Well, after watching my Angels take care of business over Seattle tonight 5-1 (and hold Ichiro to an 0-4
), I anxiously awaited the highlights of the Texas / Oakland battle on Baseball Tonight. Instead, with the game tied in the 9th, they showed the highlight, well really lowlight, of a huge melee in the Texas bullpen between members of the Rangers and some of the 40 Oakland fans or so who decided to show up. It was reminiscent of the Dodgers brawl with fans in the the bullpen at Wrigley a couple years ago. But that's where it gets REAL bad, a Rangers pitcher, Frank Francisco, throws a frickin chair into the stands, nailing a seemingly innocent lady in the head. Wow, talk about stupid. I know fans can be brutal, but come one, this isn't the WWE. Doug Brocail seemed to be the focus of the melee. He wasn't ejected though. Dude comes in the bottom of the 9th to send the game into extra innings by retiring the A's. Hopefully the Rangers can finish off the A's and move the Angels within 1.
More importantly I hope the lady is OK and presses charges against Francisco. MLB should suspend the guy for the rest of the season. What an idiot.