Fan that threw banana comes forward

[BobbyWoontz]

When you google the guy's name the first two pictures that come up are mug shots (that I assume are him, given the location, age and unusual name). http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/California/Mendocino-County-CA/Alexander-Nicholas-Poulides.57025801/details/

Not the same guy, who is 36 according to mugshots. The guy in the Mercury news article is 42.

Poulides, 42, said he grabbed a banana off a catering cart and hurled it toward the field in disgust at the Giants near the end of a 10-2 loss at AT&T Park on Sunday. The banana apparently sailed toward Jones, who tweeted about the incident after the game.

[MemorialStadKid]

Maybe if you left out the inflammatory stuff at the end, people would address your actual point. I mean, maybe they still wouldn't, but your post isn't blameless in derailing the conversation.

Perhaps you're correct. And for that I apologize.

I do get a little miffed when clearly racist stuff occurs and folks try to act as if it was anything but.

MSK

[Why Not?]

What kind of ballpark has catering carts with fresh bananas? Only in San Francisco.

I'm picturing the catering folks taking food out of a luxury box near the end of the game. Maybe the banana was easier to throw than, say, a handful of lasagna.

Or maybe he's a raging racist. It's really hard to know the guy's motivations. I tend to believe the thrower though, if only because he came forward. The throwing bananas thing isn't really done here in the US.

[olehippi]

I wonder if he paid for the banana?

[Why Not?]

Perhaps you're correct. And for that I apologize.

I do get a little miffed when clearly racist stuff occurs and folks try to act as if it was anything but.

MSK

So there is NO chance that a guy threw something on the field out of anger? The ONLY possible scenario here is that a racist wanted to mock Adam Jones?

[Why Not?]

I wonder if he paid for the banana?

Theft on top of hate crime charges!

[Valhalla]

Perhaps you're correct. And for that I apologize.

I do get a little miffed when clearly racist stuff occurs and folks try to act as if it was anything but.

MSK

I am with you. I don't see how there is any debate... pushing a banana at a black person and referring to their ancestry as savages is terrible. Racism is racism, it doesn't matter if he is offended or not. A rookie isn't going to really rock the boat anyway.

Re: this Adam Jones thing though, I would say was an accident.

[blid]

My girlfriend is black and I am white. I asked her about this and she sent me this:

http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/04/23/orioles-luke-scott-throws-banana-chips-at-dominican-teammate-to-remind-him-to-not-be-a-savage/

I absolutely despise Luke Scott.

Wow, never saw that story before. That's freaking nuts. I always knew Scott had his political views but shrugged my shoulders at them... if I'd seen this story I would have hated him quite a bit.

[Rene88]

I am pretty sure the only people that think a white player throwing banana chips at a black player in any context is a white person. Pie might have said he was okay with it but think about that logically for a minute. Scott even made a reference to him acting like an animal, wow. That is horribly appalling on many levels.

[Tx Oriole]

So there is NO chance that a guy threw something on the field out of anger? The ONLY possible scenario here is that a racist wanted to mock Adam Jones?

Could we

[Rex Thunder]

I do not have anger or biterness issues:) But I will admit I have a huge pet peeve about athletes and politics. Kids look up to you, keep out of it.

I like what Led Zeppelin does-they stay out of it. Why upset half of your fan base by bringing up politics opinions in the first place.

You should lick on that link btw. Quite unbelievable.

Dang straight! Click on that link and tell me your opinion.

I think you don't agree with his politics so you like to cry about it.

I think when someone earns the spotlight, they can use it however they may.

I think you are a hypocrite if you like ANY actors or actresses in Hollywood who do NOTHING but try to spread propaganda.

I think if what Luke Scott did was reprehensible, Adam Jones or someone else would have put an end to it.

I think you need to relax.

[Tx Oriole]

Could we

please get off of this? Sorry but there is no need to keep this going. IMO

[Malike]

Not a single person of any nationality can look themselves in the mirror and say they've never done or said something that would be considered racist to some ethnic group at some point. Not a single person. Period.

[Why Not?]

Could we

Sure! Why not? :scratchchinhmm:

[Rene88]

Thankfully, Felix Pie, Luke Scott's friend, did not seem as bitter and testy over the incident as you. Friends joke with each other all the time. I'm sure you think Scott is a racist because of his "political views." Felix Pie would probably have a different view of Scott.

I appreciate your board but couldn't disagree more.

Just because the black guy said it is okay the white guy is throwing banana chips at him and making references to him acting like an animal does not make this okay. Period. It is horrendous. They are in a workplace. That is degrading. I am sorry but I strongly disagree with your assessment.