Baseball Boos Past or Bronx to Canada: Drop Dead

You've all seen the footage of the Washington Nationals crowd booing the president. 

Oh Washington, we lived there when you were a Third World craphole with a crack-head mayor who couldn't even plow the streets (see blizzard of '96). Now you're a nest of politicians and lobbyist taking other people's money. So let's not put on airs, ok?

Actually, we'd like to talk about another shocking display of bad form by sports fans.  Come back with us, dear reader(s) to the Olde New York, murder capitol of America, August 1993. Take it away Bob Klapisch:

NEW YORK - The pregame ceremonies were actually a group obscenity - 40,000 New York Yankees fans booing the Canadian national anthem. It wasn't just a pocket or 10 or 15 fools showing their contempt, either. As the Yankees began their biggest August series in a decade last night, an entire Yankee Stadium drowned out Robert Merrill as he sang "O Canada." One Yankee official closed his eyes, shook his head and said, "We were totally embarrassed" by the incident. It only got worse for the Yankees, who were outplayed by the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-0, falling two games out of first place. The ballpark had a reckless, hostile feel to it, fueled in part by a first-inning meltdown. With runners on first and third and none out against Toronto starter Todd Stottlemyre, Don Mattingly's fly ball to left turned into a double play at the plate, and after that the Yankees - and their fans - were history. By the ninth inning, fans were throwing bottles, battery packs and even bats at Joe Carter in right field. The game came to a virtual halt moments later as fistfights in the right-field bleachers were so heated, undermanned security guards were unable to control the violence.

Now that's the South Bronx we remember.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani called the mayor of Toronto to apologize. The next night legendary announcer Bob Sheppard scolded the crowd and tod them to be nice. This time when Oh Canada was played people cheered.

The Blue Jays won the World Series that year. 

We expect the Houston Astros to close things out tonight. 

Trump should attend the game.