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chicagotribune.com - 7/29/2008
Cubs fans accused of beating White Sox fan
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McHenry County authorities say three Chicago Cubs fans face felony battery charges after allegedly beating a Chicago White Sox fan so badly he lost his right eye.

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Heavy Soul:  And Sox fans get a bad name

The 35th Street Review:  All the News that’s Fit to Ruin a Two-Year-Old’s Birthday Party

ShysterBall:  And People Say That Cubs' Fans Aren't Passionate

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  • USRS1275 USRS1275
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    I think it is sad that we keep reading over and over again that cub fans beat up a sox fan.  Come on people, all parties involved were drunk way beyound what they should have been.  Why even serve people who get like that at a childs party.  Not only is Robert Steele and his attackers affected by this but the home owners, the children that saw this happen, the familes of the "victim" and his attackers.  People need to grwo up and learn how to act their ages.
    Posted 8/1/2008 respond (flag)
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And Sox fans get a bad name
Heavy Soul — http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-080728-cubs-sox-fight,0,4148340.story Story summary: Cubs fans beat Sox fan, Sox fan loses eye.

All the News that’s Fit to Ruin a Two-Year-Old’s Birthday Party
The 35th Street Review — ... I try to run an news-ignorant operation here, but this was too good to pass up: Cubs fans accused of beating White Sox fan, says the Associated Press by way of the Chicago Tribune. Despite not mentioning what actually led to said assault, their trusty copywriter apparently deemed the baseball allegiances to be the most important element of what happened. This is called “baiting the reader,” more bluntly referred to as sensationalism, but more importantly just about the saddest commentary on the state of news in America yet for either of two reasons. ...

And People Say That Cubs' Fans Aren't Passionate
ShysterBall — Fan-on-fan violence: it's not just for the Red Sox and Yankees anymore: McHenry County authorities say three Chicago Cubs fans face felony battery charges after allegedly beating a Chicago White Sox fan so badly he lost his right eye. The men are accused of beating 32-year-old Robert Steele of Gurnee during a 2-year-old girl's Sesame Street-themed birthday party.The girl got off without a beating when she said that she only cared about Da Bears. As is usually the case with these stories, there's absolutely nothing in this ...

Daily Dump: Cubs-Sox Fan Fight Leads To Felony, UVA Flamers, Self-Obsessed Athletes, Thunder From Down Under & Kardashian’s All Beef Patties
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football — ... Why can’t Cubs and Sox fan just get along? Is there any need to knock out another guys eye and ultimately face a felony. ...

White Sox Fan Loses Eye After Cub Fans’ Attack
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... According to McHenry County officials, the scene of this violent act was not in a back alley, a sports bar or the bleachers of Wrigley Field. Steele was beaten so badly he lost his right eye at at a 2-year-old girl’s Sesame Street-themed birthday party.  ASSOCIATED PRESS reports, “Police said Monday the men were drinking alcohol at the July 19th party and taunting Steele. They say Steele was kicked in the head and his nose was broken. He stayed several days at an Elgin hospital.” When your last World Series victory was in 1908, while your crosstown rivals took home a title ...

Can't We Just Get Along?
Chicago Bull — ... Damnit though, I'm still pissed. Either I'm kicking Big Bird ass, or I'm settling for a Sox fan. Hey, look at this guy..Hey you..you a Sox fan?! Hey Maciej and Blogusaw, this guy likes Sesame Street and the Sox!! Come here you prick! ...

WHAT A NICE PARTY
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... Three Cubs fans attacked a White Sox fan at a two-year-old's "Sesame Street"-themed birthday party.  The Sox fan, Robert Steele, lost his eye after a kick to the head from a steel-toed boot fractured his orbital bone.  Pretty classy.  From the AP: ...

Sesame Street Drives Cubs Fans to Violence
The Sporting Blog — If you're gonna live in Chicago and be part of this whole Cubs vs. Chisox thing, then you absolutely must be ready to throw-down anywhere, anytime. Even at the birthday party for your buddy's 2-year-old: ...

The Cubs-White Sox Feud Comes To Sesame Street [MLB]
Deadspin — So it's three more Cubs fans in the hoosegow, another White Sox fan in the hospital, and life goes on in this strange, strange land we call "Illinois." When will the senseless violence end? My deepest regret is that Ernie and Bert had to see this. From the Chicago Tribune: McHenry County authorities say three Chicago Cubs fans face felony battery charges after allegedly beating a Chicago White Sox fan so badly he lost his right eye. The men are accused of beating 32-year-old Robert Steele of Gurnee during a 2-year-old girl's Sesame ...

Cubs Fans Continue to Prove Their Intelligence
FanHouse — Filed under: Cubs, White Sox, NL Central, MLB FansSometimes, it's difficult not to be a self-loathing Cubs fan. So much of the fan base seems drunk, borderline racist, or just plain stupid, and sometimes all three. It takes a conscious effort to remind oneself that most Cubs fans are normal, upstanding citizens, and that they don't deserve the negative stereotypes the few idiots earn them. And then three Cubs fans do the following (via The Sporting Blog), and the only thing you can do is throw your arms in the air. Oh, and ...

The Dugout: V Is For Violence
FanHouse — ... , people looking for sports news on the Internet have to do so in the middle of a terrible issue of Maxim, and seemingly every sports rivalry is erupting in brick-to-the-dome quality physical violence. Yankees fans assault Red Sox fans, Red Sox fans abuse Yankees fans, the Dodgers hate the Giants, a Brewers fan draws a pistol during the seventh inning stretch and kills 20,000 Diamondbacks fans, and three Cubs fans kick a White Sox fan in the nose so hard that it destroys his eyeball at a little girl's birthday party. ...

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