Giants fan killed outside of AT&T Park during Friday night's game.

Very sad news.  An 18-year-old Giants fan was fatally injured on Friday 
night during the Giants-Phillies game when, according to his father, he 
was punched from behind after objecting to something that had been said 
to a female friend of his.  The punch knocked him to the ground and he 
hit his head on the concrete, causing the fatal brain injury.

According the San Francisco Chronicle story, this happened just outside 
the center field gates (the ones closest to the ferry docks) at around 
9:45 PM.  At least that explains the paramedics vehicle and ambulance 
that I and others saw through the right-field fence driving down the 
outside boardwalk to and from the scene of the altercation with their 
lights fla****ng.

It's always amazes me the thuggery of some of the Giants fans that 
attend the games.  Too bad for this young man and his family that he had 
the misfortune of a fatal encounter with one that cost him his young life.

Very sad all the way around.

Here's the link to the Chronicle story about the death:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/12/BAFK10KLHE.DTL

- Peter