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On Tuesday night Dallas Latos, wife of Mat Latos, a Starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds was attacked. She was at PNC Park in Pittsburgh watching the Pittsburg Pirates beat the Cincinnati reds when the attack occurred. She posted about the alleged incident on her twitter account during the game Tuesday night. Latos got punched in the head three times and couldn’t defend herself because she was trying to protect herself. Police officers couldn’t arrest anyone on assault charges because it appeared people were just drunk.
Latos allegations provoked a set of nasty twitter comments from Pirate fans. Some calling her a liar, saying that she just wants her fifteen minutes of fame and others asking her how did it feel to get her ass beat. This is just another way to prove that social media can sometimes increase the ferociousness of some sports fans. Sports fans are the one group of people you don’t want to piss off. If you do; they will attack. Social media`s role in this is that it is giving people the chance to say some really nasty stuff to one another. Social media is not a bad thing but people can sometimes use it in a bad way.
The police said they considered the case closed on Wednesday morning, and Latos has to file charges if she wants to but No arrests were made. Sgt. John Fisher said in a Wednesday morning press conference that this is a case of overzealous fans and banter back and forth between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati fans.
This seems like yet another example of people using the veil of social media and being behind a computer to lash out at people negatively. I understand being passionate about your team, but a wife of a player on the opposing team doesn't deserve that just because of who she's married to. It'll be interesting to see if anything else comes out about this sometime in the future.
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