It's Douche Bags Like This That Give Philly Fans A Bad Rep

It is true with just about every team these days have their people, if you will. You know, the overly obnoxious fans who do something extremely stupid during the course of the game to make everyone else that give the entire team's fanbase a bad reputation for a few days. But when something like this happens with a Philly fan, a city known for that is constantly berated for it's allegedly rude fans, and the act is one of the most egregious things a fan has ever done in a game, you know what is going to happen next. Prepare for a media firestorm in 3....2....1....Via NBC Philadelphia

A laser pointer was the weapon of choice for one Phils fan at Saturday's game.

A fan at the Cards/Phillies game used a strategically placed laser pointer to try and distract the St. Louis hitters.

In the top of the seventh inning the fan first used it on Julio Lugo, who eventually struck out.

Then the fan tried to distract Albert Pujols before umpire Jim Wolf called time and tried to find the fan. Security went to the section but the culprit was never caught, according to ESPN.

Once the pointing stopped Pujols responded by knocking a single off Chan Ho Park.

It was just the latest classless move made by a Philly fan that will surely be met by a firestorm of criticism. This moment will be lumped in there with booing Santa Claus, throwing snowballs on the field and the infamous Eagles court.

Just imagine the field day Joe Buck would have had complaining about Philly fans if he was broadcasting the game.

+1 to Dan Stamm, the author of that NBC Philadelphia article, for that last line.

But seriously, I'm not lying or being sarcastic in any way when I say that it is douche bags like this that give Philly fans a bad reputation. When some (undoubtedly) drunken fan shines a laser in the eyes of Julio Lugo and Albert Pujols, it casts a cloud over every single Philly fan which is not right and is not fair but it is what is done. Find some sports forums or blogs with a post on this and see the generalizations that some people make about every person that goes to a Philly game. And okay, so the people near them could have done a better job at seeing what was going on and pointing out the person who was doing it, but there is a chance that the person was doing it from afar by the concourse level. That still does not make every person that goes to a Phillies game a thug.

Every team has stupid drunken idiot fans who occasionally get out of line and do something. Deny it all you want that your precious team has rowdy, out of line fans who occasionally cross the line, but it's a damn fact. To me, it's just sad when one Philly idiot does something extremely stupid and dangerous and every Philly fan gets put in a bad light over what some idiot who had way too much to drink did. It's at this point where I would say I hope they catch them, but it's only going to gain the idiot fame, noteriety, and an appearance on some late night talk show, all things that douche bags like that do not deserve. So to that extent, I hope he forever remains anonymous.

Update: Here's 2 YouTube videos of the incident. The first one is a replay of the laser on Julio Lugo and the 2nd one is a replay of the laser on Pujols.