Wearing An LA Dodgers Hat In Brooklyn Still Means Trouble

A baseball fan threatened to kill a stranger who was wearing a Los Angeles Dodger's hat in a Brooklyn diner yesterday. According to the Post, 38-year-old suspect Marcos Esteban — who was born 14 years after the Dodger's abandoned Brooklyn — menaced the Los Angeles fan with a boxcutter for wearing the wrong ballcap to the eatery, which is near the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Skillman Street.

The altercation occurred at around 12:30 am and when the LA fan told the suspect he would call 911, the perp vowed to kill him, according to the tabloid. That's when the man in the Dodger's hat fled from the eatery and called cops. Police arrived and arrested Esteban. He has been charged with menacing, harassment, and criminal possession of a weapon, and is being held in lieu of $750 bail.

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By Ben Muessig in News on December 29, 2009 12:09 PM

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S.K.

BK Homie probably wanted to peel the sticker from the LA fan's cap.

Tower18

Are we sure it was because of the team? Not because of the color?

Guest

the suspect is a fucking idiot.

dontLookAtMe

it's not about the hat, it's about myrtle ave, wear anything that may cause you to gain attention and someone looking for it will cause a problem

mx0

About the use of apostrophes: one misuse may be a typo. Twice...get a clue.

jaycjay

I assumed that the hat belongs to a Dodger. I'm just wondering what it looks like. It can't be like in the picture, because that's a Dodgers cap. This was a Dodger's hat, so I'm guessing it was probably Manny Rodriquez' fedora.

Taylor

IT'S A FUCKING HAT.

Cloth and other.

Seriously. It's a hat.

felixthecatSUX

Really? Maybe in your neighborhood, not on Myrtle ave.

neckbeard

yes. really. i would say that in the 4 years I've been in Brooklyn I've had at least 10 conversations started because I was wearing a Dodgers hat, and 7 or them have been with guys old enough to remember them when they played in Brooklyn.

Cruella Deville

It's Myrtle Ave. Its still the hood, even if there are some nice coffee shops there now. I dare you to wear that LA hat and hang out in the Farrakhan projects. I don't think it will start the same conversations. You just here and you are displaying your ingnorance.

Cruella Deville

*just moved here

neckbeard

that's strange. i wear my LA Dodgers hat around Brooklyn all the time and it usually is a conversation starter - in a good way. all the old guys in my neighborhood like to talk to me about the Dodgers, and even a lot of Yankee fans like to talk to me about Joe Torre.