Phillies Fans Will Not Let Something Little Like An Ejection Deter Them

Whoo! What a game, huh? Chase Utley’s home run, Cole Hamels’ seven strong innings, your shoe going through the television because you hate Joe Buck and Tim McCarver so much. But it was an even better game, I guess, for 28-year-old Nick Ruocchio.

The Philadelphia native now lives in the Tampa Bay area, and says he and a friend were kicked out by a security guard who said they were shouting profanities. A loss of $250 a ticket! But that’s okay, he told the St. Petersburg Times, because he’s just going to head to the bar and reach levels of obnoxiousness never seen before:

“I’m very upset. But the bottom line is I’m going to go to Ferg’s and I’m going to represent so obnoxious,” he said. “The only way I’m going to get out of Ferg’s is if they lock me up. That’s how fired up I am.”

Yeah! That’s the Philadelphia way.

The St. Pete Times was all over the game last night, getting up a story on the fan who caught Utley’s first-inning homer in-game. Impressive. But not as impressive as my boy Nick Ruocchio. Nick, there’s a Why Can’t Us shirt with your name on it if you’re interested.

Update: This part is also good: “Two men were being held in temporary holding cells near Gate 4 as the game let out. One appeared to be a Rays fan, the other was wearing Phillies gear.”

Police eject 41, arrest 8 in Game 1 [St. Pete Times/The Heater]