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So some of you might have seen the video of the infamous pizza-throwing incident at Fenway Park yesterday, but if you haven't — and you haven't heard Jerry Remy and Co's hilarious commentary on NESN — it's above. The NESN announcers didn't have the ability to talk to the fans, though, so The Boston Herald takes care of that. It's ultimately a tale of fans shit-talking each other and one beleaguered Boston girlfriend just trying to keep the peace while her drunken Red Sox boyfriend wants to fight. Boston ladies ... this is pretty much what every day is like, right?
Basically, the guy who missed the ball and received the pizza toss had, earlier in the game, been mocking the pizza tosser for eating a pizza in the stands. So when he missed the foul ball, all was fair game.
"They had been giving us shit 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."
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I miss Patriots day so much.
I think the guy that threw the pizza pitches for the Pirates...
This guy is a loser. Why waste perfectly good pizza like that? Oh, it's stadium pizza, never mind.
HERE COMES THE PIZZA!
and here is our pepsi fan of the game, well at least until he gets thrown out.
Ahhh, Boston. Beautiful, just beautiful
@metschick: Its not actually stadium pizza. Fenway has the mini Papa Ginos which is fucking delicious.
Great play-by-play. In the eight inning of a blowout, the pizza toss was an annoucners dream.
@BurghGirl: That was too accurate of a throw to be a Reds pitcher.
I'm in pizza-face paradise.
I'd be more pissed if he threw the sausage with onions from the cart guy outside. You don't waste that.
I can't blame this guy. Everytime I see some Masshole Sawx fan, I want to throw a slice of pizza in his face, too.
I was at the game yesterday.
The Sox, again, raised alot of the concession prices this season. I believe that idiot threw a $9 slice of pizza.
Not like the $8 beer getting spilled was any consolation.
@Pete Rose Colored Glasses: Yeah.. but I think he meant to hit the other guy...
@Baba Oje: okay, then he's back to being a loser.
@Baba Oje: Ew.
@metschick: Its stadium pizza that costs about $10 a slice since its at Fenway.
Patriots Day is the best.
He now gets to through out the first Gyros at Dice K's next start.
*throw*
Dink.
Called third pizza.
Later, he threw some Boston crabs at his girlfriend.
What really makes that awesome for me is the delightful cackles issuing from the (I think) older announcer.
I also like, "That is very unnecessary." Just like a human pyramid, right Adorable Koala Bear?
I am literally shocked that the pizza thrower was wearing a Patriots jacket.
If you can afford to go to a Sox game and buy pizza and beer, then throwing a piece of pizza is nothing, really. It's like throwing nickles in a fountain.
"Dudeguy! That guy totally threw totally threw his fahckin' slice at me!"
"No way, brah! Fahck that, pal!"
"I know, Dudepal! What the fahck?!"
That was the greatest pizza toss in like the stadium of the universe
My friends and I refer to these people as "Yahdoods," as in "Yah dood, I got wicked drunk and threw a pizza at this kid dood."
That said, I really should change my commenter name to "I'm embarassed to be from Boston," as that feeling is pretty much a daily occurrence around here.
$8 Beers?! That makes the Metrodome's beer seem cheap at $6.50...
Yay for shotgunning a sixer in the parking lot!
Where's Seth Mnookin's exegesis?
"Here come's a greaseball!"
"Aww, Luigi bringa you pizza."
Given this story, I'm guessing the dude thinks it's the best $6 - $10 he's ever 'wasted.'
TAKE THAT MEL GIBSON
@ Charlie Kerfeld's Jetsons Tee: Holy shit that cracked me up.
My new catchphrase?
"I'm gonna throw my pizza!"
And kudos to Remy. While perhaps not in the class of the french skiier, his comments, and dogged pursuit of the truth, lend this a Monday-esque sheen of reportage.
the only thing i miss from my childhood more than papa gino's, is d'angelos.
well, that... and the ability to have fun without doing yayo or xanax... but mostly just d'angelos
Ha, this is great. They spent so much time on it. I enjoyed the replay angle with the guy clearly throwing the pizza.
Boston: Ohio with a worse accent.
@Charlie Kerfeld's Jetsons Tee:
That was a wicked frickin' pissa.
What the hell is pete-zer?
I enjoyed the replay angle with the guy clearly throwing the pizza.
"Okay, let's get this in slow motion, if we can... AND HERE IT COMES!"
The sauce splattering is fantastic. I was hoping that Garett Anderson would start cracking up.
@Charlie Kerfeld: I could totally hear that in my head, way to go. Hilarious.
"Jerry, it's a restaurant where you make your own pie."
@Bronson: If anything, he should've asked for a slice. Pretty sure Manny would've done that.
My favorite part is the sudden appearance of the "Pepsi fan of the game" logo. Like really, that's the guy you pick? Stay classy, Boston.
@44 in a Row: all that needed was
"back and to the left"
Boston fans are assholes, probably more than any other city. So, it's a win-win situation here.
You know if Philly doesn't step it up, Boston just might pass them by for the worst fan. You can't live on your past forever, its been what 6 years since they booed Irving for breaking his neck?
Later that evening...
"Bro, you don't even fahckin know guy, dude was like tossin pizzas at me like it was fahckin Pearl Hahbah kid. So I says to Sully I says "Dood, should I fahck him up?" and Sully's like "I dunno guy, you're pretty hammahd. Then I called my Ma and tole her to leave the door unlocked cuz I'll be home wicked late tonight."
Okay, I spent the time to go through the comments. No one?
The pizza-throwing recipient is a pussy - it's a soft slice, not anything like a hard and crunchy cookie, which could really do some damage.
"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."
Yeah dude, and the sun got in Buckner's eyes.
It's a good thing this didn't happen in Chicago. You could cause serious injury by throwing a slice of deep-dish pizza at someone's head. That's why your parents tell you not to play with your food.
They're slowly building up to the bags of urine thrown in south american soccer. Slowly but surely. Now that would be a wicked pissah.
From the Boston Herald Article:
his girlfriend is named: Anya Ho (make jokes here)
his buddy named the event: Pizza Bartman
the receiver of the pizza wanted to meet a NESN chick porter