This is getting absolutely ridiculous.
Sox and Yanks fans getting into tussles is nothing new - the two fanbases have perfected the art of getting drunk and calling names... and throwing punches inevitably follows close behind. There have been multiple well-publicized incidences over the last couple of years where the anger carried over outside the ballpark, and fans perpetuated severe beatdowns on rival fans. And as idiotic as all of that is, it is nothing compared to the latest: a Yankees fan ran over a Sox fan with her car and killed him.
Absolutely unfuckingbelievable. We're going to run over and KILL people for being fans of another team now? And this is not a high horse deal; Sox fans can claim no moral superiority in this battle of idiocy- it could just as easily have been a Sox fan behind the wheel, and it would not have been the least bit surprising.Authorities won't describe the argument beforehand in Slade's Food & Spirits, but witnesses said it heated up when Hernandez identified herself as a New York Yankees fan. Like the rest of New Hampshire, Nashua, 45 miles northwest of Boston, is Red Sox country.Bartender Tanya Moran said the argument spilled outside, and at least one person in a group that included Beaudoin began chanting "Yankees suck!" when they saw a Yankees sticker on Hernandez's car.
Hernandez, 43, allegedly gunned her car and struck Beaudoin and his friend Maria Hughes, 21. Hughes had only minor injuries, which Beaudoin's sister Faith said was because her brother shielded his friend.
"She never braked, and she accelerated at a high speed for about 200 feet. She went directly at this group of people," prosecutor Susan Morrell said of Ivonne Hernandez, who is charged with reckless second-degree murder in the death early Friday of Matthew Beaudoin, 29.
Rivalries are essential to the enjoyment of sport. Anyone who attended a college without a rabid athletic rival or roots for a pro team without a rival counterpart team knows that having someone to "hate" makes sports a lot more exciting and interesting. But rivalry carried to this extreme isn't really rivalry any more -- it is pure hatred. That's not fun or exciting- it's ludicrous.
Except hatred of A-Rod... we can all get behind that. /ends on a light note
on May 5, 2008 4:09 PM
I saw that. Disgusting.
There's a big part of me that believes that the Yanks-Sox rivalry is being used as an outlet for people's frustrations in general. I've also seen a huge surge in road rage problems too... times are tough and people are unhappy. Still no excuse, but I don't believe it's all about the baseball.
And the lighter note I'll end on is that OF COURSE it happened in New Hampshire. Buncha weirdos up there. (Anyone here from NH? Sorry about that... but I've heard what you say about Massholes, so let's call it fair.)