# KC Royal's coach attacked by 2 fans in Chicago **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744 "2002-09-20T05:56:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/21 "2002-09-22T16:36:59Z")
**dantheman** - mea culpa. Cowboy Joe West Lives! [Yippee eye oh tay ay!](http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/W/West_Joe.stm) Good ol’ John McSherry is [no longer](http://wildcat.arizona.edu//papers/89/128/09_4_m.html) with us. Both are ‘good guys’. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/22 "2002-09-22T17:10:08Z")
Welcome to Chicago, where baseball fans steal Dodgers’ caps, rush the pitcher’s mound, try to beat the crap out of 1st base coaches twice their age. Basketball fans here overturn police cars and smash and loot stores in victory celebrations. I love my city, I do; but _why_ does it always happen here?! Spooje said: > [@](#): > > What kind of bonehead goes shirtless at a ballgame? Are you kidding me? Have you ever been to a ballgame here? You can’t keep shirts on some of these guys. It’s just a given for some of 'em: walk in the gates, take off shirt. I have a theory: the likelihood of a man taking off his shirt at a ballgame is directly proportional to the size and hairiness of his gut. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/23 "2002-09-22T17:19:14Z")
The Bleacher Creatures do that at Wrigley a lot… By the way, **Corbomite** , don’t quite agree with West being a “good guy.” He’s one who had a decided bias against the Phillies. We would openly antagonize them and their fans when he could, more so than any other ump I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/24 "2002-09-22T17:52:36Z")
**dantheman** he heh heh { and on and on } Let’s say he was equally unfair to all teams and if you don’t agree - let’s ask him to see who he can throw farthest. You go first. So you’ve been to Wrigley, where they play games outdoors on grass during the daytime. That is baseball. I watched Kerry Wood at Shea the other day on TV - man - he’s like the oldest looking 24 year old I’ve seen! I have my #17 Mark Grace home jersey and they better not give that number out. D’backs -v- Yankees - The Rematch. This time home field advantage is in the amusement park in Arid Zone Land. Dibs on the pool! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/25 "2002-09-22T18:04:23Z")
Yup, I’ve been to Wrigley. In 1992, me and two friends went on a 2-week trip, visiting stadiums. We saw: 1. Three Rivers in Pittsburgh 2. Riverfront in Cincinnati 3. Busch in St. Louis 4. Wrigley in Chicago 5. Comiskey in Chicago 6. County in Milwaukee 7. Tiger in Detroit 8. Skydome in Toronto Quite a trip. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/26 "2002-09-22T18:24:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corbomite \* > I have my #17 Mark Grace home jersey and they better not give that number out. \*\* They will not. There would be extreme outrage from Cubs fans. They better not ::brandishing fist:: ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/27 "2002-09-22T19:21:45Z")
**Gundy** - that’s funny stuff. I like to (at least think) I get along with all baseball fans. Maybe not in Chicago. I rode the train there to meet a girl - and traded my all-blue Mets cap for a red and blue Cubs cap - and bought her a cool throwback cap. Now that I think of it - I wore that cap and the #17 Mark Grace home jersey to a game at Shea, against that Georgia team that has a problem selling all the seats to their playoff games. Some mutterings, but no umpires or line coaches charged at me and beat me up. The #17 is an homage to Keith Hernandez. Long ago, the Mets and Cubs were rivals and played more than six games against eachother. The Cubs are my 2nd favourite team. _scampers eastward_ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/28 "2002-09-23T11:35:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*What kind of bonehead goes shirtless at a ballgame? I mean, without showing off some sort of team-related body paint of course. \*\* I don’t have the link, but a follow-up article said they didn’t take their shirts off until they were ready to rush the field. They also left their wallets and the dad’s cell phone with their companions (I believe they were with two nephews and another son). ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/29 "2002-09-23T12:29:19Z")
Don’t forget that this incident was apparently premeditated. The goober father called his (sister? wife? slut-ho girlfriend? bookie?) and told them to watch the game; the person replied that they didn’t have cable, so the goober father told them to check the news, cause he was gonna be all over it. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744/30 "2002-09-23T19:50:23Z")
It was his sister that he called. The mother, I might add, of one of the pre-teens who accompanied them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-royals-coach-attacked-by-2-fans-in-chicago/128744.md?page=1)