMaggio's play, Joe on the Yanks and
Dom on the Sox. Although we were mostly Sox fans in RI, kids admired the
famous Yankee players as much as the famous Sox players. I recall more awe
than animosity among kids in RI toward the Yankees, even though our two
teams always competed against each other each year. Maybe some adults were
more emotional, but still there was none of the "Sox/Yanks Suck" stuff from
either age group. Of course the "suck" word hadn't evolved yet into today's
usage. But still.
Those of us in New England also had to put up with the NY football Giants as
our "home" team when NFL games began to be televised, because we had no team
of our own at the time. We seemed to accept that and actually rooted for
the Giants (by default). The horror of it all in retrospect!!
Jud
> Those of us in New England also had to put up with the NY football Giants as
> our "home" team when NFL games began to be televised, because we had no team
> of our own at the time. We seemed to accept that and actually rooted for
> the Giants (by default). The horror of it all in retrospect!!
I grew up just outside New Haven CT. When the Giants were without a
stadium in which to play, the home games were played at Yale Bowl,
about 7 miles from my home. Traffic was at a virtual standstill
because of all the NJ and NY cars that felt they HAD to go through the
yellow light, be bumper to bumper with the car in front of them, and
block the side streets.
I also remember all the trash on the side of the road after the
weekend. Can't understand why my brother-in-law likes the Giants. Oh
yeah, now I remember, he lived on the other side of New Haven, didn't
get involved with the traffic mess! 8-)
mazorj
> Looking back, I remember seeing both DiMaggio's play, Joe on the Yanks and
> Dom on the Sox. Although we were mostly Sox fans in RI, kids admired the
> famous Yankee players as much as the famous Sox players. I recall more
> awe than animosity among kids in RI toward the Yankees, even though our
> two teams always competed against each other each year. Maybe some adults
> were more emotional, but still there was none of the "Sox/Yanks Suck"
> stuff from either age group. Of course the "suck" word hadn't evolved yet
> into today's usage. But still.
Back then as I experienced it, it was pretty much a variant of the
self-centered New Yorker attitude that is parodied in those maps of the U.S.
where the N.Y.C. area shows on the map as occupying almost half the total
area of the U.S., and the farther you get from the Big Apple, the smaller
everything else is on the map. It's an apt visual metaphor for the New York
State of Mind.
Vagrant etymological thought: Back in the Sixties, we used "sucks" and
"blows" but with full consciousness of the vulgarity of those terms. So we
only used them to be really emphatic. Nowadays they're pretty much accepted
as mild invectives equivalent to and no more offensive than "stinks".
Which, IMO, really sucks even if it is part of the unavoidable morphing of
any language toward the vulgate.
- mazorj, Occasionally Distraught Etymologist
mazorj
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
There's a line between unassuming, earned bragging rights, and the
disdainful arrogance of imagined inherent superiority. It's the difference
between "We done good!" and "Not only are we always Number One, but you are
a loser and will always suck." In my experience, New Yorkers and their Long
Island wannabes cross it more often than do the residents of other cities,
and it's not limited to baseball.
The Giant Brain
>
> "The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hcv53o$kcd$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Well, it ain't braggin if you done it!
>
> There's a line between unassuming, earned bragging rights, and the disdainful
> arrogance of imagined inherent superiority. It's the difference between "We
> done good!" and "Not only are we always Number One, but you are a loser and
> will always suck." In my experience, New Yorkers and their Long Island
> wannabes cross it more often than do the residents of other cities, and it's
> not limited to baseball.
Perhaps the alleged level of braggadocio from NY fans is in response to the
invective hurled (esp. by BoSox fans) against them whenever the Yankees win it
all.
When the Yanks win it all, the Yankee haters go ballistic.
When the BoSox won it all, their fans were every bit as obnoxious as you seem to
think Yankees fans are.
By all reasonable standards, the Yankees have been the best team in the American
league since it's inception.
And that just galls Red Sox Nation, a nation of sore losers...
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
Whenever the Red Sox have won anything, their fans didn't gloat that their
rivals "suck". The Sox haven't won much in modern times, so when they do
their fans are more appreciative for something unexpected. Yankees fans seem
to think they always deserve to be crowned the best, simply because they're
"New York" but more likely because the team owner has spent billions during
recent years. One win out of eight tries to show for those billions. Now
if they don't repeat next year, their loyal "fans" and local press will
crucify them like they always do in lean times. I have found it
enlightening to listen to the whining on "The Fan" sports radio station in
NY while driving the east coast 95 corridor to RI during the past few
baseball seasons.
Oh, and congratulations to the Yankees.
The Giant Brain
> Yankees fans seem to think they always deserve to be crowned the best, simply
> because they're "New York" but more likely because the team owner has spent
> billions during recent years.
That's opinion, not fact.
Your entire line of argument has been based on unbacked assertion.
FACT: The Yankees are the most succesful baseball organization in MLB history.
FACT: Boston didn't win a World Series for 86 (!) years, whereas in that same
time period the Yankees won 26.
ASSUMPTION: Boston fans are jealous of the Yankees success.
CONCLUSION: Boston sucks...
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
You're validating my "opinion" without even realizing it. And say,
congratulations to those Yankees.
The Giant Brain
Boston fans are annoying because they feel that being part of the Red Sox Nation
is somehow noble & Quixotic.
mazorj
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
You mean like being a Brooklyn Dodger fan.
Or did you forget "Oh, dem bums!"
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
Hmmmm. You just called my similar statement opinion, not fact (your
opinion). Does that make yours any more valid? Why would you suppose that
some consider New York fans annoying? Just can't think of any reason
offhand?
The Giant Brain
Of course it's my opinion, it's just that I consider my opinion more valid than
yours! ;-)
The Giant Brain
The Bums moved away when I was still a kid, much to the dismay of my
Brooklyn-born grandfater, who never forgave them.
I've been a Yankees fan since grammar school and have stuck by them through
thick and thin.
I remember then lean years of the mid-60s to mid-70s and the lost decade of the
80s.
Some Boston fans accuse Yankee fans of being front runners, while this may be
true in some cases, most Yankee fans stick with the team no matter what.
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
Your privilege. BTW, you avoided my question. Why would you think some
people consider Yankee fans annoying? Just curious.
mazorj
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
Not to put too fine a point on it, but my point was that you called Bosox
fans "annoying" because they felt that allegiance to a habitually losing
team was "noble and Quixotic". Since Brooklyn is part of said Noo Yawk
City, and since Brooklyn fans were (and some still are up to this day)
engaged in what can only be described as a "noble and Quixotic love" for
their Bums...
Hereby resolved that, QED, "New York fans are annoying because they feel
that being part of the Brooklyn Dodger fandom is somehow noble & Quixotic."
Or, to invoke the UseNet pejorative - "Pot, kettle".
The Giant Brain
> Your privilege. BTW, you avoided my question. Why would you think some
> people consider Yankee fans annoying? Just curious.
Jealousy, I'd wager.
The Giant Brain
No, no no - that simply will not do.
You are now mixing apples (New York fans) with oranges (Yankees fans).
Silly man...
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
Some people consider Yankee fans annoying because those people are jealous
of the fans? The Yankees? New York? All of those, I suppose you'd say.
Anyway, I'm sure glad for you that you got back the baseball title that only
you deserve. Jealous? I don't think so.
The Giant Brain
You aren't glad about anything.
Don't be a hypocrite, you pathetic, sniveling BoSox fan...
Bruce Remick
"The Giant Brain" <gi...@brain.invalid> wrote in message
And some people still wonder how stereotypes evolve...........