Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 02, 2006
Angry Fans

Cubs fans reacted poorly when Ryan Dempster allowed that home run to A.J. Pierzynski yesterday:

With the Cubs so close to winning, fans littered Wrigley Field with plastic bottles, cups, and other debris Saturday after A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-out, ninth-inning homer to send the White Sox to an 8-6 victory.

The game was delayed nearly five minutes as security and the grounds crew came out to pick up the litter. Most of it fell on the warning track in the outfield, although some items, including a baseball, came out of the stands from behind the Cubs' dugout.

"I guess they can voice their opinions however they want to," Cubs center fielder Juan Pierre said. "They shouldn't throw anything on the field. It was sad. It was frustrating for us to lose a game and have the fans react like this."

I would have thought better of the Cubs fans. With the White Sox breaking their World Series drought, it's not as much fun to root for lovable losers in Chicago anymore. Maybe when the fans start staying away from the park, the Cubs ownership will get the message.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:08 AM | Fan Violence | TrackBack (0)
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