Three men were arrested yesterday and charged with the killing of Daniel Sale, the 22-year-old Phillies fan that was punched and kicked to death in the Citizens Bank Park parking lot. Francis Kirchner, 28, Charles Bowers, 35, and Jim Grove, 45

In 2006, Kirchner and some friends broke a man’s cheekbone in an unprovoked attack outside Moe’s. Kirchner was ordered by the court to undergo anger-management counseling [He's also on probation --Ed.].

In 1993, Bowers stabbed a man four times after they got into an argument at a Fishtown house party. In October 1995, he was sentenced to six to 23 months in prison for his conviction of assault and possession of an instrument of crime [He stabbed a 19-year-old with a butcher knife. --Ed].

The altercation started in nearby McFadden’s pub over a spilled drink, igniting an altercation between an estimated 30 or 40 people, all of which were thrown out of the bar.

A short distance from McFadden’s, Clark said, Kirchner, Bowers, and Grove jumped Sale in a parking lot.

“All three of them were beating him. At some point went down on all fours, and they started kicking him and stomping,” Clark said.

Frailty of life and all that. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey noted that Sale was one of seven [SEVEN!] people killed over the weekend. That must have been one hell of a drink. Suddenly I don’t feel so ashamed of never leaving the house. This who thing is just unbelievable. via.

A Philadelphia-area man was killed when a bar fight spilled out into a parking lot near Citizens Bank Park Saturday night. Police believe that David Sale was watching the Phillies game at a bar with a bachelor party when a fight broke out involving some 30 people.

Police said the group got into an altercation with other patrons at the pub at around 7 p.m., as the Phillies game was in late innings. According to police, McFadden’s employees ousted the two groups from the bar, and someone notified police.

But the fight continued shortly after in a nearby parking lot, said Police Lt. Frank Vanore.

By the time police reached the scene, Sale was on the ground and unresponsive. He had been hit repeatedly about the head with fists and feet, Vanore said. There are no signs any weapons were used in the attack. via.

No details have surfaces regarding what started the fight, but nothing could justify beating this kid to death. Even if he was a Phillies fan. Two people in custody could be charged as early as today. Sale was 22. via.