File this away for the next time:

• An Old Timer tries to tell you that he doesn't go to ballgames anymore because the crowds are out of control
• The Globe does an article about Boston fans and our booze fueled rowdy behavior
• Some pointy headed European calls out the good old USofA for our culture of violence
• Joe Torre opens his pie hole to say anything about the fans at Fenway.

The World Cup just had it's first soccer hooligan arrests. And you might want to sit down for this...they're English.

THREE Englishmen who vandalised an airport taxi within minutes of arriving in Germany for the World Cup are believed to be the first hooligans of any nationality to be arrested.

The men, from the Midlands, were held in the huge German police operation aimed at minimising trouble during the month-long tournament. They were detained overnight in Cologne and appeared in court yesterday morning where they pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly. The three verbally abused a taxi driver and attacked his vehicle when he refused to take them to the city centre because they were so drunk.

I know it's hard to fathom Europeans invading each others countries, starting trouble and breaking stuff, but try to use your imagination.