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Violence, bonfire erupt at Fenway ticket line

The Herald, of course, is all over the story of a fan who got punched in the nose while waiting hopefully this morning for tickets to Opening Day early this morning:

Witnesses told police that the fight started when three men stumbled out of the Cask 'n Flagon.

The three alleged goons were taken away, as was the fan. Police then dispersed everybody else waiting for tickets, including people who allegeldy set a bonfire, forcing them all to wait around until the coppers beat it and they could reassemble for a chance to buy tickets to a game that was later postponed.

I'm not sure what "the

By NotWhitey | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 12:17pm

I'm not sure what "the Herald, of course" means. The opening day circus is covered and overcovered every year by all the local media. Would the Globe not cover the incident because their reports are busy covering Obama in Turkey or the earthquake in Italy? I wouldn't call one just-the-facts story "all over it."

Poor little victim

By Sock_Puppet | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 12:47pm

Adam, stop picking on the Herald. You're making Whitey cry.

Red Sox

By norm (not verified) | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 3:02pm

Baseball tends to get more expensive and stupider each year.

Except when it doesn't

By Kaz | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 5:39pm

Ticket prices and concession prices remain at exactly the same price as last year.

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