Apr 5th, 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
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.
Tags: fenway, girl, hawk