And I have no idea what this fight is about, but this shit needs to stop. 3 of the last 5 times I’ve been at Angels stadium, i’ve genuinely been terrified. I can’t bring women to games with me anymore, because they’ve seriously been scared for themselves. It’s ridiculous. This rivalry has gone too far. It’s unfortunate to me that it goes beyond the game. I live in Orange, literally a 10 minute walk from the stadium, and there are places that I CANNOT wear A’s gear. I hope this was not initiated by the rivalry, and this goes both ways. This is turning into Yankees-Red Sox, Dodgers-Giants….
My thoughts go out to the family, regardless of which team he was a fan of…

This fight took place after Tuesday night’s game. I live down here in Southern California and from what I’ve heard on the local news the perps were wearing Slegna gear. The victim might have been a Slegna fan as well, but I’m not 100% positive. Still, no one deserves that fate. Going to the ballpark is supposed to be an escape from reality and not some place you should fear for your life.

I’ve only been to a handful of Dodger games b/c a friend had free tickets, but every time I went there seemed to be a fist fight somewhere in the bleachers. Someone told me security has done a better job at Dodger Stadium at controlling confrontations, but I can’t say for sure since I have not attended a game there in several years; mostly because the majority of fans there look like gang-bangers and I fear getting shot in the parking lot. Even some Dodgers fans I know feel the same way. Plus they intentionally spill beer on you or throw items at you if you wear another team’s jersey regardless if they’re the Dodgers’ opponent that night.

Dodger Stadium is a great ballpark to watch a baseball game, but there are a lot of fans that can ruin the experience. If this is bad I can’t imagine what it is like at Fenway Park.

with my A’s jersey, centerfield bleachers. I was expecting getting doused with beer or maybe some taunts directed at me, but nothing of the sort. They don’t really care about the A’s as long as you don’t taunt them after an A’s win.

and I’ve been to Fenway at least 25 times over the past 10 years, every time in full A’s regalia. The only time I ever came close to winding up in an altercation was after a game we were at for my bachelor party, we were very drunk, and I can say without a doubt that it was equally if not more our fault for laughing (rather vehemently, too) at a drunk fan who was trying to start an “A’s Suck” cheer as the crowd meandered down Brookline Ave after a game that the A’s won. Other times, the worst that has happened to me was a couple of fans tossing peanuts at the back of my head in the bleachers, but honestly, I never fear for my well being there, and for the most part I’m treated well.

Has anyone determined that this was a fight between an A’s fan and and Angels’ fan? I’ve been looking and haven’t found yet where this was a “turf” battle. All the comments seem to infer that, though.

I have to comment about the man that died at the Angels game last night. I was at an A’s/Angels game in Anaheim last year and I saw the worst fight I have ever seen at a baseball game. This was entirely due to the lack of security that the Angels have at their stadium. Most all the ushers are retirement age and couldn’t do a darn thing. Security was nowhere in sight. The fight (between one A’s fan and several Angels fans) lasted several MINUTES. I actually jumped in to break up the fight because I was seriously scared for this guys life. Security never showed up and the guys who were beating on the A’s fan just walked away.
The Angels work real hard to promote a family atmosphere at their park, but you have to have adequate security. I would like to think that the fight I witnessed was an isolated incident, but after reading the article about the fight last night, it sounds like a carbon copy; a fight lasting long enough for others to join in the melee.
I’ve seen plenty of fights at the Coliseum, but security seems to respond very fast. I’m sorry to rant about this, but that fight I saw was really quite brutal and it obviously still bothers me.

This happened, according to the news story, after the opening day game won by the Angels, not the A’s. Again, the posts seem to indicate that there may taunting may have played a part in causing the incident. If that is the case, I haven’t yet read it.

I’m taking my 2 year old son the Angel Stadium in the fall for a couple of games. Should I make sure we don’t wear any Green & Gold? Would hope nobody would harass or bother a Father & Son going to a game but then again….

Last fall on the eve of the election, there had been several altercations around the state betw pro-and-con partisans of Prop 8. I had been writing a bunch of stuff on local boards about it, and took the occasion to ask any readers (both of ‘em) to ponder on what they’d do if confronted. If you commit to and rehearse a non-violent response, like any practice, you’re more likely to respond that way when the heat’s on — and your IQ automatically drops by half.

As it happened I got confronted in a mall parking lot by a Mr Clean-lookin’ guy who took exception to the propaganda on my truck. He screamed epithets at me, blocked my way, spat twice in my face, tried to trip me and cocked his fists to goad me. It was all I could do to remember that I had a digital camera in my pocket. He knocked it out of my hand, but then took-off on foot. Long story slightly longer — I got his license plate number and pressed charges. He has a preliminary hearing in May, on several counts of battery. It could’ve ended much worse — it also couldn’t have been the first time he’d done something like this, and I hope he thinks about it every day.

The point, though, is that you KNOW it’s never worth it, at least sitting here you do. The other person could be psycho, armed, a former Green beret, a postal worker (sorry) or even (gasp) a lawyer. Plan to walk away, de-escalate, make a joke not at his/her expense, tell her/him you love baseball. The awkward pronouns are because I saw a drunk young woman haul off and sucker punch a man at a game last year. Then she got hauled-off. (This year, she’d be a particular fool to miss the late innings)

I really hate to read about crap like this. I get passionate about the A’s at games but I could never and would never imagine hurting someone because of it (not that this was necessarily a cross-team incident, but I’m just saying). I’m very sorry the guy lost his life because of stupidity. I hope people learn from this.

and I couldn’t read the link to the story … but is anybody positive that the fight had to do with the A’s-Angels? Why are we assuming that one person was an Angels fan and the other(s) A’s fans??
There are about 100 reasons fights start at ballgames, especially when one adds alcohol. “Hey, stop lookin’ at my girlfriend,” “Quit pushin’”, etc. etc. I just think it’s a little presumptious to assume it was automatically an A’s fan fighting an Angels fan.