Roger Clemens' whereabouts are uncertain at this time.

Man some fans are idiots. Don't they know the consequences???

Roger Clemens' whereabouts are uncertain at this time.

Clemens only uses deadly weapons.

What jackasstry. You expect that at Yankee Stadium.

This thread would have been 400% better at old primer.

Stay classy, Anaheim!

What jackasstry. You expect that at Yankee Stadium.

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Stay classy, Anaheim!

This isn't fair. Sure, there are a couple of posters here who if this had happened to Vlad in Oakland would use the opportunity to make stupid, blanket statements about A's fans, but that doesn't make it right to make blanket statements about Angels fans. Anywhere you go there are people getting drunk and doing stupid, cowardly things. What can you do? Ban alcohol? I say no, because if you do, I will hunt you down. It's time to ban stupid cowards. It really would solve a lot of our problems in sports and life.

Anaheim = Classiest fans in MLB.....psh.

Reggie Sanders doesn't think so.

A's fans lecturing other fans about class is rich.

"This thread would have been 400% better at old primer."

Yeah, I played the one bow I had in the quiver...

go figure. the guy is from la puente, a town that doesn't even know how to name itself correctly. it should be el puente.

A's fans lecturing other fans about class is rich.

Howso? I'm an A's fan, but I was just taking a shot at a couple of posters who like to snark on the A's. I've got no beef with Angels fans. There are jackasses everywhere. Especially Texas. (Kidding! I like Texas, actually. I can't wait to get to South Texas sometime after New Year's.)

I am not sure how they can enforce this, but I do think that if you toss something at a player, you should be banned from the stadium for life.

Imagine if this was condoned behavior in all walks of life.
I would think the country would have a hard time trying to find people to work the drive thru at your local Mickey D's.

I thought most stadiums have various policies where you can get banned for life. For instance, the guy who jumped on the net at Yankee Stadium is now banned for life.

Howso? I'm an A's fan, but I was just taking a shot at a couple of posters who like to snark on the A's

I doubt this ever happens at an A's game.
I could be wrong, but I do believe you actually have to show up to a game to be in close enough proximity to toss a water bottle at somebody. Tossing it at the TV does not count

I thought most stadiums have various policies where you can get banned for life. For instance, the guy who jumped on the net at Yankee Stadium is now banned for life.

as well he should be.
But I imagine enforcement would be quite hard.
I guess maybe the Yankees could issue a deck of playing cards with pictures to their stadium crew or something ;). Of course they would then run the risk of people lobbying (ie:doing stupid stuff) to become the Ace of spades.

I doubt this ever happens at an A's game.
I could be wrong, but I do believe you actually have to show up to a game to be in close enough proximity to toss a water bottle at somebody.

It sometimes happens late in the season, when drunken Raiders fans finally regain consciousness on the following Monday -- or Tuesday -- or Wednesday . . .

He should have his gay lover taken away.

Mike Piazza plays for Billy Beane, coincidence?

Thats all I got.

I kid Mike you know your one of my all time favs.

I doubt this ever happens at an A's game.
I could be wrong, but I do believe you actually have to show up to a game to be in close enough proximity to toss a water bottle at somebody. Tossing it at the TV does not count

:) Yes, you root for the right team and I am your moral and spiritual inferior. Why won't I see the light? Why do I continue on this road to perdition? Surely I should pick a team which has more fans than my current team and root for them. Then everything will make sense.

Why turn this into a your fans give my fans the shits more, thread??

There are wankers everywhere, get used to it.

"The Sports Team From My Area Is Superior To The Sports Team From Your Area"

There are wankers everywhere, get used to it.

That's all I was trying to say.

Except for Tottenham fans.

A's fans lecturing other fans about class is rich.

Ah, the boy who was there (as a visiting Red Sox fan).

I doubt this ever happens at an A's game.

No, A's fans prefer throwing cell phones at creationists.

A full bottle thrown from that trajectory is a potentially deadly weapon, too.

Get Hit Tracker on it!

That's all I was trying to say.

Except for Tottenham fans.

I know and agee with the Spurs point!!!

I just like to use the word wanker a lot and make my move where possible...

Go Hammers

No, A's fans prefer throwing cell phones at creationists.

Just be happy that those Motorola 'Brick Phones' are a thing of the past.

Just be happy that those Motorola 'Brick Phones' are a thing of the past.

I through a therizinosaur claw at Carl Everett but he didn't believe in it and it turned to dust in mid-flight. He is one bad mammajamma, that Carl Everett!

In 2002, when Angels-DRays was the last game on the schedule before a possible baseball strike, fans in Anaheim were regularly throwing stuff on the field and being generally hostile. Beach balls, water bottles, baseballs ... stuff just kept pouring over the fences. Kevin Appier started that game, and I remember that a ball thrown from the stands came within a few feet of actually hitting him.

I was at the game, decked out in my usual home town gear, and it was weird being in a crowd that just seemed to be begging for a reason to start a riot. I've no doubt if I had been wearing my D-Rays jersey, someone would have taken a swing at me.

I think somebody should take a swing at somebody who owns a DRay jersey.

I thought this was going to be a fun thread and it turned into the worst thread ever. Damn.

What jackasstry. You expect that at Yankee Stadium.

No no no no no. They throw knives at players, not half-empty plastic water bottles.

I find it extremely odd how people can get so worked up by opposing athletes. For frig's sake, it's a baseball player. The wind twists in another direction and he's playing for your team instead of the other guys. And then presumably you'd love him.

That would be the Dennis Rodman Syndrome.

I remember a ton of Bulls fans who absolutely hated that Dennis Rodman was coming to the Bulls. Cries for Horace Grant, remember what he did to Pippen, and so forth. A couple of months later and Chicago had Rodmania.

Um, you follow sports much?

Stereotype of Angels fans as not passionate and pasty white both die with one story. Gracias, Señor Flores.

No no no no no. They throw knives at players, not half-empty plastic water bottles.

And in Denver it's beer and batteries, and in Oakland it's rolls of quarters. Every region has their flavor.

Mike Piazza has hit all three of his home runs as an Athletic against the Angels, two of which came in games we won. And to top it off he inspired one particular Angel fan to make an idiot of himself and throw a water bottle at him. God bless Mike Piazza. I hope he enjoys wherever he's playing after the trade deadline.

I don't know why Piazza got such a strange reaction at Anaheim this year. When Piazza goes to Dodger Stadium the fan reaction is better, because the Dodger fans who actually saw him play as a Dodger still remember how good he was (and the women still slide off the seats when they see him). There are the scattered boos from the bozos that forget he was traded, and didn't leave as a free agent.

But why he got harassed so much at Anaheim this year is a mystery to me.

The other thing about fan incidents like this is the lack of follow up on the story. The teams should make sure that sportswriters or team websites cover the story completely: how much legal trouble the fan is in for going on the field, throwing things at players, etc.......

And in Denver it's beer and batteries, and in Oakland it's rolls of quarters. Every region has their flavor.

Here in Seattle I'm not sure what we throw, but it's biodegradable and enviromentaly friendly, that's for sure.

I think somebody should take a swing at somebody who owns a DRay jersey.

I attended Opening Day at Yankee Stadium with a friend wearing a D-Rays shirt this year in the bleachers. (He's a Met fan, thus a Kazmir fan, which explains the shirt, if you're curious.) He did manage at one point to wander out in the wrong section and spin around about three times while getting the "#######" chant, but other than that no one hassled him. And really, why would you? How can you feel anything but pity for their fans?

Edit: The censored word there is a mild profanity, rhyming with "GasBowl"

If Piazza threw a water bottle into the stands and hit a fan, he'd probably get sued for a couple hundred thousand.
Piazza should file an $300 lawsuit against the fan.

Dodger fans who actually saw him play as a Dodger still remember how good he was (and the women still slide off the seats when they see him).

Still laughing.

But why he got harassed so much at Anaheim this year is a mystery to me.

Because most Angel fans either used to be or still are Dodger fans.

Mike Piazza has hit all three of his home runs as an Athletic against the Angels, two of which came in games we won.

Piazza made no secret of his desire to play for the Angels in 2006, but they blew him off. This is him showing Bill Stoneman wassap. Gods, but I would have loved to see Piazza in an Angel uni. Until Vlad came along, I never got to watch anyone on a regular basis who could approach Piazza's greatness.

Here in Seattle I'm not sure what we throw, but it's biodegradable and enviromentaly friendly, that's for sure.

Fries (garlic or regular).

Dan Issel!

Here in Seattle I'm not sure what we throw, but it's biodegradable and enviromentaly friendly, that's for sure.

You throw hippies.

And in Denver it's beer and batteries, and in Oakland it's rolls of quarters.

They throw rolls of quarters? Damn, that's an expensive hobby. I wish my enemies would throw rolls of quarters at me.

The people in Oakland should try putting that money in the bank instead. Maybe the city wouldn't be in such an economic stupor.

Mike Piazza hasn't been hit in the back of the head with that much liquid from a strange man since...

(Trying to bring this thread back to something that makes sense, dammit.)

If a player was trying to burn an American flag on the field, can we throw water at him?