That House That Dopes Inhabit

So, here's what happened last night in Yankee Stadium, home of the Gods of Baseball if you live in the five boroughs or claim the interlocking NY as your adopted  birthright: Some dope threw a baseball at Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo and hit him in the back with it.

Those of us who regard the Yankees not as the Gods of Baseball but pinstriped douchenozzles frankly are not surprised by this behavior, because, well, Yankee fans. Not all of them are frontrunners and jackasses, but those two groups are well represented.

The dope who threw the baseball at Verdugo being a prime example.

Here's the thing, see: The dope in question didn't even come by his baseball honestly. He stole it from a kid, basically. Verdugo originally tossed the ball to a young Red Sox fan, but ol' Babe Jackass intercepted it and hurled it back at Verdugo.

That set off a whole brou-ha in which Verdugo began yelling at the thrower and Red Sox manager Alex Cora pulled his team off the field for a spell. Play eventually resumed until heavy downpours ended it in the sixth inning with the Yankees claiming a 3-1 win.

"This is just a game," Cora said later. "It's a game. It's not life and death and it's not this drama, and the fact people come to the ballpark and they decided to throw a baseball (at) one of the players, I was shocked that that happened."

The Blob, on the other hand, holding no brief for either the Red Sox or Yankees, is merely shocked Cora could say all that with a straight face. He is, after all, one of the Houston Cheat-stros who brought that culture with him to Boston. So apparently it's only a game and not life and death when someone else does something heinous.

A pox on both their houses.