Word: rockers
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...even where I was, on the third deck--and there had been an almost savage tension in the air. Then again, I had never attended a famed Mets game on their own home turf, with La Guardia planes flying overhead and all, and one more thing: It was John Rocker's return to Shea Stadium...
...York Times had warned that there would be more than 600 police officers roaming the stadium to control especially fervent anti-Rocker fans. Although nothing in particular called for such an outpouring of NYPD officers, I'll admit that the security was a wise decision on the part of the police department. Especially in light of last month's Los Angeles Lakers fan-instigated riots, the NYPD had to be prepared for anything. Despite the extensive preparations--the cop standing guard at my seating section had been there since 1 p.m.--nothing of consequence happened...
Help John Rocker find his way on the subway to Shea Stadium...
Alomar was the John Rocker of the 1996 election cycle, a baseball player who'd done something so socially reprehensible as to call for a national morality check and force political candidates to take sides. The vice presidential contenders of the day, Al Gore and Jack Kemp, sounded off on what a bad example Alomar, then with the Baltimore Orioles, set by spitting in the face of umpire John Hirschbeck. Likewise, both George W. Bush and Al Gore have denounced Rocker, the Atlanta Braves pitcher, for his well-publicized invectives against gays, ethnic minorities and foreigners...
Fourth, I'll take watching Pedro pitch over watching a bunch of drunkards yell at John Rocker sitting in the dugout any day of the week...