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Article: Bronx cheer.(baseball fans at Yankee Stadium)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- May 19, 1997
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LAST year, I was sitting in the lower deck of Yankee Stadium watching reliever Bob Wickman, an overweight sinker-baller, blow a Yankee lead. A couple of runs were already in and the air had left the game, prompting disappointed fans to head for the exits.
Except one sitting behind me who was abusing Wickman with a vehemence unusual even for Yankee Stadium: "You s - - - , Wickman! You're a fat bum! You s - - - " After some hesitation -- I wanted to be careful about catching the eye of some crazed thug -- I peeked over my shoulder to discover that the assailant was a ten-year-old kid.
This crazed-thug-in-the-making no doubt has many fine days at the Stadium ...