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Willets Point Apr 17 2007 03:02 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 17 2007 03:39 PM

Weird but funny moment at the Red Sox game yesterday in which one fan randomly threw a pizza at another fan while the latter fan was going for a foul ball. The commentators on NESN were able to review the film and have the pizza hurling fan ejected. It's on Youtube of course!

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2007 03:20 PM

Strange. Those announcers, with their New England accents and their giggling, made me feel like I was listening to The Car Guys on NPR.

Frayed Knot Apr 17 2007 04:09 PM

Kinda makes you wonder what the dude was thinking: Hey that fan there failed to catch the foul ball so, even though he wound up preventing the enemy OFer from getting an out on our guy, I think I'll heave this entire slice of pie at him! Even dumber when you consider that it's Fenway and so the thing probably cost him 6 bucks.

Centerfield Apr 17 2007 04:16 PM

I wonder if he was aiming at the outfielder and then had to pretend he was aiming at the other fan because he was too embarrassed to admit he missed by such a large margin.

Johnny Dickshot Apr 17 2007 04:21 PM

I wonder if he'd been drinking since 9 am

Gwreck Apr 17 2007 04:39 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: I wonder if he'd been drinking since 9 am Earlier, no doubt, given that the game started at 10 AM or so.

Farmer Ted Apr 17 2007 05:31 PM

Those Sawx announcers are always like that. Well worth getting the MLB extra innings package if the Mets aren't on. Some good lines: "He was asked to leave for ruining a good piece of pizza" and "He's been ejected and never again allowed to buy pizza."

Willets Point Apr 17 2007 05:43 PM

I like "He's the Pepsi Fan of the Game until he gets thrown out," myself.

Willets Point Apr 17 2007 05:46 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 17 2007 06:17 PM

Centerfield wrote: I wonder if he was aiming at the outfielder and then had to pretend he was aiming at the other fan because he was too embarrassed to admit he missed by such a large margin. I don't know about that I think he can really throw some cheese.

GYC Apr 17 2007 06:03 PM

Apparently the story is that the guy who had the pizza thrown at him heckled the pizza-thrower for eating pizza at a baseball game, so when the pizza-receiver dropped the foul ball, he was fair game.

Edgy DC Apr 17 2007 08:21 PM

I don't know if I buy that. I got seats like that, I don't spend my time heckling folks behind me. The Car Talk guys are funnier.

GYC Apr 17 2007 09:48 PM

http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=195180&format=&page=1 ]Pepperoni with that? Flying pizza at Fens By John Tomase Boston Herald Sports Writer Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - Updated: 04:21 PM EST Jason Sole just wanted to catch a foul ball. Matt Madore was merely trying to eat some pizza. Put the two together, and it sounds like the setup for a twisted Reese’s peanut butter cup commercial. But what started as a disagreement in the stands became the most entertaining moment of yesterday’s 7-2 Red Sox [team stats] victory over the Angels. Pizza toss: Captured by NESN’s cameras and replayed throughout the game - complete with telestrator analysis by Jerry Remy - the scene that followed J.D. Drew [stats]’s foul pop-up in the seventh inning was downright hilarious. “I’ve never caught a foul ball in my life,” said Brookline’s Sole, 30, between innings. “It’s been my dream to catch one. That’s the closest I’ve ever come. The pizza just thwarted it.” Here’s what happened: Drew lofted a foul toward Box 82, which juts into left field foul territory. Sole stretched for the ball as the Angels’ Garret Anderson reached the stands. They collided, spilling beer everywhere, and the ball bounced away. As if the slo-mo spill and requisite grimacing weren’t enough, a large slice of cheese pizza then arced perfectly through the crowd, hitting Sole’s shoulder and face. Once he realized what hit him, he went ballistic while girlfriend Anya Ho, 29, tried to wipe off his face. A few rows away, Madore and buddy Danny Kelly beamed. It turns out Sole had given them grief about having a large pizza in the stands just moments before the at-bat. He wanted to know where they got it. “He turned around and said something like, ‘Your mother,’ ” Sole said. “No,” interjected Ho. “He said, ‘The pizzeria.’ ” Either way, all parties were annoyed. “They had been giving us (expletive) about it,” Madore said. “Next thing I know, there’s a fly ball to left field and it goes foul and my buddy says, ‘You want some pizza now?’ And he hits him right in the face. Hey, the guy wasn’t paying attention. When you’re in the stands you’ve got to be ready for anything - a foul ball, a flying slice of pizza, everything.” Kelly, sporting a Patriots [team stats] jacket, was tossed. “It was just a stupid thing,” he said. “It’s not something to be proud of. It was just stupidity all around.” Madore and Sole began jawing - “He has a little bit of a temper,” Ho said - and Madore got the boot, as well. By the time the eighth inning rolled around, however, most involved couldn’t stop laughing. Sole fielded nonstop calls from friends telling him he was on NESN, which named him “Fan of the Game.” He wondered if he could meet NESN’s Tina Cervasio. Presque Isle, Maine, native Madore ended up at Game On, where he received a standing ovation. Friend Aaron True called the whole thing, “Pizza Bartman,” a reference to the Chicago Cubs fan who cost the team Game 6 of the NL Championship Series in 2003 by trying to catch a foul ball. “It’s cold out here today,” Sole said. “I’m just glad something fun happened.”

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2007 09:50 PM

Edgy DC wrote: The Car Talk guys are funnier. I agree.

Willets Point Apr 18 2007 10:39 AM

I don't even have a car and I like listening to Car Talk.