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Man dies at ball game trying to catch the ball

Ron_Tomkins said:
See, this should be the part where it becomes painfully obvious that I don't attend ball games, therefore I wasn't aware of that :D
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You really ought to go to a few. It's a great game if you don't need people scoring every minute and you appreciate strategy and stats.


I continue to feel awful for this fellow.

And you guys gotta give up mentioning the Darwin awards here; the man reproduced and his son watched him fall to his death for the sake of this joke. It's my understanding that someone who's already contributed to the gene pool doesn't qualify.
 
TheNooch said:
Jekyll's Guest said:
Surely all they needed was a net hanging under the railing and he'd still be alive?
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When the parachuter died after both chutes failed, someone said, "All he needed was a third chute and he'd still be alive". Yet they still only use two. ;)

Jekyll's Guest said:
Anyone saying the guy deserves a Darwin Award...well i don't even know what to say to you. He leans out a bit for a ball, loses his center of gravity, then falls head first because of the design of the stadium psychics and gravity.
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Look, I have no love for psychics, but blaming them for this guy's death is over the top.
 
Monketey Ghost said:
And you guys gotta give up mentioning the Darwin awards here; the man reproduced and his son watched him fall to his death for the sake of this joke. It's my understanding that someone who's already contributed to the gene pool doesn't qualify.
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I'm about to put some more "E" into the JREF;

DarwinAwards.com said:
The existence of offspring, though potentially deleterious to the gene pool, does not disqualify a nominee. Children inherit only half of each parent's genetic material and thus have their own chance to survive or snuff themselves. If, for instance, the offspring has inherited the "Play With Combustibles" gene, but also has inherited the "Use Caution When..." gene, then she is a potential innovator and asset to the human race. Therefore, each nominee is judged based on whether or not she has removed her own genes, without consideration to the number of offspring or, in the case of an elderly winner, the likelihood of producing more offspring.
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I'm pretty sure what they are saying here is this kid, the one that watched his father test the properties of physics and gravity, is more likely to become a physicist, than fall to his death at a ball game, but only if he possesses more of the "Use Caution When" (UCW) gene, than the deadly "Hold My Beer" (HMB) gene.
 
Alt+F4 said:
Even without a legal liability the team will probably make a settlement with the man's family, as a public relations move. About ten years ago a girl died after a puck hit her in the head at an NHL game. A freak accident at a sporting event where people are advised to watch for flying pucks and the team (Columbus Blue Jackets?) and other parties paid the family more than a million dollars.
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Yes, this is also the reason that there is now netting at each end of NHL arenas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brittanie_Cecil
 
Checkmite said:
The ball wasn't tossed to him; looks to me like it was tossed toward someone else and he attempted to intercept it
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This bears repeating. Again and again.

The problem is not that he tried to catch a ball, it is that he tried to get a ball that he couldn't reach safely.

I've been to lots of ballgames in my life, and have never caught a ball - despite having a couple thrown in my direction (kids are good for having that). However, I didn't get those balls because I didn't fall over others over to get to them. Oh sure, I reached out, but couldn't reach them and someone else got them instead.

Everyone is saying, "oh, he just wanted to get the ball for his son. What father wouldn't want that?" I look at it from the perspective of the guy who had the ball taken from him and his son by the guy who dives over the railing, getting killed in the process. What guy doesn't hate the a-hole who knocks people over to try to get the ball that they would easily catch? Don't wish death on them, but they aren't my favorite fans at the ballpark.
 
BTW, at all the games I've been to in the last how many years, there IS an announcement warning fans to be wary of objects entering the stands. No, they don't remind people that going after them can also be dangerous, but that verbal announcement about objects in the stands is standard.
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
How sad.
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This makes it kind of sadderer.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) _ Go to the ballpark and catch a foul ball: It's what every fan wants to do.

And so it was for 6-year-old Cooper Stone.

He and his dad even stopped to buy a new glove on the way to the Texas Rangers' game Thursday night. Even better, their seats were in the left-field stands, shouting distance from Cooper's favorite player, reigning AL MVP Josh Hamilton.

Maybe, just maybe, he would throw one their way. In the second inning, he did.

~snip~

"That's what they were there for, was to catch a ball," Shannon Stone's mother, Suzann, said. "Cooper loves baseball and he's a big Josh Hamilton fan. Had his jersey."
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My dad used to take me to Dodgers games back in the 70's, and we brought our glove's, but he was usually too drunk to ever try and catch a ball. I never caught one either.

http://www.newser.com/article/d9oc9...l-fall-reaching-for-ball-at-rangers-game.html
 
My dad and I did the classic "dad takes his son to the backyard to play catch the ball" when I was about 5 years old. He tossed the baseball. I caught it a couple times with the glove. We did this a few times back and forth. Then at one point he tossed it and I failed to catch it, it when right past my glove and it hit me straight in the face.

That was the end of my interest in baseball or any other sport whatsoever.
 
Ron_Tomkins said:
My dad and I did the classic "dad takes his son to the backyard to play catch the ball" when I was about 5 years old. He tossed the baseball. I caught it a couple times with the glove. We did this a few times back and forth. Then at one point he tossed it and I failed to catch it, it when right past my glove and it hit me straight in the face.

That was the end of my interest in baseball or any other sport whatsoever.
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You do realize every boy or girl learning to catch a ball experiences this at least once, if not a few times for the slower learners? It's what make one want to learn to NEVER allow that to happen again. Do you quit most things so easily, or was your dad LOLing too much and made you hate baseball?
 
TheNooch said:
You do realize every boy or girl learning to catch a ball experiences this at least once, if not a few times for the slower learners? It's what make one want to learn to NEVER allow that to happen again. Do you quit most things so easily, or was your dad LOLing too much and made you hate baseball?
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"YOU MADE ME PLAY SECOND BASE!!!" *automatic weapons fire*
 
pgwenthold said:
This bears repeating. Again and again.

The problem is not that he tried to catch a ball, it is that he tried to get a ball that he couldn't reach safely.

I've been to lots of ballgames in my life, and have never caught a ball - despite having a couple thrown in my direction (kids are good for having that). However, I didn't get those balls because I didn't fall over others over to get to them. Oh sure, I reached out, but couldn't reach them and someone else got them instead.

Everyone is saying, "oh, he just wanted to get the ball for his son. What father wouldn't want that?" I look at it from the perspective of the guy who had the ball taken from him and his son by the guy who dives over the railing, getting killed in the process. What guy doesn't hate the a-hole who knocks people over to try to get the ball that they would easily catch? Don't wish death on them, but they aren't my favorite fans at the ballpark.
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If only he had drawn out a table listing all the pro's and cons regarding the risk of stretching to catch that ball.

I suppose that goes for a lot of things that accidentally kill people.
 
TheNooch said:
You do realize every boy or girl learning to catch a ball experiences this at least once, if not a few times for the slower learners? It's what make one want to learn to NEVER allow that to happen again. Do you quit most things so easily, or was your dad LOLing too much and made you hate baseball?
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Yes I do realize everyone must have experienced that a few times. No, I don't quit most things the moment I make one little screw up but thanks for asking.
 
Stacko said:
There was almost another incident at the Home Run Derby last night.
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This guy probably deserved to die. I can't believe they allowed him to stand up here, if even for a moment. (say goodbye to that nice table)

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The lucky catch.

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Notice the photographer in pic #2, taking this next shot.

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They relived the moment with a few of the fans around them, then again as they looked at photos taken by an Arizona Republic photographer, who had shots from behind of Carmickle standing on the table, then falling.
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How lucky to have a professional photographer on hand to document your "fall".

There is some video at the link, but for some reason I can't find the full video.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...orts/Baseball)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
 
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