San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, who was badly beaten by Dodgers fans on Thursday is still in coma. The 42-year-old Giants fan suffered critical injuries after being beaten brutally by Dodgers fans following the team's opening-night victory at Chavez Ravine.
Stow is still in a hospitalized in Los Angeles after undergoing surgery. Stow is a paramedic and a father of two and his friend believes he was attacked "because he was the biggest" of the group. Police are yet to apprehend his assailants and has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to their arrest.
The owners of both teams and elected officials of both cities issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning the attack. They urged the fans to "root hard for your teams, and do so with civility and common decency." Talking to the Los Angeles Times, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt told that he was satisfied with the measures taken by the club to make Dodger Stadium safe. “You could have 2,000 policemen there, and it's just not going to change that random act of violence," said McCourt. The history of Giants-Dodgers rivalry is not new and we know that officers from the San Francisco Police Department always take guard when the teams played at old Candlestick Park.
Meanwhile, Rebecca Mackowiak, who worked alongside Stow as a paramedic for five years, told the San Francisco Chronicle said that it is highly unlikely that Stow had incited violence. "We get called to a lot of fights, and he's always the one to calm things down, get people laughing," she said. "There is no doubt in my mind that if these guys were harassing him, he just walked away."
