Fan dies from fall at Rangers game (Warning: Video link)

Another Kansas City alum does well. GREAT piece, Jeff.

 

Moral of the story: Don't lean over railings. They are there to protect you. Respect them. If someone leans over a railing and falls, I suspect they would fall if there was a net there or not.

 

That was outstanding.

 

Jones contemplates the infinitesimal amount of What Ifs that led up to that moment. Heartbreaking.

http://tinyurl.com/3ggzaf3

 

This guy dying trying for the ball : men :: Caylee Anthony acquittal : women

 

The man's mother said that he told her before the game that they were going to try for a ball, and had stopped to buy the little boy a glove beforehand:

http://m.nypost.com/;s=nCAfQq0xoOx2tUgh7mBb321/p/news/national/baseball_fan_dies_after_falling_tBxB3Mtt970HuMkLKvVPlI

 

I was just going to post that I don't the level of outrage over the Casey Anthony verdict but this story makes me sick to my stomach with a layer of dread.

 

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It appears the A's broadcast crew (Glenn Kuiper and Ray Fosse) are taking a beating over their description of the incident on Comcast Sports Net Calif. According to a tweet at sfgate.com/sports, they won't be making a response. I don't watch that many A's games but know they like like to keep it light ... and how the hell would they know at the time it would turn so tragic?

 

Yeah, as tasteless as the call seems at the moment, they're not psychic and likely didn't realize quite how far that fall was at the time. I can't fault them for giggling a little bit about it on air at the end because hell, I usually do when someone falls over the first-base railing to go after a foul ball.

 

I have a feeling there's going to be a lawsuit over this and MLB will be forced into rule changes. The Rangers will have to close the gap and Selig will have to institute some rule about throwing a ball in the stands. It won't be an over reaction

 

Reminds me of the recent Thomas Lake SI piece on Darrent Williams' murder, theme-wise. Wonder if Jones read it. I think Lake has gone to that well at other times, too. (Hope "well" doesn't sound perjorative. I like it as a narrative technique.)