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Did any of you see this. These guys were idiots. I hope they do some serious time. There is no excuse for this. I'm only glad this didn't happen in Cleveland.
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SNR: Gamboa on the attack | Shocking situation at Comiskey
CHICAGO -- With his eyes on home plate and his back to the seats, Tom Gamboa never saw them coming.
One second the Kansas City coach was standing near first base. The next he was slammed to the ground, a bare-chested father and his teenage son pummeling him.
"I felt like a football team had hit me from behind. Next thing I knew, I'm on the ground trying to defend myself," Gamboa said.
"It just happened so fast."
In a scene athletes have feared for years, Gamboa was attacked without warning by two fans who came out of the seats. The Royals rushed to his aid and the 54-year-old Gamboa escaped with a few cuts and a bruised cheek. He walked off the field to a standing ovation from the crowd at Comiskey Park, where the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1.
A folded-up pocket knife was found on the ground near the scene, and White Sox outfielder Aaron Rowand said he saw it slip out of one of the fan's pockets.
"I don't know what we can do to eliminate this," Gamboa said. "I'm grateful (the Royals) got there as quick as they could, especially when there was a knife involved. God forbid me or somebody else would get stabbed.
"That could have been really tragic."
The father, identified by police as 34-year-old William Ligue Jr., and his 15-year-old son were led off the field in handcuffs. They were charged with aggravated battery.
The son faces two juvenile charges of battery because he also struck a security guard. He was released to the custody of his mother Friday.
As they were being put into police cars, the father contended there had been an exchange with Gamboa.
"He got what he deserved," the elder Ligue said.
But Gamboa denied there was an exchange.
"I have never at any time ever verbally or physically acknowledged the people in the stands and I encourage players to just tune them out," Gamboa said Friday morning in an interview with Sporting News Radio. "To respond to it in any manner lets that idiot know that he is getting to you, and common sense tells you that it will just escalate.
"That did not happen in any way shape or form."
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I do not know ho to post a link, but this story can be found on the Sporting News MLB KC site.
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SNR: Gamboa on the attack | Shocking situation at Comiskey
CHICAGO -- With his eyes on home plate and his back to the seats, Tom Gamboa never saw them coming.
One second the Kansas City coach was standing near first base. The next he was slammed to the ground, a bare-chested father and his teenage son pummeling him.
"I felt like a football team had hit me from behind. Next thing I knew, I'm on the ground trying to defend myself," Gamboa said.
"It just happened so fast."
In a scene athletes have feared for years, Gamboa was attacked without warning by two fans who came out of the seats. The Royals rushed to his aid and the 54-year-old Gamboa escaped with a few cuts and a bruised cheek. He walked off the field to a standing ovation from the crowd at Comiskey Park, where the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1.
A folded-up pocket knife was found on the ground near the scene, and White Sox outfielder Aaron Rowand said he saw it slip out of one of the fan's pockets.
"I don't know what we can do to eliminate this," Gamboa said. "I'm grateful (the Royals) got there as quick as they could, especially when there was a knife involved. God forbid me or somebody else would get stabbed.
"That could have been really tragic."
The father, identified by police as 34-year-old William Ligue Jr., and his 15-year-old son were led off the field in handcuffs. They were charged with aggravated battery.
The son faces two juvenile charges of battery because he also struck a security guard. He was released to the custody of his mother Friday.
As they were being put into police cars, the father contended there had been an exchange with Gamboa.
"He got what he deserved," the elder Ligue said.
But Gamboa denied there was an exchange.
"I have never at any time ever verbally or physically acknowledged the people in the stands and I encourage players to just tune them out," Gamboa said Friday morning in an interview with Sporting News Radio. "To respond to it in any manner lets that idiot know that he is getting to you, and common sense tells you that it will just escalate.
"That did not happen in any way shape or form."
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I do not know ho to post a link, but this story can be found on the Sporting News MLB KC site.
