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| 876 police to deploy as Red Sox face Evil Empire in death match | |
| 2005-09-30 | |
EFL: Boston Police are mobilizing for this weekend's do-or-die Red Sox-Yankees series with the largest crowd-control force of any recent sports event and with a deployment plan that addresses shortcomings found to have contributed to a fan's fatal shooting by police last October. A draft deployment plan, dated yesterday and obtained by the Globe, calls for 876 officers and commanders to be on duty for each of the three games starting tonight: 558 from Boston and 318 more from the State Police, the state Correction Department, and several other police departments. The plan focuses on how to keep celebrations from getting out of hand if the Sox clinch a playoff berth.
The plan points out that the three-game series will probably determine which team makes the playoffs and that if the Sox clinch a postseason spot, there will be much revelry. ''The Department and our Law Enforcement partners will ensure that fans are able to celebrate but will not tolerate disorder, property destruction, [or] reckless behavior that endangers themselves and others." | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 We've got the Yankees right where we want them: ahead of us with our backs to the wall and virtually no room for error. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-09-30 14:38 |
| #7 Dar, you're right but the Sox payroll is still only about 50% of the Yanks. Yep the Marlins were sweet and so were the D'backs. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-09-30 14:25 |
| #6 What odds on another drunk Sox fan taking a whack at a Yankee outfielder? Does that mean Teddy is going to be at the game? |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-09-30 13:56 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-09-30 13:53 |
| #4 Frank--I know, I know... It's kind of like choosing the lesser of two evils, but the Sox don't have the pattern of running roughshod over everybody year after year like the Yanks--and they don't get all the limelight like George and his boys do either. I still savor watching the Marlins beat the Yanks in the finals a few years ago--Now that was sweet when a team with about 1/3 the payroll pulled off the upset! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-09-30 13:08 |
| #3 What odd on another drunk Sox fan taking a whack at a Yankee outfielder? |
| Posted by: Grunter 2005-09-30 12:55 |
| #2 Dar? Seen the Sox payroll? Go Padres! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-30 12:42 |
| #1 Go, Sox! If the Yanks don't make the post-season, maybe Steinbrenner will can Torre and clean house--then the Yanks won't be back for 4-5 more years! Bwa-ha-ha-ha! I'm not a Sox fan--I just hate the Yanks for buying their way to the post-season year after year after year... |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-09-30 11:48 |