Comments on: Los Angeles, San Francisco city leaders condemn ballpark violence

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:57:18 +0000

Okay—the multiple others are on the other post from this morning. My fault.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:46:21 +0000

Considering that stuff that has happened in Philly is dredged up and dragged into the discussion every time something happens somewhere else—as you and multiple others have done here and in the previous post on this attack—I tend to think your assertion of stuff being swept under the rug is way off base.

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:26:38 +0000

Is that right? Because it seams like writers drool at the opportunity to dig up the hackneyed old stories about Philly fans – snowballs, Santa, etc. – yet that stuff pales in comparison to this kind of behavior. Drunken violence is unwelcome anywhere.

By: captainwisdom8888

captainwisdom8888 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:02:11 +0000

This is some truly awful behavior, but it is not out of the ordinary. If this type of incident is worthy of national news than I can confidently say that the parking lots surrounding Philadelphia’s sports venues have produced dozens upon dozens of similar acts of violence that are seemingly swept under the rug. Leave it to media towns like LA or SF to run with a story that, quite frankly, has become the norm in this country.

P.S.- A fight is a fight…1 man vs another…but why is everyone stomping each other’s heads in all the time?

By: seeingwhatsticks

seeingwhatsticks — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:16:09 +0000

Sounds like a typical “douche-coast” comment.

Instead of spending $10k on a reward, how about spending $10k on extra cops so maybe this type of thing doesn’t happen? Oakland is about as poor and screwed up as a major city can be, and they used to blanket the coliseum with enough cops for $1 A’s games to make you think there was a UN peace keeping mission underway.

By: citynative

citynative — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:57:35 +0000

What does this have to do with the “left-coast”?

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:54:41 +0000

I don’t know about the “typical left-coast carelessness” remark. The poster child for this phenomenon is the Kitty Genovese story from New York in 1964, which coined the phrase “bystander effect” which turned out to be overblown in this specific instance, but common in general, regardless of which coast you live on.

No question teams need to provide for more security in the parking lots. We’ve had a couple of fatalities at AT&T. Both perps were caught and convicted, in part from witness testimony.

By: 4d3fect

4d3fect — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:25:49 +0000

A public relations statement. Wow. Very effective.

On a side not, but to me much more importantly, NO ONE in that crowd has come forward to ID the perps. Fear of reprisal? Typical left-coast carelessness in general?

I’d decided not to return to DS more than a decade ago for my own reasons, and unfortunately my concerns at that time have been borne out by current events.

You can’t guarantee your own family’s safety.

Additionally, were some unfortunate incident to befall you, there wouldn’t be any human beings around to offer assistance.

By: BC

BC — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:08:38 +0000

More armed police or guards inside and outside the park. Cost of doing business. Someone pulls stuff like that, blow a hole in their leg or taze them, and the next guy will think twice about it if he knows what’s coming.