A San Francisco Giants fan is in critical condition after being attacked by a group of LA Dodgers fan. The man and two other Giants fans were jumped in the parking lot after the Dodgers-Giants Opening Day match-up.
According to the LA Times, Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Sanford Rosenberg said the victim was one of three Giants fans attacked in the parking lot around the end of the game by two unidentified men wearing Dodgers clothing.
The unprovoked attack occurred about 8:30 p.m. in Parking Lot 2 when two men in Dodgers clothing approached three victims in Giants apparel, police said.
The men then attacked the trio, kicking and punching them and shouting expletives about the Giants as they delivered the blows, Rosenberg said. The attack left one victim hospitalized in critical but stable condition, Rosenberg said.
The Giants-Dodgers feud is one of the longest rivalries in sports history, dating back all the way to when both teams were in New York. This offseason, a group of Giants fans raised money to fly a banner over Dodgers Stadium reminding their rivals of their World Series win. Despite the incident, there were less arrests this year than last year’s Opening Day.
A home rented by Evan Longoria and three other Tampa Bay Rays teammates for spring training was robbed this weekend. Longoria, David Price and Reid Brignac had over $50,000 of personal items stolen from their rented home while the team played a game at Charlotte Sports Park.
”They took pretty much everything that was ours inside the house,” Longoria said. Among the stolen items include: Xboxs, iPads, watches, laptops and Longoria’s AK-47.
The fact that Longoria had a gun in the home of his spring training camp residence has raised some eyebrows amoung Rays fans, but according to the sherrif investigating the case, the gun is perfectly legal.
Though Longoria declined to go into detail he did say, “It’s a personal item. Obviously they’re going to say things that are taken. I think everything within the house is personal and we’ll just leave it at that.”
Longoria was a victim of theft earlier in spring training when his 1967 Camaro was stolen from an autobody shop in Arizona. Police do not think the crimes are related. And I thought stealing was encouraged in baseball?!?
Jersey Chaser Cameron Diaz is green lighting a movie project about a baseball romantic comedy and wants her Yankee slugger boyfriend, Alex Rodriguez, to star in it. According to the Daily Express, “Cameron actually has an idea for a romantic comedy set around Major League Baseball…She’s very excited about developing her own projects and the fact this one is about a baseball player means she has good reason to spend more time with A-Rod and the Yankees.”
In the past, A-Rod has been known to be very supportive of his girlfriend’s careers, evening playing Madonna in the Yankees clubhouse. Diaz and Rodriguez started dating last summer, and though the couple split in the fall, things seem to be better than ever. Get the popcorn ready!
Colorado Rockie Troy Tulowitzki is letting fans vote his batting song. Last year, Tro Tulowitzki got fans in the partying mood when he used Miley Cyrus’ Party in the USA.Tulo chose the song because so many kids come out to the ballpark and like the song. But since bong-gate Miley isn’t that so kid-friendly, and Tulowitzki is letting fans vote on his batting song.
The contest is being run by the Denver Post, and suprisingly the most suggested nominee was MC Hammer’s Too Legit To Quit.
This year’s final four songs are: Katy Perry’s Firework, Justin Bieber’s Baby, Ke$ha’s We R Who We R and Chris Brown’s Yeah 3x. Tulowitzki narrowed the list down from 30-songs. Missing the top four… Rebecca Black’s Friday, Willow Smith’s I Whip My Hairand Justin Bieber’s Baby!
Tulo has become known for his batting song, which sure have covered a wide variety of fans’ music interest with How Low by Ludacris in 2009, Roll with Me by Montgomery Gentry and Gimme More by Britney Spears in 2008.
