We're quoting the WSJ. Are we highbrow yet?

In its article on the alleged soccer revolution coming to the United States (I hear the Cosmos are selling a lot of tickets. ZING!), the Wall Street Journal recounts what can only be described as a quintessential NYC interaction between the natives and the FC Barcelona soccer team (if Real Madrid is Spain's Yankees, Barcelona are the Red Sox):

During its U.S. tour last summer, FC Barcelona held a training session one evening in Central Park. The team, including superstar Thierry Henry, practiced in a part of the park’s North Meadow that serves as the outfield for several softball fields. As warm-ups began so did the calls from the clueless nearby beer league softball games for Barcelona to “Get the ---- off the field.”