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Date Posted: 10:14:10 09/20/02 Fri
Author: mt. healthy mountaineer
Subject: Yet another candidate for father of the year (also - a barechested guy story)

What is it with "Great parenting" and sporting events this week?



Two Fans Attack Royals Coach
Fri Sep 20, 9:46 AM ET
By NANCY ARMOUR, AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO (AP) - With his eyes on home plate and his back to the seats, Tom Gamboa never saw them coming.

One second the Kansas City coach was standing near first base. The next he was slammed to the ground, a bare-chested father and his teenage son on top of him and pummeling him repeatedly.

"I felt like a football team had hit me from behind. Next thing I knew, I'm on the ground trying to defend myself," Gamboa said.

"It just happened so fast."

In a scene athletes have feared for years, Gamboa was attacked without warning by two fans who came out of the seats. The Royals rushed to his aid and Gamboa escaped with only a few cuts and a bruised cheek. He walked off the field to a standing ovation from the crowd at Comiskey Park, where the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1.

But what about next time?

A folded-up pocket knife was found on the ground near the scene, and White Sox outfielder Aaron Rowand said he saw it slip out of one of the fan's pockets.

"I don't know what we can do to eliminate this," Gamboa said. "I'm grateful (the Royals) got there as quick as they could, especially when there was a knife involved. God forbid me or somebody else would get stabbed.

"That could have been really tragic."

The father, identified by police as 34-year-old William Ligue Jr. of Alsip, and his 15-year-old son were led off the field in handcuffs. Friday morning they were charged with aggravated battery.

The son faces two juvenile charges of battery because he also struck a security guard.

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