A laser pointer was the weapon of choice for one Phils fan at Saturday's game.
A fan at the Cards/Phillies game used a strategically placed laser pointer to try and distract the St. Louis hitters. In the top of the seventh inning the fan first used it on Julio Lugo, who eventually struck out. Then the fan tried to distract Albert Pujols before umpire Jim Wolf called time and tried to find the fan. Security went to the section but the culprit was never caught, according to ESPN.
I think the dumbest thing about this is that someone felt that outside assistance was needed to render Julio Lugo ineffective.
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That might be a funny line but for one thing...Lugo is killing it. His bat isn't (and hasn't been) the problem. So that's just not going to cut it, Craig.
Lugo's bat isn't exactly a feature either...and I think Craig was referring to the total ineffective package.
#Laser Pointers: if you're sitting near me and using one, I will give you up to security so fast you'll think they're paying me off. That crap is dangerous. Might even get in a punch myself before you get marched off to the slam.
they will catch the sleeze ball!, whoever it is! they will try it again! when they catch the culprit, they should ban the sob from attrnding any phils game for what ever the phils org. deems necessary!. it never fails theres always a scumbag in the group and that anyone who defends this moral degenerate!!.
I agree! Most Phils phans are too classy to do this! Rather than putting the batteries in his laser pointer he should find a new use for them! Maybe during the next game he'll just throw the batteries at the opposing players, like any self-respecting Philly fan does! I love exclamation points!
that just goes to prove when you go to a ballgame you could be sitting next to the scum of the barrel!, and his little helpers to! the ones that were sitting next to this nameless twit!! it must have been idiot night ! cause at least one came with his buddies!
Remember, this is the city full of morons who booed Santa Claus during an Eagles game. Even the man who is now Governor of the state admitted he was there, and he was booing as well. So much for city of Brotherly Love!
Diddy,
Not a city of morons, although morons are admitted into Philly sports games. It is unfortunate that the very few drunken kooks can bring the fan-base down so low.
I am ashamed of some of my fellow fans, although quite enthusiastic about the teams (save for the Eagles, who stubbornly refuse to give up their "bad habits" for better players/coaches).
PS. "City of Brotherly Love"is derived (somehow) from the Greek "Philadelphia". Really, you will only find "Love" in Philly after a championship win, which of course is a rarety! Otherwise, hold onto your wallet and keep your "bird finger" cocked and loaded :)
Since we agree that the unidentified Philly fan is a jackass, let's move on to protesting the use of "and" that creates a compound verb where there isn't one, as in "try and distract." Even this writer knows that such a construction would make no sense at all in the past tense ("tried and distracted"). There are plenty of grammatical ships that have sailed, but this one drives me crazy.
Thank you, Sara K! It should be "try to distract."
Of course, a blog may not be the best place to complain about proper grammar, but maybe somebody will catch a clue.
I generally don't hop on independent bloggers, at least not in the comments section, about grammar issues. "Legit" news writers had ought to be clean, though. :)
Irregardless of that which you are inferring, I found his article insightful. Anyways, thank you again for your comment, as reader interaction is what makes I happy.
For the love of God, can we give the "they booed Santa" thing a rest already? Yes, it happened - in 1968. It was so long ago that Jamie Moyer was only in his second season in the big leagues.