Detroit’s city leadership is probably relieved that the Tigers didn’t win the World Series.That’s because Detroit baseball fans are widely credited with staging the first “victory riot” in the United States after the Tigers won the 1984 World Series.It still ranks as the standard - at least as baseball victory riots go. It had everything - the burning of trash and cars, overwhelmed police, the overturning of police vehicles, and window smashing- as well as plenty of injuries and arrests. Detroit isn’t alone in having fans who feel compelled to turn euphoria into anarchy.
Why do cities pick up tab for victory riots when teams make the money?
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