"Kung Fu knows ME!"
I haven't been in a fight since college, but before last Sounders game I had to punk a drunk.
Here's what happened. Many of you know I have a tendancy to get grumpy/angry when I haven't eaten, when I get stuck in traffic, and when I'm late. My commute to the Sounders/Boca game was the perfect storm. GPS told me the drive from my office to QWEST would be 14 minutes. It took me an hour and ten. I told people to meet me at Sluggers so we could pound a couple beers. We are 20 minutes before game time, so people are everywhere. I'm walking at a brisk Nate pace, and I begin to pass a dude who is just standing there not moving. At the exact moment when I'm about to walk by, the guy throws his arm up and snaps his fingers directly in my face, making contact with my eye. Normally I do a good job of ignoring drunken behavior, but this time I couldn't let it slide. I immediately turn and shove the guy about five feet. Dude turns towards me in a drunken charge, and I take the impact and push him again. He charged me again with increased drunken aggression, but this time, instead of pushing him, I grabbed his arms, and using his momentum against him, I hurled his face directly into the pavement. As he rolled over I grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the ground. I can't really remember what I yelled at the guy, but it drew the attention of his buddy and about twenty Sounders fans. As tempting as it was to punch the guy in the face, I figured the public shame in front of his friend and strangers was enough.
Who said this season was boring?!
