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**VonErich Lives** · 09-19-2004, 11:36 AM

I think Peter Gammons said in an interview the other day (might not have been Gammons) that while most reports are it was normal heckling, there is a report that something was said to the player who flipped out (the white player who everyone was holding back) about his still born child.

Now, even w/ that being said, you still have to brush it off... The right thing to do and some athletes have is notify security and have the fan ejected. Rick Buerlson when he coached 3rd for the Red Sox did that all the time... normally late in a game that wasn't close, drunk fans would make their way down from the cheap seats as people left and would ride him... if he felt they were out of line he'd turn and stare at them, if they kept it up, after he went back to the dugout security would come over and eject people.

Gammons also said he was told by a Sox player about someone harrasing Mike Timlin about his dead mother (I think she died of ALS) and Timlin just ignored the person.

Now, if the guy or someone did bring up a still born child, he does deserve his butt kicked, but as a profesional you just can't do it... and even more, that doesn't excuse someone else (or even that player) from throwing a chair.

So far all the "off the record" from players have been that Oakland is the worst place to play, but no matter whatever happens or is said, you can't throw a chair and they're all happy about the suspension.

09-19-2004, 11:36 AM	#72
VonErich Lives WTF do you want? Posts: 14,760	I think Peter Gammons said in an interview the other day (might not have been Gammons) that while most reports are it was normal heckling, there is a report that something was said to the player who flipped out (the white player who everyone was holding back) about his still born child. Now, even w/ that being said, you still have to brush it off... The right thing to do and some athletes have is notify security and have the fan ejected. Rick Buerlson when he coached 3rd for the Red Sox did that all the time... normally late in a game that wasn't close, drunk fans would make their way down from the cheap seats as people left and would ride him... if he felt they were out of line he'd turn and stare at them, if they kept it up, after he went back to the dugout security would come over and eject people. Gammons also said he was told by a Sox player about someone harrasing Mike Timlin about his dead mother (I think she died of ALS) and Timlin just ignored the person. Now, if the guy or someone did bring up a still born child, he does deserve his butt kicked, but as a profesional you just can't do it... and even more, that doesn't excuse someone else (or even that player) from throwing a chair. So far all the "off the record" from players have been that Oakland is the worst place to play, but no matter whatever happens or is said, you can't throw a chair and they're all happy about the suspension.