Article:Fans and Idiots aka Morons to the Core

Watching yesterday's Cubs game wasn't fun for alot of reasons. But when the moron threw the cup of whatever in the face of the ballplayer, it reminded me once again that baseball fans, whether they are Cubs fans or not, sometimes do and say stupid things while in the heat of the game. Baseball Fans I think that maybe it is time to grow up and at least act like pleasant human beings and respect one another's views on the game. What happened isn't something that hasn't happened before and I am sure it will again. But somewhere down the line here someone not excluding the player is going to really get hurt. And when that happens you know of course that all hell will break loose and maybe ban the fans from the bleachers or field level seats, it really doesn't matter here, but something has to be done to control the fans aka crowd aka moron or is it drunken morons. Not all fans are like that particular shithead yesterday and thankfully 99% of them are pleasant people out to enjoy a baseball game. Dumping a drink wasn't invented yesterday, in fact, in the series during the 20's and 30's there were lots of fans who did almost the exact same thing to the opposing player. But back then the only thing the fan had to worry about was just running from other fans because the fans then as opposed to now were really into their teams and if some moronic fan threw a beer or soda on top of one of their own, it was God help you and I hope you could run the 100 yard in under 9 seconds because the surrounding fans use to take care of their own. Also then, the players were different. I wouldn't want to be around if you threw beer or soda on Cobb as he was running to caught a ball in the outfield. He would have run your ass right out of the park with him following trying to spike you with his cleats. I remember lots of things happening between the players and fans in the outfields and even in the infield. Duke Snider use to keep a running conversation going with fans in center when first the Dodgers came to LA in the late 1950's. Mays did the same thing as did Roberto Clemente in Pittsburg. The fans of not that many years ago, held their heros to a higher standard then todays' fans. But the opposing teams players always caught all kinds of hell from the fans when they were trying to do something especially in the outfields running to get a fly ball or in the corner to caught a possible homerun. I for one would like to say that the idiot fans are not many, thank God, but the ones that keep doing these stupid acts of whatever you want to call them, should remember you will get back what you sow, many times over by continuing to act the fool. And maybe just maybe the next time may produce something that you may not like or could end up in a position that isn't going to be easy to remove yourself from especially if that small stupid act costs you your freedom and a fairly large amount of money besides. I am a Baseball Fan and yelling at the umpires and opposing players is alright, as long as you don't go over the line of respect and good sportsmanship. Be a Fan not a Fool.