Stacy Elizabeth Bathshear is being accused of stalking by Laker forward Luke Walton. According to Walton she wrote on his car with marker as pay back, because Luke refused to give her an autograph.
Well Mr. Celebrity, I hope you learned your lesson on refusing a fan an autograph. Perhaps you should listen to Eminem's song "Stan" a time or two and learn a lesson from it. Scrappy has never turned down a fan for an autograph. Sometimes the fan may even get a surprise on top of the autograph, like a hug, or a quick pose for a Kodak moment. There was also that one time down in Tijuana when the girl asked for....sorry I got side tracked. Back to Luke, last time I checked you didn't even start in the NBA, heck if there weren't rules stating 5 people had to be on the court at a time, you may never get in the game since Kobe would try to play the whole game by himself. Speaking of Kobe, you better not let him take your stalker to Colorado before her trial either.
Here is what Luke Walton said in an interview about this stalker situation.
"When she pulled up to my house and started yelling at me after she fired a fake gun at me, I couldn't help but to start yelling back at her," Walton said. "She was in my driveway. But when we were interacting, I could tell by the stuff she was saying that she's not all there in the head -- which makes me feel bad for her.
"At the same time, most people who go on killing sprees are people who aren't all there in the head."
Luke, are you kidding me? It sounds like a normal conversation you would be having with your Dad, Bill Walton after Thanksgiving dinner. You were raised by a burnt out Dead Head, who hasn't made sense since Nixon was in office. Perhaps the woman who is "stalking" you is one of his illegitimate kids just coming to say hi, or you just took too many of those shrooms again. Keep up the shenanigans Luke, this is all some kind of elaborate ploy just to get attention so when your NBA career ends you can have a reality show called The Walton's. Your dad may remember getting stoned when he watched a show called the Walton's and you wound up being born 9 months later with a strange need for some herbs. So Luke perhaps you would not be in this mess if you attended my class. For your sake here is a 5 point outline of what you should have learned.
How to be a celebrity 101 taught by Prof. Scrappy.
1) Cell Phones are cheap when your rich
a) after you break up with a girl...cancel your service and get new phone
b) do not let your non famous friends borrow your cell phone
c) if your Luke Walton, do not tell your dad your cell phone number: he's a dumb stoner and
may give it out on national t.v. during the heat of a play.
2) Do not deny a fan of an autograph
a) they may have a gun in their pocket
b) they may have a knife in their pocket
c) they may have a hot sister
3) Driving
a) make sure your windows are tinted
b) do not get an obvious vanity plate (i.e. Dedhed, Walton, KBsbiach)
4) Where a disguise if you don't want to be noticed
a) nun
b) priest (unless your Michael Jackson)
c) Luke Walton usually works best for me
5) If your Luke Walton do not hire your sister to be your "stalker" just so you can get some
attention before the season tips off.
But then again, what does Scrappy know?
9/17/08
S.F.U. (Sports Fan Union)
Dear League Representatives,
This letter is on behalf of the Sports Fan Union. Our request is simple. We want sports back. Greedy men have seemingly taken control of every major sports franchise with very few exceptions. We work jobs and then we take on extra jobs just to get by. We have families, we have bills, we have debts.
Owners sitting in their ivory luxury boxes look down on us. They think because they can do it, so can we. It's not always that simple. That's just how it goes, I mean if everyone could make the money you make, you'd have trash building up outside your mansion, and feces backing up in your plumbing. There needs to be people who do the dirty jobs so you can sit back and look down on them in contempt. What next, taking the teams away from the cities and replacing the city that team "belongs" to with the name of whoever owns it?
Personal Seat Licensing is getting more and more ridiculous. You are taking the sport away from the people who need it the most. The people who work the 6-5 jobs. The people who come home, to an apartment too small, a car that just makes it, and a bed that doesn't seem to support their back anymore. The bills pile up, they do what they can to just scrape by. What do these people have to look forward to? Well you know a lot of people escape through sports. It gives them hope, it gives them something to look forward to. I wonder if without sports, how high the suicide rate in America would rise. There is always next year is what people get by on.
So you raise the prices because you are greedy. You say it is business. You say you look at what the market brings in from people who sell their tickets online. Did you ever stop to think about why they are selling their ticket? Did you ever stop to think they are not trying to make a quick extra buck? No you do not care about the fans, you care about the money. People sell tickets for money, FANS sell tickets so they can afford the rest of the season tickets. See it is not about making money for a fan, it is about being able to see the games they want to see. What do the owners do, they raise the price so that the "fans" can't afford the season tickets. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer is so true when it comes to this. Do you think this is actually going to work? You can justify it however you want, but the tickets will still be purchased and be sold again higher than face value. Instead of your everyday fan who works his tail off to afford those season tickets, he will have to pay double the price to see that one game next season. He will do it because he is a true fan. But this true fan will now only be going once or twice a year instead of going in on season tickets with a buddy.
The Players have their union to protect them, but where is the union that protects the fans. Where are our rights. You take a game, and turn it into a business. I understand that to you it is merely an investment, one that you expect a big return, but at what cost are you willing to do this? That's right at the cost of the fan. Not the players who are sitting on millions. Not the owners, not the G.M.'s, not the coaches, but the fans suffer. Well we want our union. We want our rights as fans protected, and if not for us, at least for the sanctity of the game itself.
When the players and owners do not agree, there is a strike. Yet again ruining a season for the fans. The fans will never strike, because we love our teams to the core. Unfortunately you all realize that and use that against us. Is all I am asking as a member of the S.F.U. is to respect us, let us watch our teams in person for a reasonable price, because one day we may just drop the S, turn our backs and leave the F.U.
But then again, what does Scrappy know?
This letter is on behalf of the Sports Fan Union. Our request is simple. We want sports back. Greedy men have seemingly taken control of every major sports franchise with very few exceptions. We work jobs and then we take on extra jobs just to get by. We have families, we have bills, we have debts.
Owners sitting in their ivory luxury boxes look down on us. They think because they can do it, so can we. It's not always that simple. That's just how it goes, I mean if everyone could make the money you make, you'd have trash building up outside your mansion, and feces backing up in your plumbing. There needs to be people who do the dirty jobs so you can sit back and look down on them in contempt. What next, taking the teams away from the cities and replacing the city that team "belongs" to with the name of whoever owns it?
Personal Seat Licensing is getting more and more ridiculous. You are taking the sport away from the people who need it the most. The people who work the 6-5 jobs. The people who come home, to an apartment too small, a car that just makes it, and a bed that doesn't seem to support their back anymore. The bills pile up, they do what they can to just scrape by. What do these people have to look forward to? Well you know a lot of people escape through sports. It gives them hope, it gives them something to look forward to. I wonder if without sports, how high the suicide rate in America would rise. There is always next year is what people get by on.
So you raise the prices because you are greedy. You say it is business. You say you look at what the market brings in from people who sell their tickets online. Did you ever stop to think about why they are selling their ticket? Did you ever stop to think they are not trying to make a quick extra buck? No you do not care about the fans, you care about the money. People sell tickets for money, FANS sell tickets so they can afford the rest of the season tickets. See it is not about making money for a fan, it is about being able to see the games they want to see. What do the owners do, they raise the price so that the "fans" can't afford the season tickets. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer is so true when it comes to this. Do you think this is actually going to work? You can justify it however you want, but the tickets will still be purchased and be sold again higher than face value. Instead of your everyday fan who works his tail off to afford those season tickets, he will have to pay double the price to see that one game next season. He will do it because he is a true fan. But this true fan will now only be going once or twice a year instead of going in on season tickets with a buddy.
The Players have their union to protect them, but where is the union that protects the fans. Where are our rights. You take a game, and turn it into a business. I understand that to you it is merely an investment, one that you expect a big return, but at what cost are you willing to do this? That's right at the cost of the fan. Not the players who are sitting on millions. Not the owners, not the G.M.'s, not the coaches, but the fans suffer. Well we want our union. We want our rights as fans protected, and if not for us, at least for the sanctity of the game itself.
When the players and owners do not agree, there is a strike. Yet again ruining a season for the fans. The fans will never strike, because we love our teams to the core. Unfortunately you all realize that and use that against us. Is all I am asking as a member of the S.F.U. is to respect us, let us watch our teams in person for a reasonable price, because one day we may just drop the S, turn our backs and leave the F.U.
But then again, what does Scrappy know?
9/8/08
#4
Every generation has that one star to look up to. Every fan has their favorite player of all time.
Michael Jordan could make a die hard Knicks fan like Spike Lee get up out of his seat even when he was keeping his beloved Knicks from going to the NBA Finals nearly every year.
Barry Sanders danced his way into homes on thanksgiving every year making a turkey out of his opponents.
Cal Ripken showed how the game was supposed to be played every single game through slumps, pain, and even the dreaded double headers.
Every generation will have it's own stories whether it be Ali, Mays, Sweetness, Rice, Montana, or Lebron.
Sometimes we get lost, thinking these players are bigger than life, but they are not. They are human just like you and me. Perhaps their wallets are much thicker, but in the end they breath the same air, feel the same pain, make the same mistakes.
Everyone has their opinion on Brett Favre right now, but do not forget how grown men cried on that fateful Monday night when he took the field after his father's death and showed that he was superhuman when he played that game, but human when he mourned in front of millions. Don't forget all the memories 4 etched in the game of football. The Superbowls, the records he broke, and the fun he had each and every week. Do not judge him for being human, but love him for having fun.
But then again, what does Scrappy know?
Michael Jordan could make a die hard Knicks fan like Spike Lee get up out of his seat even when he was keeping his beloved Knicks from going to the NBA Finals nearly every year.
Barry Sanders danced his way into homes on thanksgiving every year making a turkey out of his opponents.
Cal Ripken showed how the game was supposed to be played every single game through slumps, pain, and even the dreaded double headers.
Every generation will have it's own stories whether it be Ali, Mays, Sweetness, Rice, Montana, or Lebron.
Sometimes we get lost, thinking these players are bigger than life, but they are not. They are human just like you and me. Perhaps their wallets are much thicker, but in the end they breath the same air, feel the same pain, make the same mistakes.
Everyone has their opinion on Brett Favre right now, but do not forget how grown men cried on that fateful Monday night when he took the field after his father's death and showed that he was superhuman when he played that game, but human when he mourned in front of millions. Don't forget all the memories 4 etched in the game of football. The Superbowls, the records he broke, and the fun he had each and every week. Do not judge him for being human, but love him for having fun.
But then again, what does Scrappy know?
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