Comments on: Among Drunken Brawls, I Spotted Class

By: jes

jes — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:33:46 +0000

A good commentary, Tom, and a sad one, at that! I can see why I don’t like crowds and/or drunken crowds…I didn’t realize that they served beer during athletic events! I know at the Florida Gators games, all drinking is prohibited, due to the same situations as you have described…and that’s been the case for maybe ten years or more now, and nobody takes any notice of it anymore. In fact, they have “checkers” at the gate to watch for ANY containers, which may be alcoholic!
What ever happened to people being able to “hold” their liquor? And not in their hands!

By: Greg Farber

Greg Farber — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:19:24 +0000

I see sports events the old fashioned way, I read about them. Roman Sports are neat, but in their proper perspective are a distraction from reality. Just think where our country might be had Americans spent time reading Congrssional Globes, Annals, Records, of Congress, instead of becoming consumed with Roman Sports. It sounds like nothing much has changed since my first visit to a Major League Baseball game, I was five years old, it was L.A. and I can’t remember the opponent, it was 42 years ago, my Grandfather had taken me to the game while we visited him, I got my first taste of that disgusting liquid filled with chemical toxins that night, as a drunk fan stumbled and his re-filled huge beer got me square in the face, all of it. Thats the memory I took away from that night. I don’t drink beer either, never did. The TV at home still may be the best seat in the house, course I killed that tell-a-lie-vision black box a long time ago. When the Giants came out of no-where and beat the Pats last year I smelled fix and that was it for me. Even these damn pro sports have a symbolic roman filthy meaning, my heart was broken when it was proven to me.

By: George

George — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:49:40 +0000

The Boston fans in the Tropicana Field sellout crowd of 36,048 seemed to show more fight (especially the one arrested and nearly Tasered atop the dugout by police) than the players. And the frustrations mounted, with manager Terry Francona saying the phone in the dugout from the bullpen was actually getting outside calls.

By: George

George — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:41:38 +0000

No accounting for hooligans and malcontents. You get this as October looms on the horizon. I’m following NL east GO PHILLIES.

PHILLIES and TAMPA BAY. Might see you there Tom.

You look at where the Rays have come from, our brief history, even what happened last year (a major-league-worst 66-96 record). I’ve mentioned to the guys often, I’m into celebrating. And if we get to that point sooner, we’ll do it in the appropriate way. But for right now, let’s beat the Twins (tonight).”