Bryan Stow's Family Says Attack At Dodger Stadium Changed Their Lives

Sporting News:

The mother of the Giants fan who was attacked outside Dodger Stadium tells ESPN the prognosis for her injured son is unclear.

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Comments

[KarateKid]

08:04 PM on 04/19/2011

There are two simple solutions: Stop selling beer at the stadiums or increase the police presence. Baseball claims to be America's pastime, so when did that include beer?

Some people clearly become belligerent when drunk, and since when does one have to drink alcohol to enjoy a game?

Security lapses are clearly the responsibility of the owner, and in this case McCourt should pay for Stow's medical expenses, plus damages. If I were the Stow family I'd be suing McCourt and the Dodgers.

The show of improving security is a joke, and too late. What used to be the state of the art stadium has gotten worse and this isn't the only incident where a Giants fan was attacked; one was _shot some years back at Dodger Stadium.

[Taunie]

07:35 PM on 04/19/2011

I really hate to say this but I don't think he will make it. My mother was in a medically induced coma because of seizures and the couple of times that they tried to bring her out of it she continued to have seizures, it seems like he has suffered to much brain damage. I think the family should say their final goodbyes and learn to live life after this tragic accident because someone could not control their anger. It will be one of the hardest decisions they will probably have to make in their lives because when I had to it was difficult for me. God Bless and I Pray for this Family to have strength.

[himaui]

12:39 AM on 04/19/2011

just so sad.

[euell]

08:39 PM on 04/18/2011

cause and solution; simple as apple pie.

[Baileygk]

04:01 PM on 04/18/2011

a couple years ago when I was living in Boston, the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the ALCS and there was some "riots" in the street. Cars were overturned and people were trampled. The city did it's best to find the offenders, but never did. People were outraged that there was not enough police presence.
The next season the same type of rioting was expected so the City called in lots of extra police to patrol the area. One of the police ended up firing his gun (plastic pellet of whatever they use for crowd control) and hit someone in the face killing them. People complained of the over policed area.

I'm not sure I have a point to this senseless violence, but I have my money that there will soon be complaints of too many police at sporting events soon enough.....

[Mesaverde213]

02:15 PM on 04/18/2011

weep for LA.. and california..... it died in the 90's

[terjac]

02:45 PM on 04/18/2011

Absolutely !

[GiannaX]

01:01 AM on 04/19/2011

This event is a senseless tragedy. I wish nothing more than the perps brought to justice and a full recovery for Mr. Stow.
That said, to say Los Angeles and the Golden State "died in 90's" is asinine Code Talk. Stop the dramaqueen act.

[BlackYowe]

01:23 PM on 04/18/2011

Sports have been hyped so much that they are very much mock wars. I am so glad my Father did not live to see this attack or what has happened to big league sports.

[jimmygeewhiz]

11:46 AM on 04/19/2011

Mock wars is a very good analogy. I quit going and so have most of my friends because of the boorish mentality of the crowds. I say crowds because fans don't act that way.

[BlackYowe]

02:58 AM on 04/20/2011

It's spreading beyond sports now too. My daughter's college graduation was just unreal. People yelled out and when their relative had received their diploma they just got up and left. It made a disaster of what should have been a really beautiful event. There was hooting and screaming and stomping of feet too. The only thing missing was the beer and the fighting.

[leorangerie]

12:22 PM on 04/18/2011

Laws prevent the Dodgers from preventing gangbangers from buying tickets to games. How is it that Disneyland is so successful at keeping gangbangers out of their park, given that they are subject to the same laws? Any thoughts?

[Mary Karius]

03:43 PM on 04/18/2011

gangbangers? you have any evidence for that?

[thecid]

10:10 PM on 04/18/2011

Yeah....there's lots of evidence. Like go to a damned Dodger game and take a look at the fans.

[jimmygeewhiz]

11:47 AM on 04/19/2011

You think fans do this sort of thing?

[CeeMac]

09:37 AM on 04/19/2011

Forget Disneyland; ask the folks who run Magic Mountain up the road from DL. Gangs took over that park in the 80s and 90s; now, there is such a security presence that one can take their family to MM and feel safe. If I'm Frank McCourt AND if I really cared to deal with this problem of gangbangers at Dodgers Stadium, I'd be on the horn to MM to find out how they turned around their security (and image) problem.

[who38]

11:40 AM on 04/18/2011

But Frank McCourt will see to it that he stays on life support forever.

[Quotidien]

10:45 AM on 04/18/2011

I really hope they catch those animals.

[zombywulf]

11:41 AM on 04/19/2011

good luck with that, their already back in Mexico. And we know their bangers as not one of the Hundred plus that watched it happen have come forward to ID them.

[sho-nuff]

10:10 AM on 04/18/2011

..what a wonderful country this is

[sittingbull]

10:11 AM on 04/18/2011

The guys that did this weren't from this country.

[sho-nuff]

11:05 AM on 04/18/2011

unless you're an American Indian either are you...if YOU'RE here it's yours...own it. I'm kind of tired of the self righteous piety over immigrants and those that "snuck here"...it is what it is and it happened in your house...is the guy that yacked on the kid in Philly "from here"...how about the old man that took a pop at the guy during the US Open..American?

[who38]

11:41 AM on 04/18/2011

I get the bull part.....sitting, not so much

[jimmygeewhiz]

11:50 AM on 04/19/2011

Go to Venezuela and come back with a true comparison. This is a wonderful country except to you and some of your friends.