Tim Robbins reportedly harassed at Mets game, later called ‘Commie’ by fan

August

After reading a Mets fan’s alleged encounter with Pound Ridge resident Tim Robbins, here’s reason No. 385 why I’m happy I’m a Yankee fan.

I’m an avid fan of ESPN columnist Bill Simmons, a.k.a. Sports Guy, which is somewhat surprising because he loves to rag on my favorite teams—particularly the Yankees (he’s a fan of Boston’s pro teams) and Boston College (he’s an alumnus of “rival” Holy Cross). But I can put up with his misguided rooting interests because he’s a talented, honest and hysterically funny writer.

Every now and then, Simmons answers readers’ questions in his regular mailbag column. He traditionally closes each of these with a crazy and/or controversial submission, to which he responds only with “Yup Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ these are my readers.”

Here’s a letter from “Frank B., New York” that prompted that reaction in Friday’s mailbag. Keep in mind the letter-writer’s brother is referencing Robbins’ role in the baseball movie “Bull Durham”:

I sat four seats over from Tim Robbins at Shea last night. He didn’t even acknowledge my drunk brother calling him ‘Meat’ for three innings straight. Not even a response after (Moises) Alou went deep and he hit him with the obligatory ‘He hit the Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ bull! He gets a free steak.’ If you see him around tell him to stop spreading his commie propaganda and grow a sense of humor. Thanks SG.

Wow, you mean peppering a guy with drunk versions of quotes from a movie that came out 19 years ago isn’t the best way to solicit a positive response? This “fan” should just be happy that Robbins didn’t go Nuke LaLoosh and bury a fastball in his brother’s temple.

Go Yanks.

(Photo: Gannett News Service, Joel Warren/Orion)

This entry was posted on Monday, August 13th, 2007 at 12:51 pm by Chris Serico.
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