The Pittsburgh Pirates came into PNC Park with a winning record and the chance to show their fans how much they have improved as a team, but instead were overshadowed by fan behavior.On Opening Day with the Pirates losing by a comfortable margin, a fan charged the field and was fined $5,000 for his actions. Not to be outdone, usher Michael Schacht died a horrific death after the second game in the series ran into the early hours of Saturday morning.Just when you thought things could not get much worse, they did. I attended Saturday night’s game, which pitted the Pirates against the Colorado Rockies, and what I saw that night was nothing I could have possibly expected.In the sixth inning of the contest, police were called to section 235 in left field. What followed next was the tasing and beating of 41-year-old Scott Ashley. The incident was captured on a YouTube video, which has since gone viral, and shows the brutality of the beating and the sounds of the tasing.As much of a problem as the man was, the crowd was an even bigger problem. Ashley was wearing a USA team jacket from 1996, and the crowd loudly chanted ‘U-S-A, U-S-A’ repeatedly while cursing and spitting at police and Pirates security.I believe the fans are as much at fault as Ashley. It was clear that a lot of them had a little too much to drink, and that is putting it politely. No one actually called security to get Ashley, though and some fans were said to be perturbed by his constant swearing.When the police did arrive, people expected the problem to be fixed immediately; however, they could not have counted on the taser proving ineffective on Ashley. This was when they beat him with their nightsticks, and it took three policemen to finally get Ashley down. Because the fans proved to be unruly with their chanting and inappropriate behavior, it took security longer to contain Ashley.At the time of the tasing, I was right by the bullpen, which allowed me to see everything. I was able to see fans who earlier were thrown out of the ballpark, and I then saw police head up to the bleacher general admission area to confront Ashley, as well as the tasing and beating.It got even more irritating for me, when three police officers were arresting a woman had also had about 20 people there. This was directly behind me and I actually felt frightened as I thought that with one false move that I could be hit, or even worse, arrested. It was a very hard thing to watch.It is known that the police were brutal in the way that they treated Ashley; however I ultimately side with them. According to a YouTube video, security gave Ashley a chance to leave “the easy way or the hard way.” Ashley chose the latter, and as the YouTube video showed, he tried to high five a fan. When he did a Pirates employee interfered and Ashley shoved and cussed at him. Once Ashley hit that man, the police had every right to silence him. That is the law, and although opinion may be divided on their actions, the law is the law.One final thing that I noticed was that Ashley was fined $5,000 for his actions­-­ the amount of money the fan who ran onto the field was fined. Something does not add up at all there, and it is a shame that this man is not being penalized more for his actions.In the end, this one action influenced by alcohol could very well affect PNC Park in the long run. Will there be more security at the ballpark? What will happen to the price of alcohol at the ballpark? Will parents bring their children? All of these questions have the potential to be answered and hopefully those in charge at PNC Park will realize that the ballpark is a place where many families and children attend games, but only time will tell if things will change for