NY Mayor Bloomberg said Pedro should of been arrested

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This is too hilarious.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez should have been arrested for throwing 72-year-old Yankees coach Don Zimmer to the ground during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday.

"If that happened in New York we would have arrested the perpetrator," Bloomberg said. "Nobody should throw a 70-year-old man to the ground, period. You start doing that pretty soon you're going to throw a 61-year-old man to the ground, and I have a big vested interest in that."

"You just cannot assault people, even if it's on a baseball field," added Bloomberg, who was asked about Saturday's bench-clearing matchup before marching in the Bronx Columbus Day Parade.

Bloomberg was referring to a fourth-inning melee in which Zimmer lunged at Martinez and Martinez grabbed the older man by the head and tossed him to the ground. Zimmer was taken to a hospital after the game as a precaution; he was later released.

The mayor did not comment on the ninth-inning scuffle between two Yankees players and a member of the Boston ground crew. Boston police said Sunday they were seeking witnesses to that fight.

The Yankees won Saturday's game 4-3.
 

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I agree that Pedro could have handled it differently,but you don't have much time to think when someone is charging at you, doesn't matter who it is. 72 or 27.
 

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Originally posted by Zona90


"You just cannot assault people, even if it's on a baseball field," added Bloomberg,
Under that criteria, they could arrest Zimmer for charging Pedro ... just because he ended up on the ground doesn't mean that he wasn't on the attack.
 

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Re: Re: NY Mayor Bloomberg said Pedro should of been arrested

Originally posted by moviegeekjn
Under that criteria, they could arrest Zimmer for charging Pedro ... just because he ended up on the ground doesn't mean that he wasn't on the attack.

Exactly. Zimmer iniated the attack, not Pedro.
 

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