Victorino Files Charges Against Fan

Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino has filed a criminal complaint against a Cubs fan who attacked him with a cup of beer.

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The Chicago Cubs also filed a complaint against the man, who will face assault charges when he is arrested by Chicago police.

Victorino also told the Chicago Tribune that the man would have been in big trouble if he tried to assault Victorino outside the venue of a baseball park.

"He's probably at home thinking 'I got away with it,'" Victorino said. "I hope he gets the understanding, hey, you can't do stuff like that. I mean, if it happened in the streets, I don't think you'd be walking too far (without a reprisal). It's just not something you do."

The Cubs, Phillies, Victorino and police are now working together to catch the man.

But so far, fans sitting near the man haven’t divulged his name.

There are a lot of questions being asked on Thursday after Cubs security let the man, who hit Victorino with a full beer cup, walk out of Wrigley Field – and how they could not get a response from any fans sitting next to the beer thrower.

The man’s picture has been plastered over Chicago and national Web sites after he hit Victorino, and national news outlets ran and re-ran video of Victorino being assaulted.

There are questions in Chicago about why Cubs security officials took away the wrong fan, and why one guard let the suspect walk away as his image was being shown on live TV.

Also, no fans sitting next to the fan would identify him to stadium security, and other fans openly cheered the suspect.

The cop’s “manhunt” became public knowledge after the Victorino story made national headlines and Cubs officials realized they ejected the wrong fan.

But within minutes of that man’s ejection, baseball TV announcers were pointing out on live TV  that the real culprit was still in the stands.

At one point, a security guard walks up to the beer tosser, and then walks away from him.

The man and his friends are then seen on camera walking calmly out of the stadium.

Initial reports were that the fan was taken away by security, but now it seems the Cubs’ security team let the perpetrator walk.

After the game, the Cubs players were apologetic and Victorino didn’t want to talk about the incident.

"It was a beer, so let's not talk about it," Victorino said. "Let's talk about baseball."

"That shouldn't happen," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "It's not good sportsmanship and it's not good behavior. We apologize to Victorino and the Phillies for that."

Some Cubs players now fear retaliation from Phillies fans.

The Phillies and Pedro Martinez won the game, 12-5, making even tougher for the hapless Cubs to make the playoffs.