Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'fan'
June 7, 2008
Safe at Home with Mr. Met, by nycmikewp at flickr A baseball fan was arrested and charged with criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and harassment after making a regrettable scene at last Saturday's game against the Dodgers at Shea Stadium. 32-year-old Christian Hansen was reportedly inebriated and pushing children out of the way to get some face time with Mr. Met, the team's mascot whose costume head is an enormous smiling baseball. Hansen allegedly began......
Continue Reading "Attention: Mr. Met Is Not a Giant Bobblehead"April 26, 2008
America's favorite past time is also apparently when fans like to drink and go crazy! Last night, there a Mets fan was arrested and other were removed from Shea Stadium when a series of fights occurred in the stands. According to 1010 WINS, "fights and food-and-beverage-throwing altercations cropped up on two decks on the third-base side"--which happened right after the Braves took the lead! Just last week, some Mets fans were arrested during a Phillies......
Continue Reading "One, Two, Three Stupid Baseball Fan Incidents"December 2, 2007
We talked to someone who was at the Knicks game in Boston Thursday night and he told us he saw something he'd never seen at a sporting event before––a fan ripping off his team's jersey and throwing it onto the court in disgust. The Boston crowd loved it. The gesture came as the Knicks were trailing the Celtics by 50 points in what would come as the team's second-worst scoring performance in the history of......
Continue Reading "Knicks Fan Reaches the Breaking Point"
