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ratbastid · 04-25-2008, 07:14 PM

As far as I can remember, I've never seen anyone die.

Last year, there was this:
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This was actually the second and more violent confrontation of the night. The opposing team's first baseman had been hit by a wild pitch the night before, breaking his eye socket. When they hit our first baseman the first time, a lot of chest puffing and shouting happened. When they hit him the second time.... this happened.

I was in the line at one of the concession stands when it broke out, but I happened to be looking back down on the field just AFTER the batter got beaned and just BEFORE the benches cleared. It took several minutes to get the field quieted down. At the end of it, both the visiting teams' offending pitchers had been ejected, and the umpire had caught a fist across the jaw and was calling the game. It took them 45 minutes and a phone call to the league commissioner to get play restarted. It was important for the franchise because that night broke a league record for cumulative season attendance, and if the game was called, it wouldn't have counted. They ended up with cops on the field, and players coming up from the locker rooms to go to bat.

04-25-2008, 07:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	As far as I can remember, I've never seen anyone die. Last year, there was this: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ikxkd4_mGDc&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ikxkd4_mGDc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> This was actually the second and more violent confrontation of the night. The opposing team's first baseman had been hit by a wild pitch the night before, breaking his eye socket. When they hit our first baseman the first time, a lot of chest puffing and shouting happened. When they hit him the second time.... this happened. I was in the line at one of the concession stands when it broke out, but I happened to be looking back down on the field just AFTER the batter got beaned and just BEFORE the benches cleared. It took several minutes to get the field quieted down. At the end of it, both the visiting teams' offending pitchers had been ejected, and the umpire had caught a fist across the jaw and was calling the game. It took them 45 minutes and a phone call to the league commissioner to get play restarted. It was important for the franchise because that night broke a league record for cumulative season attendance, and if the game was called, it wouldn't have counted. They ended up with cops on the field, and players coming up from the locker rooms to go to bat.