But for Giants fans, the start of this baseball season was marred by needless violence. The start of a new baseball season is usually a reason for fans to rejoice and get excited. The two men pummeled Bryan Stow so violently, after the dodger & # 39; s home opener last week, a 42 - year - old father of two people was there to cheer on the Giants was savagely beaten by two Dodger fans inside the parking lot. His recovery is expected to be a long one. What kind of rage could mean these men to such barbaric acts of wickedness over a baseball game?
Violence in sports or by supporters of sports teams dates back to Roman times. The most notable one was the Nika riots that took place in 532 AD The rioting They are known as the the Blues, the Reds, the Greens, the Reds, and the Breeders. , and the Whites. Suppliters of these teams also wired the corresponding colors. 532 AD was in response to some members of the Blues and Greens have been arrested for murder in connection with a rifle that had broken out after a Instant of being hung for murder, the accused were imprinted instead, sparking anger from the mob. politics had a lot to do with stirring up the already enragged masses of people waiting to pounce and get revenge.
English soccer fans known as football hooligans had such a violent reputation that they were actually banned from European competition for six years after the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. Thirty-nine people died and six hundred were injured as a result of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool of England and Juventas of Italy. A wall had collapsed from the pressure of Juventas supporters trying to escape from the English hooligans.
A colombian lost 2-1 in a match against the United States during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. A Colombian player named Andres Escobar accidentally scored an autogoal giving the Americans the win. When Escobar returned to Colombia, he was confronted outside a bar in Medellin by an outraged fan who shot Andres six times and killed him.
Fan violence is worldwide. After a 2002 FIFA World Cup match in Zimbabwe, thirteen people were trampled to death in a rifle that erupted when the team from South Africa defeated Zimbabwe. During a 1993 tennis match in Germany, a Steffi Graf fan stabbed Monica Seles during a changeover.
Sometimes celebrations turn destructive. After the Detroit Tigers defeated the Padres in the 1984 World Series, violence ensued outside Tiger Stadium resulting in overturned vehicles including overturned Detroit Police car that was left burning.
Whether fan violence is related to nationalism, or as an outlet for underlying social tensions, or sometimes even more with testosterone mixed with alcohol, the destructive results remain the same. The damage and deaths it brings with it always touches the lives of those affected by by it. People searching to find meaning behind it all but instead find themselves hitting a dead end.
