Comments on: Die, Danny Vinik, Die

By: jere

jere — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:37:50 +0000

“What I think is funny is many would call this fan interference, but the Boston Redsox site calls this fan intervention. ”

No one who knows the rules would call this interference, because it was not, as many people have made clear here.

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:44:09 +0000

Of course, your piece was written in jest. However, this article would have more meaning if Bill Stoneman’s name appeared where Danny Vinik’s is now located.
It is not often that an owner guarantees the fans a major offseason signing and gives his general manager carte blanche to do it – and the GM fails to pull the trigger. He then repeats the blunder at the trading deadline, and the Angels end up where most people thought they would, winners by default in the AL West, and losers as soon as the real season begins.
RIP, the late Bill Stoneman.

By: NFL Adam

NFL Adam — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:07:51 +0000

That kid was lucky that it was the Angels on the field, because he probably would have done the same thing to Veritek and we would have had Bartman II.

BTW, are the Angels ever going to get around to ear-holing the Sox? This is the second time they have purposely hit Vlad to get him out of the game. I’d like to see Ortiz and/or Manny taken out on a stretcher on Sunday.

By: urgod

urgod — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:47:27 +0000

this kid is 17 and ur saying die danny die?? ur a sick fuck. go jack off to the rule book.

By: JT

JT — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:22:33 +0000

That would have happened in Anaheim too. The Nation is everywhere.

By: James

James — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:55:34 +0000

“In a matter of a second he went from a nobody to a folk lore hero.”

Well, not really a nobody. He probably had a multi-million dollar trust fund waiting for him next year when he turns 18.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:45:40 +0000

What I think is funny is many would call this fan interference, but the Boston Redsox site calls this fan intervention. The kid is a hero, I guess. I’d do the same for my home team.

By: Steve K.

Steve K. — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:40:28 +0000

Danny Vinik, along with all Red Sox fans, had his head in the game. Red Sox fans are always aware of what is happening in the game. Maybe it is because Fenway is so compact, they can’t help it. But everyone in the front row at a game at Fenway knows what they have to do before every pitch just in case the ball comes to them, just like Dustin Pedroia or Mike Lowell know what they have to do if a ground ball is hit to them.
Danny Vinik… Boston’s 10th man
Bugs… Cleveland’s 10th man

By: Matt H

Matt H — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:57:36 +0000

Cleab and heads up play by a Boston fan. In a matter of a second he went from a nobody to a folk lore hero.

By: Larry Brown

Larry Brown — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:51:48 +0000

JS,
You’re right about balls in stands — it’s a natural reaction to go after it, and fans in Anaheim might have done the same thing. And the vilification is strictly in jest; I view the play as a key turning point, not a controversial play.

The sad commentary is that the Angels are an inferior team that can’t score, needing every break to go their way. They’re desperate at this point, and Vinik’s catch didn’t help them.

Oh yeah, and I agree on both accounts regarding Stoneman and Bartman.