Bachelor party turns into deadly brawl at Phillies Ballpark

[RamboLiberal]

DAVID SALE JR. was a passionate sports enthusiast and was the proud owner of "a box truck" full of baseball cards and Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia.

"Why don't you sell this stuff and buy a home?" Grant Lindaberry, Sale's former Lansdale neighbor, recalled asking the young man.

Sale, 22, never had a chance to heed Lindaberry's advice before his life was cut short Saturday night in a parking lot outside McFadden's restaurant at Citizens Bank Park.

Sale, who was enjoying a bachelor party at the Phillies' ballpark and then inside the eatery, was pummeled to death during a brawl with a group of men who'd chartered a bus from a Fishtown bar for the game.

He was beaten by "hands and feet," at about 7 p.m., said police spokeswoman Jill Russell. By 8:10 p.m., Sale succumbed to head injuries at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20090727_Bachelor_party_turns_into_deadly_brawl.html

Police today charged two men in the beating death of a 22-year-old man during a brawl Saturday night in a parking lot at Citizens Bank Park.

A third man was being sought.

Police said Charles Bowers, 35, of the 6100 block of Bustleton, and James Groves, 45, of the 800 block of East Almond Street, have been charged with murder in the death of David Sale, of Lansdale. Both were taken into custody at the parking lot Saturday night.

Investigators are seeking Francis Kirchner, 28, of the 1200 block of E. Palmer Street, who fled before police could arrest him on Saturday.

The three men were part of a bus trip to ballpark organized by a Fishtown bar, police said.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090727_Surrender_expected_in_ballpark_beating_death.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. I guess they need to get that jail and judge from the Vet and install it at the ballpark. nt

[DarthDem]

4. I Actually Thought They Had

. . . at least at Lincoln Field, for Eagles games. But - - and I speak from direct experience - - Philly sports fans, collectively, are despicable. No surprise here, to put it mildly.

[VMI Dem]

2. In Philly? No way.

[imdjh]

3. stupid people- way too many of them nt

[MineralMan]

5. You know, I used to like going to baseball games, but

I've had too many beers spilled on my back to enjoy it any more. These days, I just go to minor league games. Lots more fun and lots fewer drunk assholes.

I avoid football games altogether for the same reason.