Vulgar Red Sox Fans Who Taunted A-Rod Silenced On TV: Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Tuesday, October 19. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• A fundraiser is aiming to help a Framingham man who lost his arm in an off-road accident.
• A Worcester man charged in a teen's 2015 shooting was arrested after a fight with police.
• A local Amazon driver has been charged after police say he dressed as a woman to take illegal photos of women at a Wrentham mall.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story: Fox Pulls Plug On Vulgar Sox Fans

Even during blowouts of Tampa Bay and Houston, the Fenway crowd has been resorting to ol' reliable: "Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck!"

So it's no surprise they gave their buddy A-Rod an earful after Monday's Red Sox win. The problem was all of America caught that earful, too.

Red Sox fans chanting "A-Rod Sucks!" and "F--- You A-Rod!" forced Fox to mute its own audio for a not-insignificant stretch of time, essentially silencing its own postgame show. You could, however, still hear Boston fans serenade Rodriguez with "Aff-Leck! Aff-Leck!"

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Tuesday's Other Top Stories

Fundraiser for Framingham man: Greg Cunningham was driving an off-road vehicle on Saturday in New Hampshire when it hit a rock and flipped over. The recent college grad was rushed to a hospital in Boston, where doctors had to partially amputate his arm.

Shooting suspect re-arrested: A Worcester man accused of shooting and blinding a teen in 2015 was re-arrested on Friday on a long list of charges after getting into a fight with several police officers.

MA's top towns: A finance website has ranked about 1,300 small cities in the U.S., and many in Massachusetts ranked near the top of the list, including Milford, Framingham and Marlborough.

They Said It

"During the Aug. 24 incident, the suspect, wearing a blonde wig, reportedly entered the Ladies Room and occupied stalls next to adjoining stalls that women and younger girls, estimated to be 12-15 years old, were using."

• Wrentham police Chief Bill McGrath describing the arrest of an Amazon delivery driver who was caught taking "upskirt" photos at the Wrentham Outlets shopping mall.

In Case You Missed It

Massachusetts haunted house tour: Just in time for Halloween, Patch has compiled the following list of the Bay State's most famous haunted houses, including two stops in Salem and, of course, the home where Lizzie Borden may —or may not — have killed her mom and dad with an axe.