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Judge quotes Piniella in sentencing Cubs fans for Miller Park beating
By Crocker Stephenson of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Nov. 6, 2008 6:40 p.m.
Two Chicago Cubs fans pleaded guilty today to beating a Milwaukee Brewers fan at Miller Park. In sentencing them to the House of Correction, the judge quoted Lou Piniella:
"'This isn't life or death, it's a game. It's entertainment,'" Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Richard Sankovitz said, quoting the Cubs manager's speech to his team after their second post-season loss to the Dodgers.
"'I want to win as much as anybody,'" the quote continued, "'But if you can't be loose and have some fun and you can't enjoy the moment, then you don't belong here.'"
Sankovitz suggested the Cubs' inability to maintain perspective contributed to their hapless playoff performance, just as the two defendants' loss of perspective contributed to their criminal behavior.
The lesson seemed to fall on deaf ears. Adam Miechle and Jerry Emert, both of Downers Gove, Ill. – did not appear in philosophical moods as they hurried from the courtroom at the end of the hearing.
Miechle, 25, and Emert, 26, each pleaded guilty to a single count of being a party to misdemeanor battery.
The two admitted they punched Brandon Feezor in the stadium parking lot July 29th after Feezor tossed trash at their chartered bus in the wake of the Brewers' shellacking by the Cubs.
The two men broke Feezor's jaw. Feezor, 24, of West Allis, told the court that not only did he sustain $8,365 in medical costs, but he had to spend five weeks with his jaw wired shut.
"It was torture," he told the court. "No barbeques or nothing."
Emert, an out of work construction worker, and Miechle, a waiter and a student, each paid Feezor $3,500 toward his medical bills.
Sankovitz ordered the two to pay Feezor the remainder of his costs.
He ordered Miechle to serve 90 days with work release privileges at the House of Correction.
He gave Emert one year's probation, with the condition that first serve 45 days at the House of Correction, also with work release privileges.
Reporters after the hearing asked Emert's attorney, Christopher S. Carson, if he didn't agree that his client over-reacted to Feezor's provocation.
"Perhaps it was seen as an attack on the Chicago Cubs," he replied, "which in their intoxicated state they felt they had to defend."
By Crocker Stephenson of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Nov. 6, 2008 6:40 p.m.
Two Chicago Cubs fans pleaded guilty today to beating a Milwaukee Brewers fan at Miller Park. In sentencing them to the House of Correction, the judge quoted Lou Piniella:
"'This isn't life or death, it's a game. It's entertainment,'" Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Richard Sankovitz said, quoting the Cubs manager's speech to his team after their second post-season loss to the Dodgers.
"'I want to win as much as anybody,'" the quote continued, "'But if you can't be loose and have some fun and you can't enjoy the moment, then you don't belong here.'"
Sankovitz suggested the Cubs' inability to maintain perspective contributed to their hapless playoff performance, just as the two defendants' loss of perspective contributed to their criminal behavior.
The lesson seemed to fall on deaf ears. Adam Miechle and Jerry Emert, both of Downers Gove, Ill. – did not appear in philosophical moods as they hurried from the courtroom at the end of the hearing.
Miechle, 25, and Emert, 26, each pleaded guilty to a single count of being a party to misdemeanor battery.
The two admitted they punched Brandon Feezor in the stadium parking lot July 29th after Feezor tossed trash at their chartered bus in the wake of the Brewers' shellacking by the Cubs.
The two men broke Feezor's jaw. Feezor, 24, of West Allis, told the court that not only did he sustain $8,365 in medical costs, but he had to spend five weeks with his jaw wired shut.
"It was torture," he told the court. "No barbeques or nothing."
Emert, an out of work construction worker, and Miechle, a waiter and a student, each paid Feezor $3,500 toward his medical bills.
Sankovitz ordered the two to pay Feezor the remainder of his costs.
He ordered Miechle to serve 90 days with work release privileges at the House of Correction.
He gave Emert one year's probation, with the condition that first serve 45 days at the House of Correction, also with work release privileges.
Reporters after the hearing asked Emert's attorney, Christopher S. Carson, if he didn't agree that his client over-reacted to Feezor's provocation.
"Perhaps it was seen as an attack on the Chicago Cubs," he replied, "which in their intoxicated state they felt they had to defend."
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