April 4, 2008
Would-Be Yankees Bunting Thieves Admit Stupidity
The middle-aged men who tried to steal the Yankees' opening day bunting from an upper deck agree their actions were "stupid" but hope the Yankees drop charges.
Keith O'Rourke, 39, and John Bunjaporte, 41, were arrested on Tuesday night and the Yankees organization, seeking to make them an example of intolerable fan behavior, said they would revoke their season tickets. However, the pair bought the tickets from a scalper, so now the Yankees are still considering what they'll do with the real season-ticket holder (who had sold them to the scalper).
O'Rourke told the Post he saw the bunting was fastened by a screw, so he and Bunjaporte "started to unscrew it, and we looked at one another and said, 'Wait, this is stupid.'" Even though one security guard let them go (because they said they weren't taking the bunting), another guard and a cop took them in.
Bunjaporte said, "I understand, because it was stupid, but come on, relax a little bit. I just wanted a souvenir." But Yankees COO Lonn Trost will not relax, though, "We have a whole year to get through. We're concerned that this will become an epidemic of petty theft." Yeah, and they should worry that when they go to Boston, a hawk will attack A-Rod, because that's what a hawk at Fenway did to a girl named Alexa Rodriguez.
Image from the NY Post
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There's no enforcement of real crimes at Yankee Stadium. Last night, in the tier level, I sat in front of a very fat, loud, vulgar couple. They spoke to each other in 80 decibel voices, every other word was f***in' this and f***in' that. And every player that came to bat was encouraged to f***in' hit the s**t out of the ball. Not only did they offend my sensibilities, but those of dozens of parents of kids seated in the same section. Not one guard or cop stopped to request them to tone it down, despite the likelihood that they were heard throughout the right field tier level. I've been to games (particularly against the Red Sox), where everyone who cursed was ejected from the ballpark.
Look at these two dimwits.
what the fuck is a bunting as used as a noun and not a verb?
If the Yankees let these two chowderheads get away with this, then all year they're going to have to deal with morons trying to steal stuff.
" bunting is cloth decorated with the national colors. The term is also used for the woollen cloth used in making flags.
pvcbanners.co.uk/world-flags/allflags/flagglos.html"
WHAT?
Agreed famdoc .
If the Yankee management had the slightest clue they would hoist that profane overfed couple out of there on meat hooks
"Not one guard or cop stopped to request them to tone it down..."
Did any of the fans with "offended sensibilities" make a complaint? You can't expect people to read your mind...
"Bunting" are the simicircular flags draped on the railings and overhangs on opening days, All Star Games, World Series etc.
www.forgotten-ny.com
The Yankees are probably going to sell off the bunting for some absurd amount of money, which in its own way (like the unneeded new stadium) is its own special brand of theft.
So famdoc, you went to a fucking Yankee game in the fucking Bronx during the middle of the fucking week and you got a little fucking offended by the language that some fans used? Stop whining. Are you suggesting that using language that offends your sensibilities is an example of a "real crime"? While I don't necessarily condone their language, to suggest that they deserved to be reprimanded or even kicked out of the stadium is asinine and makes you look like a whiny cunt.
i just call buntings banners. Maybe that's cause I have a meth habit and live in the midwest.
Thanks, Ralph. I was wrong and now see it your way.
Whoa, Ralph. Chill the fuck out...
"There's no enforcement of real crimes at Yankee Stadium."
Well see, the thing is that a lot of cops aren't actually familiar with all of the laws. What you should do next time you go to a game is to take along a copy of the NYS Penal Codes, so you can show them exactly what section defines offending another person's sensibilities while attending a sporting event as a crime.
I don't have my copy with me right now, or I'd look it up.
Yeah what a jerk, jesus.
You're a big man on the internet, Ralph, aren't you? I'd just love the privilege to see what kind of whiny little snot you are in person.
You mother apparently didn't do so well with raising you, acting like that anywhere is just totally absurd and reflects poorly upon you--even if you think you're just mouthing off as some anonymous punk.
Will a guard or a cop please request Ralph to tone down his cursing? It's hurting my sensibilities... :-p
This is the best photo: http://www.nypost.com/seven/04042008/photos/news019.jpg
I love the shirts they bought for the game. What a waste of money.
they actually make a cute couple.
Based on other people's reactions, I might be granting Ralph too much credit, but I read his post as satirical in light of the post which he was criticizing.
I'm sorry, I meant to put "in light of the post which he was rightly criticizing."
@tien_mao
I represent baseball-loving gay boys everywhere. We don't want them. :-p
Their first mistake was being Yankee fans in the first place. What else do you expect from fathead Yankee fans?
And yeah, farmdoc, I hear you, Yankee fans are the lowest of the low - they show no class, just like the organization they support!
jeez whats the big deal, the guys just wanted a piece of yanks memorabilia. people are crucifying them over trying to take yankee bunting.
honestly who gives a flying fuck?
hawk attack!? i thought that thing was justin pedroia's private jet.
and big freakin deal.. shoulda made those two wrestle bears in center field during the 7th inning stretch, big daddy GEORGE would have! & dana white coulda pay-per-viewed into millions...
who's being the naive exploitationist now?