Someone else may have answered this but my two cents:
I've been to somewhere in the range of seventy MLB games. I've never caught a foul.
The reason they're special is the way they're treated with Mississippi Mud by the Ump before the game, and the Official Game Ball logo on them, which I've only examined because others had them... like the seven year old kid I met last year whose dad caught it for him at his first game...
Lots. However, in this case, he tossed the guy the ball. It wasn't "struck" to the fan. It was tossed. By Josh Hamilton.
ETA - to Monketey Ghost - yes, catching a ball is super cool. I once made the non-highlights by being struck in the family jewels by a foul that ricocheted under the seat in front of me. Ouch.
If you notice in the video, the only guy that fell over the rail and died, wasn't wearing a glove. His kid had a glove, the dude he stole the catch from also had his glove. It could be said, that a ball glove might have been just enough to tilt the laws of psychics back on his side. Especially if it had been a nice 1st baseman's glove, one designed to have that extra inch or two of cowhide that almost catches the ball itself.
ETA - to Monketey Ghost - yes, catching a ball is super cool. I once made the non-highlights by being struck in the family jewels by a foul that ricocheted under the seat in front of me. Ouch.
Basic safety needs to be considered in the construction of any public structure, but isn't it just a bit much to try to eliminate all possibility of injury?
In fact it's impossible. But nobody is suggesting that. How about a few simple things like making the railings higher, putting some netting below them, etc? Easy and cheap to do.
Now you want to put, what, 60", 72" railings with wire to keep everyone in the box? You'd think we were raising eggs, not people.
I find it interesting in the video that they raise the railing, like 6", where the stairs meet the railing. Has anyone ever tumbled down the stairs and fell over the rail? I mean, with no ball catching involved.
Notice there are no seats at the stairs. If you raise the rail at the seats the rail will be at eye level of people sitting and block the view of the field.
Call me skeptical, but something doesn't seem right.
#1-This would violate patient confidentiality laws
#2-I'm no doctor, but how could a fall like this cause a man to go into C.A? Unless he had some undiagnosed underlying medical condition, this seems unlikely.
But, I could be completly wrong.
No matter how he died, it's tragic.
ETA: I just spoke with a friend of mine, and he explained 15 different ways a person can do into C.A. just from a head injury, so I will withdrawl that part.
#2-I'm no doctor, but how could a fall like this cause a man to go into C.A? Unless he had some undiagnosed underlying medical condition, this seems unlikely.
That's why I propose showing this video, perhaps only a 10 second clip at the beginning of every ball game. Just to remind folks how dangerous catching a baseball can be. Leave it to the professionals people, that's why you paid $50 to watch some strangers throw, hit, and CATCH a ball. Ever notice any professional ball players dying from falling over a railing while catching a ball? No? I didn't think so, that's why they get paid the big money, they're professionals.
I disagree. I watched it live, and I don't think that anyone should have to watch it that doesn't want to. Especially knowing what I know now.
Also, te professionals aren't getting hurt from falling out of the stands, because they're not in the stands. They're on the field. Hence, why they're the professionals.
Now that makes sense. Hockey pucks are black, and travel at speeds approaching that of light. Any person in the audience could take one in the face at any moment, you don't even have to lean over a rail., and you will never know what hit ya. BAM!
Baseballs on the other hand are white, and you never really lose sight of it unless the sun gets in your eyes (that's why the pro's wear baseball hats). They have a net that protects the most dangerous seats behind home plate, like hockey.
Now, let's talk about golf. A tiny little white ball that goes so fast there is NO WAY POSSIBLE to keep your eye on it as it leaves the club head. And yet they allow people to drink beer, and stand right along the side of the fairway, without helmets.
In this video you will see, and probably laugh out loud, a lady get hit in the face with a driven golf ball. I wonder if the ball doesn't have a tracking device in it for the camera man. I mean, off the tee, the camera never loses sight of the ball, and after it hits the lady in the face, the camera still follows the ball. I've never been to a professional golf game, but why don't the other watchers say something like, "heads up".
This is why God invented the wide screen plasma HDTV, to keep the masses safe while watching other people exercise.
Here's another golf video. I find it interesting that the announcer (this one is in australian for extra laughs) is shocked that a man gets knocked out. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more.
Yes, you will find no shortage of golf ball comedy on the youtubes. It amazes me that no one seems to get killed from the invisible ball. It just falls out of the sky and Blam! hits people in the head, and then the announcers act surprised. I would LOL if I were the announcer. There would be no way to have a galley (if that's what they call the really lazy people with no clubs) and keep it safe.
Just like baseball, golf, hockey, darts, shooting, etc... Watching people do sports is dangerous, stay home and stay safe.
Someone else may have answered this but my two cents:
I've been to somewhere in the range of seventy MLB games. I've never caught a foul.
The reason they're special is the way they're treated with Mississippi Mud by the Ump before the game, and the Official Game Ball logo on them, which I've only examined because others had them... like the seven year old kid I met last year whose dad caught it for him at his first game...
Had season tickets for 3 seasons as well as all the other games I went to, before and since. Never caught a foul and never came close to catching one.
The closest I ever got was in the mid-90s and coomer lined one over the visitor bench and nailed some lady in the head about three rows in front of me and a section over. She was taken to first aid and her boyfriend/husband followed behind, holding the ball. He returned to his seat about five-minutes later and showed everyone around him the ball. I turned to my friend and said "someone's going to be sleeping on the couch." The Woman returned an inning later with a bandage around her head and had to insist they leave.
I was at a Rangers game a few years back where a hugely obese man literally crushed 3 people diving for a ball. Luckily no serious injuries, but one woman was nursing her knee as the oblivious maroon held up his toy with reverence.
Ever seen a 300lb man leap sideways across a row of seats? I mean apart from Arnie dodging bullets.
Call me skeptical, but something doesn't seem right.
#1-This would violate patient confidentiality laws
#2-I'm no doctor, but how could a fall like this cause a man to go into C.A? Unless he had some undiagnosed underlying medical condition, this seems unlikely.
But, I could be completly wrong.
No matter how he died, it's tragic.
ETA: I just spoke with a friend of mine, and he explained 15 different ways a person can do into C.A. just from a head injury, so I will withdrawl that part.
Also all CA means is that his heart stopped beating, that is it. Heart Attack is not a medical term and has no definitive medical meaning, so as everyone who dies has their heart stop beating that all that means is he died in the ambulance, but as EMT's and Medics can not generally declare people dead it waited for the hospital for him to officially die.
That's scary. You can actually see the ball hovering, circling in the air, looking for the lady to hit. She must have done something to make it very very angry.
If someone needs to unwind so far that they no longer understand that falling onto concrete from twenty feet up is a bad idea then they need to find different ways to relax.
And since you bring it up, I was an usher in a movie theater back in the old days, when they still had balconies. People managed to fall from those, too.
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