| The best and worst in not only baseball but in sports in general were on display within about 24 hours. Tonight, Corey Patterson hit what on any other day, in any other ballpark would have been an inning-ending pop-out wound up landing in Wrigley's basket, tying the game at 2 in the bottom of the 8th inning. Nothing happened until Patterson came up in the 12th and hit a no-doubter to nearly-dead center, ending the game 3-2. The Cubs are now 15-24 this season in 1-run games, far worse than last years mark. This, undoubtedly a great baseball moment, happened only one night after one of the ugliest scenes I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. After an Oakland Athletics fan heckled Texas Ranger relief pitcher Franklin Francisco, along with seemingly every other Texas Ranger, went after the A's fans in Oakland. Francisco chucked a chair into the crowd at the heckler Craig Bueno, who instinctively ducked, allowing the chair to nail his wife, breaking her nose. Smooth move. I'm fairly baffled that a bunch of overpaid crybaby baseball players would attack some hard-working, nearly-had-to-take-out-a-third-mortgage-to-afford-to-come-tonight fans over some heckling. That's part of any sport. Frankie, you need to grow the hell up and learn to deal with it. That said, the heckler probably shouldn't have just ducked. I hope his wife has given him some serious shit for that. Dumbass. Yes, they're very well-paid baseball players that should behave, but show an ounce of respect. I have no idea what you said, but you sparked a 40-man team to come after YOU. |
