So my family and I were watching the Chicago Cubs get shellacked by World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies last night (12-1 in the fifth inning) when a Cubs fan decided to give his beleaguered team a hand by throwing a beer on Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino as he caught a sacrifice fly.

"What an idiot" I said, along with tens of thousands of others watching the game, as the TV camera zoomed in on a fan being yanked from Wrigley Field's left-center field bleachers by ballpark security.

Turns out, the guy security rousted out of the stands may very well be an idiot (he taunted the beer-soaked Phillies outfielder) but he's the wrong idiot. The actual beer thrower appears to have escaped.

Now there's a manhunt on, or more precisely, a doofus hunt.

The Chicago Tribune reports:

The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia outfielder Shane Victorino have filed a formal complaint with the Chicago Police Department over Wednesday night's beer-tossing incident, and now the search is on for the unknown culprit.

"It's in their hands," Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney said, referring to the CPD.

If the fan is found, he will be charged with assault, Kenney said. The CPD is interviewing some of the fans who sat near the beer tosser in left-centerfield, in hopes of having him identified. The fan managed to escape when another fan who taunted Victorino was mistakenly fingered by Cubs security and taken to a holding room for interrogation.

 

The hope is that the Internet will lead to someone identifying the beer hurler so that he can spend a little quality time with the Chicago Police and, eventually, stand before a judge and jury. By the way, kudos to SonnyBoyPics who uploaded the video I used above. He clearly visualizes the perpetrator who got away.

Here's hoping the man being sought is eventually caught. His behavior was beyond the pale (ale.)

If only the eventual trial could be held in Philadelphia.