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^HE was confirmed a PHILLIES fan
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They have sketches of the two mexicans and rewards out for any more info on them.
Bryan Stow: A good fan.
Bryan Stow: A good fan.
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I’m assuming most of you have heard by now about the sad sick incident that took place on opening day outside of Dodger stadium. Santa Cruz resident Bryan Stow, a paramedic for the past 6 years with American Medical Response in Santa Clara was severely beaten in the parking lot outside Dodger Stadium. Bryan, a Giants fan, was reportedly heckled by a pair of Dodger fans before being struck in the back of the head. After he went to the ground the two assailants kicked him in the head repeatedly before fleeing the scene.
Bryan Stow is currently in a coma.
I cannot properly express how sad this story makes me. It is so upsetting that we as human beings do this to each other for any reason, let alone based on something as arbitrary as our favorite teams. We are all fans of the teams we were taught to like, or have naturally gravitated towards. A good fan should understand that and be able to see past team colors. While rivalry is exciting, and makes for good sport, incidents such as these really put things in perspective.
Sports are often used as a healthy outlet in a challenging world... however, for many of us, the problems are merely swept underneath the rug, only to resurface in acts of aggression. While a championship win for your favorite team can almost magically ease the pain of real life troubles, a guy wearing the wrong team’s colors can wind up a scapegoat for a lost soul filled with unhappiness and rage.
Sport is a powerful entity and must be understood as such. The same way martial arts fighters bow to each other in the ring, we must respect our rival fans even in the heat of battle. Competitiveness without compassion can become dangerous. I only hope that we can learn from this incident, and take a step towards rooting on our teams with respect for one another and for the sacred arena of sport.
Bryan, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
-Ashkon
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People are pathetic. Who goes to a ball game to fight ? Is there nothing else going on in your life ?
I always get the feeling every sports stadium is located near a ghetto.
Dont richer neighborhoods just veto them out because of traffic woes ?
Shouldnt be long now.
Best reason to have a license.
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Bryan Stow attack: Police search for 2 Dodgers fans who put Giants fan in a coma | Mail Online
Search is on for two Dodgers fans who savagely attacked Giants fan, leaving him in a coma
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:15 PM on 5th April 2011
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Police are still searching for the Dodgers fans who savagely beat a Giants fan leaving him in a coma, after the season opener on Thursday.
The attack took place in the parking lot of the Los Angeles Dodgers' stadium on Bryan Stow, who is now in a medially induced coma.
The Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants, who Mr Stow is a fan of. On his way back to his car after the game, he was attacked from behind by two men in Dodgers gear.
Baseball fan: Bryan Stow has been placed in a medically induced coma after being attacked by Dodgers fans after a Baseball game
Baseball fan: Bryan Stow has been placed in a medically induced coma after being attacked by Dodgers fans after a Baseball game
Wanted: Police have released sketches of the two men they believe to be the attackers and offered an award of $50,000, which increased from $10,000
Wanted: Police have released sketches of the two men they believe to be the attackers and offered an award of $50,000, which increased from $10,000 in a matter of days through donations
They punched him in the back of the head and then when he fell to the ground they kicked him in the head.
The victims brother-in-law David Collins said: 'Two guys came out of nowhere. Both of them pushed Bryan from behind, he never saw them coming and Bryan fell forward and hit his head on the concrete and was immediately knocked unconscious.'
LAPD Sgt Sanford Rosenberg told reporters that the victim was one of three Giants fans attacked in the parking lot by two men in Dodger garb. He said the attack - which involved kicking and punching the men and shouting expletives about the Giants - was unprovoked.
Mr Stow, 42, a paramedic, has had part of his skull removed to reduce the swelling.
Mr Collins said: 'Bryan spends his whole life, every day of his life, saving people's lives and now we are praying for his life.'
His ex-wife Jacqueline Kain said: 'Those pathetic cowards have taken away his time with his children.'
Cowards: The victim's Bother-in-law said that Bryan was attacked from behind as he was walking to his car and beaten up by two men who then ran away
Cowards: The victim's Bother-in-law said that Bryan was attacked from behind as he was walking to his car and beaten up by two men who then ran away
Los Angeles County officials, along with contributions from both baseball teams, are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the pair.
Los Angeles detectives have released sketches of the assailants, described as Latino men between 18 and 25. They said the men fled the scene in a four-door sedan, driven by a woman, with a young boy inside.
Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt said that the attack had marred 'an otherwise fantastic day'.
On the day of the attack, 72 Dodgers fans were arrested.
Mayors and other leaders condemned the violence which occurred on the opening-day at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M Lee, police chiefs and officials from both cities said the beating that two men in Dodger gear gave Bryan Stow was 'unconscionable behaviour that will not be tolerated in either city. Once apprehended, the attackers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.'
The officials praised the storied rivalry between the Dodgers and Giants, but said it needed to remain on the field.
'We call on our respective citizens to stand together in honour of that rivalry as you have done throughout the years. Root hard for your teams, and do so with civility and common decency,' they said.
The stadium has been plagued by opening day violence in the past.
In April 2009, a man stabbed his friend in the stadium parking lot after the home opener, in which the Dodgers. Arthur Alvarez said he acted in self defence and was acquitted by a jury.
The West Coast rivalry began on April 18, 1958, the first game played in California after both teams had moved from New York.
The Dodgers beat the Giants 6-5 in a game played before nearly 79,000 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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While this is an obvious tragedy and sickens me to no end, I can't help but find it pretty interesting how this is the first time one of these attacks has received so much attention.
This isn't the first time someone has been beaten or stabbed at a Raiders/Chargers or Giants/Dodgers game.
I can't help but think that this attack is receiving so much attention and outcry because the victim is white and a paramedic with a family. I need to look up some of the attacks in the past to see what ethnicity the victims were.
I also don't know if this is the first time the attackers were not found/arrested so that may have something to do with the huge outcry.Comment
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Reminds me of a story that happened here not to long ago:
After five days on trial, the two men accused of beating WVU student Ryan Diviney into a coma is finally over.
Jonathon May and Austin Vantrease were both found guilty on different charges for their roles in the fight that left Diviney in a coma in November over the World Series.
Around 2:15 Monday afternoon, May was convicted on a lesser charge of misdemeanor battery which carries a sentence up to one year in jail.
Vantrease, who admitted to kicking Diviney in the head while he was on the ground that night, was convicted on malicious assault charges, which carries a two to ten year sentence.
As Judge Russell Clawges read the verdict, Vantrease's $75,000 bond was immediately revoked, and he was taken into state custody and sent to the North Central Regional Jail.
He'll head to the Anthony Correctional Center when there's an opening for a pre-sentence investigation.
The pair will be sentenced together at a later date.
"No matter what the verdict would have been, it doesn't reverse what happened that night. Even though I'm sure they feel sorry, I just don't believe it's for my son. I believe it's for themselves," says Ken Diviney, father of Ryan Diviney.
"If John and Austin would have just taken a minute or two to get to know Ryan, they would have liked him. Everybody liked Ryan," adds Diviney.
Ryan Diviney is out of the ICU at a New Jersey Hospital, but in a respiratory wing while he battles pneumonia.
He still remains in a coma.
Cliffs: Douchebag Delaware fuckups go visit WVU. Get in fight over Phils/Yanks. Beat up this poor kid into a coma (that he is still in almost 2 years later, blog), and at one point while he was unconscious, the bigger D-bag literally "punted" his head.
Terrible story.Comment
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^Terrible choice of number I truly must of been high when I wrote that but I can name 2 including the vomit incident.
Here's another
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isksLw0jW8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isksLw0jW8[/ame]Comment
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I don't see how the laundry the guy roots for makes any difference. He could just as easily be a Mets fan in 2 years.
The issue I take is that people don't claim the fans of Philadelphia teams are awful, they claim the people from Philadelphia are. And this guy was from NJ and the other story you posted were people from Delaware at WVU.
There are plenty of criminals in the world that probably watch sports too. I don't think their fandom is what makes them assholes, it's their upbringing and their personality. Hence why WHERE a person comes from means a LOT more than what laundry the person roots for.Comment
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First, the story I posted about the DE bums was no shot at Philly fans, that was just to point out another brutal beating and how pointless fighting over sports is. Form what I've heard about the story and the kids, they were JUST barely Phillies fans and just trying to start a fight.
I agree I don't know why people take shots at Philly living people. It truly is just the fans who get too drunk (like this guy from NJ) and embrace the "Philly fan" stereotype that they have to be scumbags.Comment
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I'll see your vomit story and raise you an assault on an 8 year old kid
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^1995 I thought we were talking about today? Did you see me mention the Santa Claus snowball throwing? (which also has to be the most overrated fans being bad event all time)Comment
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Way to be specific in those police sketches. They just drew portraits of 90% of Dodger fansComment
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