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April 12, 2007
"Guaranteed to have a heck of a day..."
From NYC's least redeeming borough, Queens, comes this story out of baseball's least redeeming venue, Shea Stadium.
The story retells the Opening Day saga of two Mets fans. Peter Reubens, watching the game with his Aunt Ellen, says they "were sitting and watching the ball game. And in a split-second a rather large person, a man, came sort of tumbling down upon us and basically landed on my aunt's head and neck."
For some reason, and for reasons not clear, Aunt Ellen was suddenly being smothered by a hefty fellow Mets fan, although Newsday doesn't bother to point out the "300 pound" thing is really just a "ballpark" estimate, pardon the pun. After squashing Ellen, though, the guy was nimble enough to scurry away without being identified, so this figure is already suspect.
Anyway, it turns out Aunt Ellen is an attorney, so this story may soon find its way into a local court house. That is, if the perpetrator is ever identified. Or, God knows, she could simply sue the Mets, on the basis of some novel legal theory. This may be the best bet, because identifying this perp will be a tough task, as many Mets fans are indeed gravy-leaking doofuses. My prime suspects are Rosie O'Donnell and Sid Fernandez.
Posted by bill at April 12, 2007 09:21 AM
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Something like that could never happen at Yankee Stadium, which is well known for the civility and propriety of its fans, right?
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at April 12, 2007 02:20 PM
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