More Fan Griping (or in this case, not really a fan)

Nobody seems to want to make a big deal out of this, not Trot Nixon, not Remy and Orsillo, not Sportsdesk, not the Globe. Even Boston Dirt Dogs, who normally are all over bone-headed plays like this didn’t make much of it. Someone has to, so it might as well be me.

I’m talking about the idiot who cost the Sox a run by snatching that Giambi fly ball, preventing Nixon from catching it and turning it into a homerun. Yes, I know it was in the stands and therefore fair game, but, as I’ve asked a million times before, why would anyone calling themselves a fan interfere with a hometown player trying to make a catch to get an out?

It’s absolutely ridiculous and gets me steamed. If I were sitting near him, I would have cleaned his clock to make sure he gave Nixon a chance to catch that ball. The replays showed that the ball was going right into Nixon’s glove before Mr. Bonehead reached out and grabbed it.

And what made it worse to me is that they show him and the two boobs to either side of him on their cell phones afterward with giant smiles on their faces. Obviously, none of these 3 guys were fans. They weren’t wearing any Sox paraphernalia and they were completely oblivious as to what they did. They were probably just some guys who got the corporate tickets and had no business being at a Sox game, let alone a Sox/Yanks game.

Unfortunately there’s nothing anyone can do about it. There are always going to be jerk-offs who get tickets to Sox games that don’t deserve to be there, but they’re going to go because it’s the thing to do, now more than ever. And all they're going to do while they're there, is talk on their cell phones, try to get on TV, and try to catch any ball that's hit in their general direction regardless of how it might affect the outcome of the game.

It certainly didn’t cost us the game, but the game was close enough that if one or two things broke differently it could very well have been the deciding factor.