Mike Piazza is a wimp...
Fan Sent to Jail for Assaulting Mike Piazza
Posted Mar 27th 2008 3:08PM by Tom Fornelli
Filed under: Los Angeles, Angels, AL West, MLB Fans, MLB Police Blotter, Anaheim
Last summer Eamonn (then still known to the world only as PostmanE) shared with us the story of Mike Piazza getting hit in the head by a water bottle that a fan threw at him in a game against the Angels. This did not amuse Mike at all. In fact, after the game he made it clear to the media that he was going to press charges against the "gutless" fan. "That's a complete lower level of stupidity," Piazza told reporters after the incident.
Mike wasn't lying because he did in fact press charges against the fan, and now that fan is going to spend a month in jail for what he did.
Roland Flores, 23, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and has been ordered to stay away from the stadium for three years for the assault on Oakland Athletics designated hitter Mike Piazza on July 25.
Flores pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor counts of using force and violence while assaulting Piazza and for intentionally throwing a substance while in Angel Stadium, Anaheim police said.
Maybe it's just me, but doesn't that seem a bit extreme? I completely understand where Piazza is coming from here, because after being hit in the head by a flying water bottle at a concert once, I know that it hurts like hell. Still, jail time? Really? Did Piazza die from the resulting head wound?
actually, that doesn't seem extreme at all. imagine if an angry Rush fan threw a water bottle at ... well whoever is in Rush. Completely unexpected and unnecessary. why not just go be angry elsewhere? why be violent?
If he threw a battery or an object that could cause damage, I'd see the point in giving him a month in jail. That could kill someone. What's a water bottle going to do? I think they just made an example out of him.