Patriots fan dies after getting punched ‘in the face’ by Dolphins supporter at Gillette Stadium: witness

nypost ^ | Published Sep. 19, 2023 | By Yaron Steinbuch

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The New Hampshire father of two who died after an incident at Gillette Stadium during the New England Patriots game Sunday had been punched in the face and knocked unconscious by a Miami Dolphins fan, according to a witness.

Dale Mooney, 53, was treated at the scene by EMTs and rushed to a hospital after what had been described as an “apparent medical event,” but was pronounced dead shortly before midnight.

A spectator has now claimed that he witnessed a physical altercation between Mooney and a Dolphins fan.

“The Dolphins fan walks over and clearly punches him in the face,” Joey Kilmartin, of Nashua, New Hampshire, told MassLive. “(He) gets knocked out and you can tell right away he’s not OK.”

Kilmartin told the news outlet that Mooney also had gotten into a physical confrontation with other fans toward the end of the fourth quarter. ___________

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Tragedy: A longtime #Patriots fan died at the game Sunday night after being punched by a #Dolphins fan and hitting his head on the ground, causing him to lose consciousness and never regain it.

The fan, Dale Mooney, was a 30 year season ticket holder who was at the game with his son when this happened.

Just an absolutely awful occurrence all around. A football rivalry should never be taken this far.

Praying for Dale and the Mooney family

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Had to look that up.

For one, players back in the day weren’t the honed machines they are now, so you’ve got power at the plate and the mound. Second, sabermetrics (I call it pro-fantasy ball) has resulted in self-fulfilling prophesies, as the statistically-determined managerial moves crowd out other choices.

So yeah, not the baseball of yore, which I miss.

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Second, sabermetrics (I call it pro-fantasy ball) has resulted in self-fulfilling prophesies, as the statistically-determined managerial moves crowd out other choices.

That makes baseball boring. So the Comissioner needs to have rule changes to put the ball in play more and make it more fun to watch. Like old school baseball.

Pitch clock is an improvement.

Now they need to limit pitching changes. They need to find other ways. But maybe there's a limit to that like you said. They're much better athletes compared to ball players from a couple decades ago. So that makes the game more boring for us to watch.