Ozzie at it again....

[Graphik]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

I'm thinking that was just a joke . . . at least I hope so. I don't think many rational people consider the Ligue's to be typical of White Sox fans, just as the following guests at the "friendly confines" don't necessarilly reflect the Cubs fan base as a whole.

Date: May 16, 2000
Setting: Wrigley Field

Backup Dodgers catcher Chad Kreuter was sitting in the bullpen when a fan hit him in the head and stole his cap. Kreuter and several Dodgers went into the stands and a mob scene ensued. Sixteen Los Angeles players and three coaches were given suspensions.

Date: Sept. 28, 1995
Setting: Wrigley Field

With the Cubs still in the wild-card race, Cubs reliever Randy Myers gave up a key ninth-inning home run to James Mouton that gave the Astros a 9-7 lead. As Mouton rounded the bases, a 27-year-old bond trader named John Murray came charging in from the right-field stands. Myers used his martial arts training to subdue Murray, who later claimed he pulled the stunt as a dare with his friends. "I was watching the game with some friends and I told them if Myers gives up another homer to a guy I'm going to run out on the field and yell at him," Murray said. "In retrospect, it was a bad move on my part." Um, yeah.

White Sox and Cubs fans.....Can we all...just get along.

[Jistic]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

I'm thinking that was just a joke . . . at least I hope so. I don't think many rational people consider the Ligue's to be typical of White Sox fans, just as the following guests at the "friendly confines" don't necessarilly reflect the Cubs fan base as a whole.

Date: May 16, 2000
Setting: Wrigley Field

Backup Dodgers catcher Chad Kreuter was sitting in the bullpen when a fan hit him in the head and stole his cap. Kreuter and several Dodgers went into the stands and a mob scene ensued. Sixteen Los Angeles players and three coaches were given suspensions.

Date: Sept. 28, 1995
Setting: Wrigley Field

With the Cubs still in the wild-card race, Cubs reliever Randy Myers gave up a key ninth-inning home run to James Mouton that gave the Astros a 9-7 lead. As Mouton rounded the bases, a 27-year-old bond trader named John Murray came charging in from the right-field stands. Myers used his martial arts training to subdue Murray, who later claimed he pulled the stunt as a dare with his friends. "I was watching the game with some friends and I told them if Myers gives up another homer to a guy I'm going to run out on the field and yell at him," Murray said. "In retrospect, it was a bad move on my part." Um, yeah.

I'm with ya on the Myers one, but everyone with a brain cell that saw the Dodgers one knows it was the players who were responsible to that morass. Someone swiped a cap, yes. But then the whole bullpen jumped into the stands. I remember they jacked some woman in the face.

[Dice]

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OR let's try this one on for size for the friendly confines of Wriglel Field:

05/16/2006 11:51 PM ET
Jones nearly hit by fan's throw
Female in bleachers fires ball at right fielder before ninth
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com

CHICAGO -- A female fan sitting in the bleachers threw a ball that nearly hit Chicago Cubs right fielder Jacque Jones in the head at the start of the ninth inning Tuesday night.
A Cubs spokeswoman said the woman was inebriated and detained by security. Jones was not hurt, but he was shaken up.

"I threw a ball to Juan [Pierre during warmups], and turned around to go back to my position and a ball came whizzing past my head," Jones said. "They said whoever threw it was drunk. It went right past my face."

Jones has not gotten a warm reception from the Cubs fans since joining the team this year. He signed a three-year, $16 million contract in December, and is batting .264 after Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Washington Nationals. He didn't endear himself to the fans when he singled with none out in the fourth and was doubled off at second base. What happened?

"[I should've just froze] at least, and then I saw the ball turn in and it looked like it was going to fall," Jones said of the play. "I should've just stayed at second base. No excuses."

But there's no excuse for a fan throwing anything at a player, especially at his head. Jones called second base umpire Ed Montague out to let him know what happened. Was he scared?

"Yeah," Jones said, "but I'm not going to let one person ruin my time here. I signed here for three years, and I signed here to help the team win. I probably haven't played my best baseball and I understand that, and you can voice your opinions. But throwing stuff at me is not acceptable in any way, shape or form.

"I'm not going to let one incident ruin what I came here to do, what I came here to help do. I'm not going to leave here until I help this team win."

The win was the Cubs' second in their last 14 games, and the fans have not been shy in voicing their displeasure at the team's performance.

"What you don't want to have happen is guys in right field throwing balls at people," Cubs second baseman Todd Walker said. "In this city, we have great fans and knowledgeable fans, and they understand we have a long way to go. You can't jump off the bandwagon just yet."

Walker said the troublemakers are few, not the majority. He also admitted he'd be nervous if someone threw something at him unexpectedly.

"I would [be afraid] if a ball came whizzing by my head," Walker said. "They've done a good job in this ballpark [with security]. You can't put the entire fan base of the Cubs around one idiot out there who does something like that. But what you can see start to happen when you lose is more people booing plays, and the reality is it's not plays that should be booed. Let's understand the game a little more and back this team. I think we have a great chance to do some things."

Does Jones regret signing with the Cubs?

It's baseball," Jones said. "I haven't played particularly well. The last couple weeks, I've picked it up a little bit. There's pressure here to win. I'm not afraid of pressure. I grew up with pressure. If you can't play with pressure, then you don't need to play. I'm not going to let this one isolated incident affect the way I play or the way I carry myself."

Cubs manager Dusty Baker called it an "isolated incident."

"I'm glad it missed him," Baker said.

Jones said he couldn't gauge whether the right field bleacher fans were more rowdy than in years past. This is his first season in Chicago.

"I know they want to win, and right now we're not playing the best baseball," Jones said. "This is my first year here and I don't know what's more rowdy than usual. I just know they're just as frustrated and upset at the way we've been playing as we are. I'll take whatever is coming to me. I'll still play the game hard."

But the baserunning blunder wasn't his first this year.

"He keeps trying to score on balls that aren't scorable," Baker said. "He's trying -- really over-trying, if there is such a thing. It's the second or third time. He's a good baserunner. He's just trying to do everything, everybody's trying to do everything."

If fans are upset, then multiply that times a zillion and you know how Jones feels.

"That's what is frustrating about this whole ordeal -- I make mistakes like everybody else," Jones said. "I try to keep them to a minimum. Right now, it seems like I'm being over-aggressive instead of letting the game come to me. That's what's so frustrating of the whole process of baserunning right now. I like to pride myself in being well-rounded. I can't even explain it."

Is he trying too hard?

"I'm probably a little excited now to do something positive and it's backfiring," Jones said. "Maybe I do need to turn it down a notch."

[Stu]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

This argument is pointless. There are stupid fans everywhere.

[BGarrett7]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

OR let's try this one on for size for the friendly confines of Wriglel Field:

Quit trying to dig and rectify the fact that the Ligue incident happened at a ChiSox game. Just accept it already.

[Jistic]

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And the very next year....

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0415/1539542.html

CHICAGO -- A fan came out of the stands during Tuesday night's game between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox and attacked first base umpire Laz Diaz. Security and players came to Diaz's aid and the fan was quickly taken away.

[Dice]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

And let's not forget this classic one at Wrigley Field:

Sept. 28, 1995
With the Cubs still in the wild-card race, Cubs reliever Randy Myers gave up a key ninth-inning home run to James Mouton that gave the Astros a 9-7 lead. As Mouton rounded the bases, a 27-year-old bond trader named John Murray came charging in from the right-field stands. Myers used his martial arts training to subdue Murray, who later claimed he pulled the stunt as a dare with his friends. "I was watching the game with some friends and I told them if Myers gives up another homer to a guy I'm going to run out on the field and yell at him," Murray said. "In retrospect, it was a bad move on my part." Um, yeah.

[BGarrett7]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

And let's not forget this classic one at Wrigley Field:

Oh, that one certainly won't be forgotten.

"Why," you ask.

Well, probably because it was already posted two hours ago.

[Dice]

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Oh, that one certainly won't be forgotten.

"Why," you ask.

Well, probably because it was already posted two hours ago.

Yeah. Your right. My Chicago Public School education is starting to show again.

[Graphik]

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And theres a left cross by Jistic!!











Followed up by a shovel thrust by BGarret!!












Dice grabs ahold of Jistics jersey!!










Oh my, what a tackle!!!!!!












....and a steal by Bird











And the benches clear!!!



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[Vince]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

Ozzie is worthless. This man calls people pieces of **** like it's nothing. Zero class, zero morals.. Just a flat out moron. This guy's has the IQ of a rock.

[Stu]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

Ozzie is worthless. This man calls people pieces of **** like it's nothing. Zero class, zero morals.. Just a flat out moron. This guy's has the IQ of a rock.

As Sean McAdam said today on WEEI. "There's a fine line between being outspoken and just plain stupid."

[Beantown]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

hahaha

Ozzie got sentenced to "sensitivity training" by Selig.

[Brandon13]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

Lol, I just saw Ozzie's apology on ESPN. I thought it was hilarious when he said, "Jay is a piece of ****" and then went on with his apology. Don't get me wrong, he was still wrong for calling Mariotti a what he did, but this was just too funny.

[Stu]

Re: Ozzie at it again....

Lol, I just saw Ozzie's apology on ESPN. I thought it was hilarious when he said, "Jay is a piece of ****" and then went on with his apology. Don't get me wrong, he was still wrong for calling Mariotti a what he did, but this was just too funny.

I liked the quotations he put around "people I offended". Real sincere Ozzie.