Apparently cellphones have gotten so cheap that baseball fans no longer have any compunction about throwing them at the heads of players during games. Seriously.
The latest phone chucking came at Wrigley Field, where drunken Cubs fans have grown tired of tossing home run balls back onto the field. In the eighth inning Thursday, some imbecile winged a cell phone instead and hit San Diego Padre Sean Burroughs in the foot. And no, that is not what Burroughs gets for playing home games at a stadium named Qualcomm. This wireless wigginess broke onto the scene eight days ago at Oakland’s Network Associates Coliseum when some clown tossed his phone at Texas Ranger Carl Everett. The phone hit Everett in the head.
Throwing a cellphone at someone is about as smart as throwing a rock that you’ve written your home address on. You’re going to get busted.
