If you think you had a bad day today, please hear the story of the day Raleigh, NC resident Sean Bunn had on Tuesday. Bad enough that the “governor” of the Red Sox Nation in North Carolina had to watch his beloved team get killed 13-4 by the Rays at an event he organized. But the paled in comparison to what the CHARLOTTE NEWS OBSERVER says he found on returning home: his condo had been vandalized by a Yankees fan. (Also, his last name is “Bunn,” which probably made every day in junior high a bad day.)
Antique furniture, the walls, televisions, basically anything possible, the Yankee fan (or fans) spray painted with the Yankees logo and pinstripes. They even managed to spray paint Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter’s uniform numbers on the back of Bunn’s dress shirts. (To Bunn’s credit, he’s thinking about auctioning off the shirts for The Jimmy Fund.)
But as one of Bunn’s friends and co-organizer of Triangle Red Sox Nation events notes, whomever did this was even dumber than your average vandal:
Bryan Richardson, 33, a friend of Bunn’s who helps organize Triangle Red Sox Nation events, believes the clues point to someone who isn’t a lifelong Yankees fan.
“I don’t think it’s a typical fan at all, because they know how to spell ‘Yankees,’ ” Richardson said in a telephone interview, referring to the “Yankes” painted on one wall. “It’s probably somebody who was not brought up a Yankee fan, maybe a young kid in high school or college who doesn’t understand the whole history.”
So we’re looking for someone from North Carolina who isn’t too bright, and has ties to the Yankees? I think we should put out an APB for Brien Taylor, just to be on the safe side.
7:13 pm on October 17th, 2008
Don't look at me - I always spell-check my vandalism.
7:22 pm on October 17th, 2008
I think it points to some dumbass who had nothing better to do.
I, however, don't think they are true Sox Nation members, because a true member of Sox Nation would think Yankees fans are retards who can't spell and are vandals and punks. You know, like how Yankee fan thinks all Red Sox fans are losers who go home and beat their wives up and get drunk, not always in the same order.
Oh yeah, and Go RAYS!!
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7:37 pm on October 17th, 2008
At least they spelled Sox correctly, which is ironic if you think about it.
7:45 pm on October 17th, 2008
This is pathetic with a capital "P". Hope they catch this turd and let Big Papi & Youk use his head for batting practice.
7:47 pm on October 17th, 2008
Notice how the wall-sprayed pinstripes resemble cell bars. Perfect symbol for Yanks fans?
7:50 pm on October 17th, 2008
A North Carolinian who vandalizes property and doesn't know proper spelling? I find that hard to believe.
7:52 pm on October 17th, 2008
It wouldn't surprise me if the vandal in question also tried to get high off the spray paint fumes. Have the Raleigh PD put out an APB for anyone with a navy blue face.
8:00 pm on October 17th, 2008
This Bunn got burned.
8:12 pm on October 17th, 2008
Destroying someone's house over some stupid baseball rivalry? That's downright horrible.
8:14 pm on October 17th, 2008
He did it to impress his favorite Yankes players - Derk Jetr, A-Rd and Mario Rivra.
9:26 pm on October 17th, 2008
I wasn't anywhere near Raleigh on said alleged day of the alleged vandalism
9:37 pm on October 17th, 2008
Typical of Yankee fans.