I'm not quite sure where or when the notion came to pass that victory by your team meant license to become temporary anarchists. It's high time the victory intoxicated mob nonsense came to an end.
The response to the improbable series comeback by the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees was actually relatively tame as modern mob celebrations go. That's sad commentary, because in addition to the setting of small fires and general rowdiness, there was a fatality. Per ESPN:
Victoria Snelgrove, a 21-year-old journalism major at Emerson College, was among 16 people hurt in the revelry. The injured also included a police officer.
Most of the injuries were minor, but Snelgrove suffered a severe head wound as police tried to subdue the crowd, authorities said.
This next quote ranks up there with the Bushisms.
Mayor Tom Menino told WBZ-AM that Snelgrove, of East Bridgewater, was struck by a "non-lethal weapon," but he did not elaborate. The Boston Globe reported that Snelgrove was hit by a "bean-bag" bullet. After Snelgrove was found lying outside Fenway Park bleeding from the head, the Globe reported she was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital, which said she died at 12:50 p.m
Mr. Mayor, if someone dies at the hands of a weapon, it is most certainly not a non-lethal weapon.
The idiocy was not limited to Boston. Since some of the Sox players are Dominican, people on the island took it as an excuse to fire their guns into the sky.
The Red Sox's victory prompted raucous celebrations across the Dominican, home to Pedro Martinez and ALCS MVP David Ortiz. Shooting in the air is customary during sports celebrations in the Caribbean country.
A sleeping 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg when a bullet tore through the zinc roof of his home in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo, police spokesman Gen. Simon Diaz said.
Article comments
1 - andy marsh
Mike - why do you take a democratic mayors statement and try to spin it the republicans way?
To say that the democratic mayors statement "ranks up there with the bushisms" just isn't right.
Your story has a lot of merit, without the political BS attached to it.
2 - Mike Kole
No spin intended. The mayor made an idiotic statement. Bush makes a lot of idiotic statements. The mayor's statement is of the same 'calibre' as Bush's idiotic statements. That's all there was to it.
3 - RJ
Drunk, lunatic sports fans will always do what they can to cause damage to property and the public peace. It's simply the way of the modern world.
Deal with it. If a few Bostonians die horribly should the Red Sox actually win the World Series (which I doubt), consider it a small price to pay.
4 - Oprah Kissle
Andy, he wasn't attempting to spin it the Republicans way, he was very much trying to forward his liberal douche agenda at the expense of a dead Red Sox fan.
5 - bhw
Actually, I believe that would be *libertarian* douche agenda.
[You're welcome, Mike. 8-)]
6 - Mike Kole
See, I was just about to say that. Thanks for covering my back, bhw. ;-)
7 - bhw
I live to serve.
8 - curt
"i only have one question for all you red sox fans...why do you want to MAKE it to the world series...only to be disappointed again in the end???"
by andy marsh, oct 20, 2004, 8:34am