September 15, 2004
Demand Ban of Baseball Nuts
Baseball is dead. Let me change that- pro baseball is dead. Many of the players in the league are steroid-laden children with the tempers of insane men. The nonsense that occured with the Rangers is a prime example of this. BOYS, yes BOYS, who make tens of millions of dollars for PLAYING A GAME, are so child-like (that might not even be fair- it's too insulting to children) argue and fight with taunting fans, and then one of the Rangers's players throws a chair into the crowd, injuring two people, breaking one woman's nose. Yeah, tough guy- you can throw a chair at a woman, what a big fucking man you are. Kids used to look up to ball players- now, it seems, ball players are murderers (the nfl!) and violent freaks who assault fans.
The league won't do much, I doubt- but the fact is- the guy who threw the chair into the crowd needs to banned from major league baseball for the rest of his life. Hell, Pete Rose was banned for gambling! You break an innocent fan's nose, and a woman at that, and he'll probably get a fine and some suspension. I will probably write a letter to those at the top, demanding that they retake the game from these childish idiots who have hijacked it, and forbid this man and others who do anything like this from ever walking onto a pro field again. This is supposed to be America's pastime, America's game- we cannot have idiots like this taking over and putting such a stain on the sport.
I urge you to write Commissioner Bud Selig and the Texas Rangers and demand they ban relief pitcher, Frank Francisco, from ever playing in the major leagues again. There is no excuse for assault and battery of a fan, and such an act should be grounds for permanent dismissal from the game.
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Here are a few articles about the incident:
MLB.com article
*Dallasnews.com story 1
*Dallasnews.com story 2
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Now, I must mention that I do not condone heckling from the fans. The woman who was injured has contacted lawyers and is seeking to file suit- which I don't condemn, she was assaulted- something needs to be done. BUT, her husband was one of the fans heckling the Rangers' players, and that is uncalled for. It's childish behavior which is also unacceptable for adults- but, throwing a chair is also an unaccecptable act. As an adult, he should have told them to stop, and if they continued on- he should have ignored it. Any attack/assault/whatever was uncalled for. So, the fans need to grow up as do the players. We have seen fans go insane at times- I forget what it was they were throwing onto the field during one game, I just remember seeing news coverage of stuff raining down on the field...this sort of thing has happened a few times that I can recall, and the fans need to stop acting like children as well, and the same goes for them- if you throw something at another fan and hurt them, or if you throw things at the players (one fan threw a cell phone at a player) you should also be banned from ever coming back to that park- you're a risk to those fans who want to have good, safe fun, and you're not wanted in our ball parks. Everyone in the game needs to realize just that- it's a game...a game played by men who make millions- more money than most of us will ever make in our entire lives, and we need to remember that.
CONTACT INFO FOR THE TEXAS RANGERS:
Write the Rangers:
Texas Rangers
1000 Ballpark Way #400
Arlington, TX 76011
Call the Rangers:
817-273-5222
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CONTACT INFO FOR THE COMMISSIONER:
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
Allan H. (Bud) Selig, Commissioner
245 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10167
Phone: (212) 931-7800