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Yankee fans will go to any lengths...
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
It was the home opener for the World Champion Yankees today, and in true pin-stripe fashion, at least one person in New York decided he would bring in the new season early... with a bang.
Outside Le Parker Meridian in Midtown, where the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were staying, a few visiting players were standing outside signing autographs and such, when they were treated to one of the lesser tourist attractions of the Big Apple - people constantly jumping off our very tall buildings (mmm...Skyscrapers even!).
The man, apparently a former employee described as being in his 30's, wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt, was apparently clever enough to fool a very inept lifeguard working at the hotel's gorgeous luxury fucking rooftop-pool (I've been there, but that's a story for another time [never]) - that he was "waiting for his room to be readied" (warning sign, anybody?). Maybe he was up there, I don't know, to take a quick dip in his jeans at 9AM before his complimentary continental breakfast? Needless to say, the window of opportunity to try and stop this guy was closing pretty quick, for at the other end of the glass enclosure, another window was quickly being opened. Just a hop, skip and a jump later, the desperate man was over the fence and on his way towards the great beyond. And yes, I've always liked to call W56 St. "The Great Beyond". Doesn't seem quite so silly now, huh?
Granted, suicide is awful almost all the time, sometimes a little funny, but I hate the Yankees. They really do ruin lives, even if only indirectly. This dirty ploy to attain another win for the galactic empire of the MLB actually worked: The Yankees went on to win 7-5, despite a spectacular grand slam from former Yank Bobby Abreu. He joins former Yankee left fielder Hideki Matsui as yet another pinstripe cast-off in Los Angeles, a city where old Yankees are put out to pasture. LA is kind of like the Yankees' "Florida", if you know what I mean. There ain't no coming back.
Lookee here for a more responsible look at the tragedy:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/04/13/2010-04-13_man_dies_in_apparent_suicide_at_le_parker_meridien_hotel_hosting_angels_for_yank.html
Outside Le Parker Meridian in Midtown, where the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were staying, a few visiting players were standing outside signing autographs and such, when they were treated to one of the lesser tourist attractions of the Big Apple - people constantly jumping off our very tall buildings (mmm...Skyscrapers even!).
The man, apparently a former employee described as being in his 30's, wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt, was apparently clever enough to fool a very inept lifeguard working at the hotel's gorgeous luxury fucking rooftop-pool (I've been there, but that's a story for another time [never]) - that he was "waiting for his room to be readied" (warning sign, anybody?). Maybe he was up there, I don't know, to take a quick dip in his jeans at 9AM before his complimentary continental breakfast? Needless to say, the window of opportunity to try and stop this guy was closing pretty quick, for at the other end of the glass enclosure, another window was quickly being opened. Just a hop, skip and a jump later, the desperate man was over the fence and on his way towards the great beyond. And yes, I've always liked to call W56 St. "The Great Beyond". Doesn't seem quite so silly now, huh?
Granted, suicide is awful almost all the time, sometimes a little funny, but I hate the Yankees. They really do ruin lives, even if only indirectly. This dirty ploy to attain another win for the galactic empire of the MLB actually worked: The Yankees went on to win 7-5, despite a spectacular grand slam from former Yank Bobby Abreu. He joins former Yankee left fielder Hideki Matsui as yet another pinstripe cast-off in Los Angeles, a city where old Yankees are put out to pasture. LA is kind of like the Yankees' "Florida", if you know what I mean. There ain't no coming back.
Lookee here for a more responsible look at the tragedy:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/04/13/2010-04-13_man_dies_in_apparent_suicide_at_le_parker_meridien_hotel_hosting_angels_for_yank.html
