People who know me are pretty certain about these two facts.
1. I’m a news junkie. I can spend hours on end culling news worthy items from the Internet. At the end of the day, I average about 3 hours on NPR and around 50-75 pages of printed material.
2. I’ve never watched a game of baseball in my life. Never. Not ever. Not even once. Not even an inning.
However, this morning I did happen to read a news article about baseball. And, well sir, I didn’t like it. Nope, I didn’t like it one bit. So, a player reached for a foul ball with the unintended consequence of interfering with a catch that may well have won the game. Immediately, this poor schmoe is threatened with chants of “Kill him! Kill him! KILL HIM!”, even though at least twenty other fans were reaching for the same ball.
So, now fans in Chicago are calling for his head. Numerous death threats have found their way to his home. Several publications have published his name and his place of employment. (frivolous lawsuits aside, this guy may be able to go after these organizations for harassment)
Ok, ok…so, like I said, I’ve never watched a game of baseball. But, come on guys, lighten the hell up.
