Just a typical Patriot’s Day game at Fenway
A little comedy to cope with yesterday’s tragedy. The following incident occurred at the Patriot’s Day game between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Aneheim: This clip has been in rotation on ESPN for the past day. But kudos to the Boston Herald‘s John Tomase, who actually tracked down those involved to ...
A little comedy to cope with yesterday's tragedy. The following incident occurred at the Patriot's Day game between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Aneheim: This clip has been in rotation on ESPN for the past day. But kudos to the Boston Herald's John Tomase, who actually tracked down those involved to get at the root causes of the incident: Jason Sole just wanted to catch a foul ball. Matt Madore was merely trying to eat some pizza.... It turns out Sole had given them grief about having a large pizza in the stands just moments before the at-bat. He wanted to know where they got it. ?He turned around and said something like, ?Your mother,? ? Sole said. ?No,? interjected [Sole's girlfriend, Anya] Ho. ?He said, ?The pizzeria.? ? Either way, all parties were annoyed. ?They had been giving us (expletive) about it,? Madore said. ?Next thing I know, there?s a fly ball to left field and it goes foul and my buddy says, ?You want some pizza now?? And he hits him right in the face. Hey, the guy wasn?t paying attention. When you?re in the stands you?ve got to be ready for anything - a foul ball, a flying slice of pizza, everything.? [Madore's buddy Danny] Kelly, sporting a Patriots jacket, was tossed. ?It was just a stupid thing,? he said. ?It?s not something to be proud of. It was just stupidity all around.? Madore and Sole began jawing - ?He has a little bit of a temper,? Ho said - and Madore got the boot, as well. By the time the eighth inning rolled around, however, most involved couldn?t stop laughing. Sole fielded nonstop calls from friends telling him he was on NESN, which named him ?Fan of the Game.? (emphasis added) Note to self: when taking son to Red Sox game, bring special pizza-protective clothing. It should be noted that the Boston Globe abjectly failed to cover this pizza incident. [UPDATE: Drezner gets results from the Boston Globe's baseball blog!!!] The Boston Herald -- politics, sports, and random pizza-throwing incidents. It's all there.
A little comedy to cope with yesterday’s tragedy. The following incident occurred at the Patriot’s Day game between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Aneheim:
This clip has been in rotation on ESPN for the past day. But kudos to the Boston Herald‘s John Tomase, who actually tracked down those involved to get at the root causes of the incident:
Jason Sole just wanted to catch a foul ball. Matt Madore was merely trying to eat some pizza…. It turns out Sole had given them grief about having a large pizza in the stands just moments before the at-bat. He wanted to know where they got it. ?He turned around and said something like, ?Your mother,? ? Sole said. ?No,? interjected [Sole’s girlfriend, Anya] Ho. ?He said, ?The pizzeria.? ? Either way, all parties were annoyed. ?They had been giving us (expletive) about it,? Madore said. ?Next thing I know, there?s a fly ball to left field and it goes foul and my buddy says, ?You want some pizza now?? And he hits him right in the face. Hey, the guy wasn?t paying attention. When you?re in the stands you?ve got to be ready for anything – a foul ball, a flying slice of pizza, everything.? [Madore’s buddy Danny] Kelly, sporting a Patriots jacket, was tossed. ?It was just a stupid thing,? he said. ?It?s not something to be proud of. It was just stupidity all around.? Madore and Sole began jawing – ?He has a little bit of a temper,? Ho said – and Madore got the boot, as well. By the time the eighth inning rolled around, however, most involved couldn?t stop laughing. Sole fielded nonstop calls from friends telling him he was on NESN, which named him ?Fan of the Game.? (emphasis added)
Note to self: when taking son to Red Sox game, bring special pizza-protective clothing. It should be noted that the Boston Globe abjectly failed to cover this pizza incident. [UPDATE: Drezner gets results from the Boston Globe‘s baseball blog!!!] The Boston Herald — politics, sports, and random pizza-throwing incidents. It’s all there.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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