The CAMBRIDGE (MA) CHRONICLE reports today that “a group of men — some with Irish accents — beat up a 23-year-old Cambridge man and sent him to the hospital after they spotted him sporting a Yankees baseball cap.

“Witnesses told police the group of apparent diehard Red Sox fans beat up the victims after an argument inside a Central Square bar. The group then ran away on Mass. Ave. towards Harvard Square.”

We love the “they had irish accents!!!” part of the story, which leads us to believe that the Yankee hat may have had incidental bearing on the incident. Read more…