Fan falls from 2nd deck at Rangers game

[MJ4H]

Did anyone catch this? Apparently a fan tried to catch a foul ball and fell from the 2nd deck onto other fans in the lower deck.

Some sites are saying there is video but they are refusing to show it. Was anyone watching when this happened?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Espn.com story comments includes this bit fwiw ... they just annouced he's stable and responsive. moving all extremities. the four fans he fell on are being treated at the ballpark.

[MJ4H]

I tried really hard to resist posting that the consecutive thread titles phenomenon had The Deadliest Catch thread right underneath this one when I posted it.

:/

Sorry.

[MJ4H]

Audio

Tindeck MP3 Hosting: fan falls in Texas.mp3

[MJ4H]

Doesn't show the actual fall, but wow at the reactions.

[RGunner]

Was watching the game live as this happened. Normally FSN which shows pretty much every game shows where every foul ball goes, this one they didn't show, which leads me to believe they have the tape and on a tape delay didnt show it thank god. There is a youtube video of the tv feed. Cruz fouls the ball off, there is a delay, and then you hear screams and the umpire and Nelson Cruz turn away like something bad had happened. Turns out the guy leaned over for the ball, lost his balance, fell over and from what I've heard on the broadcast grasped onto the level below rails, and then fell the 20 feet further onto a few fans that likely saved his life. The fans suffered minor injuries so hopefully they are ok as well. Just an odd feeling all around on the broadcast all over. They showed a fan in the deck below the one he fell from (not the bottom bowl but the suite level) and she was in complete tears and it looked to be right where the guy fell, so if the word that was told on the broadcast was true it might have been right where she was and thats where he tried to grab. Hard to imagine that ever happening, even though you would think it could happen alot. Also, on a live chat during the game, a beat writer for the Dallas Morning News said that they showed it on the pressbox tv's which is how he saw it, so hopefully that never gets out.

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Did anyone catch this?

Apparently not.

[DeToxRox]

Apparently he is okay.

Ump and Cruz reaction tell it all:

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Apparently not.

Winner.

[molson]

I remember this happening a few times before in the last 10-20 years, though not with this much video of the aftermath. (and certainly, before youtube).

Hopefully they don't put up plexiglass in front of all these upper deck sections.

[stevew]

This is why healthcare is so fucked up. They'll spend 50 grand fixing this guy up instead of giving him a 4 dollar baseball.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by RGunner

Also, on a live chat during the game, a beat writer for the Dallas Morning News said that they showed it on the pressbox tv's which is how he saw it, so hopefully that never gets out.

Why? It's not like he's dead.

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

wow at the reactions

[Sun Tzu]

Well...if the guy was from Texas, my guess is he was pretty fat. For those who have seen it, am I right?

[Greyroofoo]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Doesn't show the actual fall, but wow at the reactions.

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[lordscarlet]

Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

blocked

apparently youtube is blocked for you.

[Sun Tzu]

blocked for me too...

"This video contains content from MLB Advanced Media, who has blocked it on copyright grounds"

[k0ruptr]

MLB advanced media are copyright cunts.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by k0ruptr

MLB advanced media are copyright cunts.

MLB Media just in general are cunts. Fucking ass-backwards blackout restrictions.

[k0ruptr]

word.

[DeToxRox]

It fucking happened again. A year to the day (I believe, basing it on the creation of this thread)

The Texas Rangers say a fan died after falling out of the stands while trying to catch a baseball tossed his way during the game.

Rangers president Nolan Ryan said after Thursday night's game that the team was "deeply saddened" to learn that the man "has passed away as a result of this tragic accident."

The Rangers did not identify the man; they said he fell about 20 feet.

The fan fell head-first and landed behind a 14-foot-high wall supporting a video board that shows replays and scores from other games.

The accident happened in the second inning after Oakland's Conor Jackson hit a foul ball that ricocheted into left field. Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton retrieved the ball and tossed it into the stands.

Replays on Oakland's television broadcast show the man reaching for the ball and apparently catching it before tumbling.

[BYU 14]

The man was there with his son too. Terribly sad how something that should be a precious memory ends in tragedy.

[johnnyshaka]

[DaddyTorgo]

Not to be a dick, but really? People are that crazy over a $4 baseball that they lose track of their surroundings and do something that might increase their chance of injury by even a fraction of a percent??

Why??? I don't get it.

But then again I'm very risk-averse. Moreso than usual.

[johnnyshaka]

Seat belts will be standard in stadiums across the world in 10 years...mark my words.

[PilotMan]

Players will no longer be able to interact with fans during the game and ushers will sit in the first row and make sure nobody gets out of their seat unless they are going to take a whiz.

[RedKingGold]

Admittedly litigious mind here, but that railing seems very, very low and screams for someone to simply lose their balance like that.

[Ryan S]

Originally Posted by RedKingGold

Admittedly litigious mind here, but that railing seems very, very low and screams for someone to simply lose their balance like that.

The railings are fine as long as someone does not lean well over them. I doubt it is possible to create railings high enough to stop people doing stupid things, and if you can build them high enough, fans won't be able to see much of the field.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Ryan S

The railings are fine as long as someone does not lean well over them. I doubt it is possible to create railings high enough to stop people doing stupid things, and if you can build them high enough, fans won't be able to see much of the field.

I've always felt railings should be just above waist level for the average person. Those railings seem fairly short to me.

[Ksyrup]

One of my greatest fears in life is dying doing something ordinary/trivial or momentarily stupid.

[rowech]

Can't imagine the son and what it will be like for him and can't imagine Hamilton's feelings toward it. Always thinking if he had just put a little more on it.

[Swaggs]

Really sad.

Apparently, the guy was talking on the stretcher and trying to make sure that his son didn't get left/lost at the game.

[Autumn]

That's horrible. Calling the "how often do you think about death" thread.

[SteveMax58]

Wow...how terrible for this guy's son.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by rowech

Can't imagine the son and what it will be like for him and can't imagine Hamilton's feelings toward it. Always thinking if he had just put a little more on it.

This. And the poor bullpen guy (coach? player?) was most likely the first guy there. I just feel for them as well. It wasn't Hamilton's fault, but you know anyone would feel partial responsible after that. Sad.

[spleen1015]

very sad

[A-Husker-4-Life]

Extremely sad, I feel for the son. This was a horrible accident. RIP

[GrantDawg]

Oh, man. The guy was a firefighter, too. My dad was a firefighter, and they all have a soft place in my heart as real heroes. Heartbreaking.

[GrantDawg]

Good Lord! I also didn't know Hamilton is a recovering crack addict. Could this story get more tragic?

[Ksyrup]

I take it you don't follow baseball?

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Good Lord! I also didn't know Hamilton is a recovering crack addict. Could this story get more tragic?

He played for the Reds?

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Good Lord! I also didn't know Hamilton is a recovering crack addict. Could this story get more tragic?

Did you not watch the playoffs last year? That was practically all they could talk about whenever Hamilton came to bat in the ALCS/World Series.

[Ksyrup]

Forget that - the HR derby from a few years ago when he went nuts was when the story went from baseball to sports to Good Morning America.

[MizzouRah]

Very sad..

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Did you not watch the playoffs last year? That was practically all they could talk about whenever Hamilton came to bat in the ALCS/World Series.

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I take it you don't follow baseball?

I follow a team, not the league as a whole. I am keeping up more this year than I probably have in over 12 years, and still not even close to what I did 20 years ago. The 1994 strike nearly did me in, then the steroids era really killed my interest.

And as for the playoffs last year, I watched some of the games in the background with the sound off. So, no. I really didn't know that.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

He played for the Reds?

With the first pick in the FOFC Posts Draft, I pick...........

[Ksyrup]

As if it could get any worse...

The mother of the man who died after falling over an outfield railing at a Texas Rangers game says he had gone to the ballpark with his 6-year-old son in hopes of catching a ball.

Suzann Stone told The Associated Press on Friday that Shannon Stone and young Cooper Stone had even stopped on the way to Arlington, Texas, on Thursday to buy the boy a new glove.

Reigning AL MVP Josh Hamilton, Cooper's favorite player, grabbed a foul ball that ricocheted into left field and tossed it into the stands.

Shannon Stone caught the ball but tumbled over the railing and plunged 20 feet onto concrete. The 39-year-old firefighter from Brownwood died at a hospital Thursday night.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

With the first pick in the FOFC Posts Draft, I pick...........

That's like taking Kwame Brown #1 overall

[MrBug708]

It's sad that lawyers will likely get involved, it's almost like there can't ever been an accident, there has to be a reason for it

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

It's sad that lawyers will likely get involved, it's almost like there can't ever been an accident, there has to be a reason for it

The one issue I could see here is the tight space between the railing and the scoreboard (?). Seems weird to have that narrow opening with lots of stuff for someone to bang off when they fall, especially when putting a small cover / roof over that opening wouldn't have been that hard. The question is, if he falls farther off to the side without that scoreboard in his way, does he manage to flip over to land feet first?

Otherwise I will agree that the railing seems low along there, but not sure that's enough for a lawsuit. If it's higher, folks will just stand ON it to try and catch one.