Clemmens pleaded guilty in May to charges of assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. He admitted he stuck his fingers down his throat and vomited on Vangelo and Mikayla at a Phillies-Nationals game on April 14.

Clemmens was sentenced to one to three months in jail, two years of probation and 50 hours of community service, which Dougherty suggested be served at Citizens Bank Park. The maximum penalty was two years in jail. Public defender Richard Hark asked for probation…

Clemmens and his friend were cursing and heckling the Vangelo family from the first inning. Vangelo’s 15-year-old daughter asked them to stop the profanity around her younger sister, prompting more heckling and cursing. The family was doused with beer when they rose to cheer a Phillies home run, and Vangelo eventually complained to security that Clemmens’ friend was spitting, which hit his younger daughter’s jacket and seat.

After the friend was ejected, Clemmens was sitting alone when he answered his cell phone and said: ”I need to do what I need to do. I’m going to get sick,” prosecutors said.

He then put his fingers down his throat and ”projectile vomited,” Vangelo said. He also punched Vangelo several times, causing his ear to bleed, before being tackled by other spectators and arrested.

– Joann Loviglio, Associated Press.

Assault, harassment and disorderly conduct: The Holy Trinity of Philadelphia residency.

I think I might have figured out that city’s problem, for what it’s worth.

Philadelphia was like the biggest thing the U.S. had to offer in the late 18th century. It hosted the Continental Congress, it was the state capital of Pennsylvania, the temporary capital of the fledging nation and the largest city in the country.

In 1799, the state and federal governments packed up and left town, and early in the next century New York surpassed Philadelphia in population.

So I suspect that the entire Philadelphia culture developed with a huge chip on its shoulder. Oh, you had it, Philadelphia! You had it, but you lost it! That’s got to sting, right? Stings so bad you just want to vomit on children.