The sox win the series.
Only took them 86 years and a full lunar eclipse. Try not to trade anyone named ruth for awhile, eh?
Only took them 86 years and a full lunar eclipse. Try not to trade anyone named ruth for awhile, eh?
Break out the pepperballs and unravel the fire hose
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't believe it. Its a great time to be in New England!
Riots are breaking out everywhere, though. Hope no one gets really hurt. We drove to campus to be nosy and its on lock down with a hundred cop cars and riot police...of course there are still mobs of people but no where *near* as bad as a riot from last year.
Glad I'm not in boston right now!
Riots are breaking out everywhere, though. Hope no one gets really hurt. We drove to campus to be nosy and its on lock down with a hundred cop cars and riot police...of course there are still mobs of people but no where *near* as bad as a riot from last year.
Glad I'm not in boston right now!
Leopardess said:
yes well, Ive learned from personal experience that certain teams should not be allowed to win, in the name of public saftey. Every time Uconn wins a championship, they start flipping cars and burning/breaking everything in site.
Some people just dont know how to celebrate, what happened to getting drunk and puking on the sidewalk?
Sadly, I think its inevitable that someone gets seriously injured/killed tonight. (i still cant figure out how someone got killed by a pepperball...)
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Words cannot express my feelings right now. You simply cannot understand how this feels unless you've been raised a Sox fan. Its incredible.
As a Boston native (Cambridge actually, but a stones throw away) I feel the need to explain that the riots of "fans" you are hearing about are not actually fans but college students who may or may not have ever even watched baseball game. Fenway Park is situated in the middle of several college campuses and a very popular student apartment area. Northeastern University, Boston University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Simmons College, Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art, Museum of Fine Arts School, Massahusetts College of Pharmacy, Berkley College of Music, and Harvard Medical School are all within walking distance of Fenway and those are just the schools I can think of off the top of my head. Those mobs are created by college students looking for an opportunity gather and do whatever. The fans are not to blame. The fans are the people orderly waiting in the cold, in the middle of the night, for hours just to get a glimpse of the players and cheer then as the get off the bus this morning.
Slipknottin, its my understanding that the pepper ball was something like a paint ball but fired at a higher velocity. Also, she caught it right in the eye at a relatively close range. Its sounds like all the things that could have gone wrong with the use of that weapon did in this instance.
As a Boston native (Cambridge actually, but a stones throw away) I feel the need to explain that the riots of "fans" you are hearing about are not actually fans but college students who may or may not have ever even watched baseball game. Fenway Park is situated in the middle of several college campuses and a very popular student apartment area. Northeastern University, Boston University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Simmons College, Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art, Museum of Fine Arts School, Massahusetts College of Pharmacy, Berkley College of Music, and Harvard Medical School are all within walking distance of Fenway and those are just the schools I can think of off the top of my head. Those mobs are created by college students looking for an opportunity gather and do whatever. The fans are not to blame. The fans are the people orderly waiting in the cold, in the middle of the night, for hours just to get a glimpse of the players and cheer then as the get off the bus this morning.
Slipknottin, its my understanding that the pepper ball was something like a paint ball but fired at a higher velocity. Also, she caught it right in the eye at a relatively close range. Its sounds like all the things that could have gone wrong with the use of that weapon did in this instance.
puh-leeezzeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!tomm10 said:
there are TONS of fights in Fenway, I've been to a boat load of games there.
Those fans are just as rowdy as anywhere else. They have no problems throwing down over stupid things.
While obviously the area is crowded with bars and colleges, I DOUBT that most younger college kids are out in that area since the bars and clubs there are very strict with their carding. I know because I used to work at one and they are mostly all owned by the same company.
The only college kids that would be there would be those that are uber baseball fans, seniors in college that can get into those bars, and all the baseball fanatics from the Boston area that couldn't get in.
Dont put the blame on college kids alone
don't get me wrong on this, cause i was rooting for the sox to win in the world series, and rooting HARD for them to win against the yankees (i'm a met fan) but the one good thing i'll say about new york fans is that it seems like the only city that doesnt turn into mogadishu after a huge win or a huge loss. i remember in 1994 when the vancouver canucks lost to the rangers in the stanley cup finals, people rioted - and vancouver is a great city. even last year when the calgary flames lost people rioted. and that was after LOSSES. why in god's name would you be so angry and violent after winning like they are in boston?
geoffgarcia said:
Watch the footage. It was almost entirely college aged kids. They flooded into the area after the game walking from dorms and apartments. While there are plenty of bars in the neighborhood, there aren't enough to supply the thousands of people that fueled those mobs.
I am by no means suggesting that Boston fans are angels only that the riots were fueled by college kids looking for a little trouble rather than older Red Sox fans who were so overjoyed they just had to rip down a McDonalds awning.
tomm10 said:
It is a paintball, its a paintball filled with capstun (same stuff in pepper spray)
I still find it amazing that it could kill anyone, Ive been hit in the head from relatively close range. It hurts like heck, but never thought it was enough to kill me. Maybe they are fired at a much higher velocity, but i somewhat doubt it. Just bad luck on her part I suppose.
