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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: G_Thang on July 08, 2011, 05:50:39 AM
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It's not worth it. It's the same game you played as a kid. Did you jump off a building to catch the ball? So, why go after a ball from some guy making millions who can give a fuck if you are in the stands? keep the sports thing in prospective. it's a game, these guys aren't idols, they are the same kids you played with on the block.
A fan died Thursday when he fell from the left field stands during the Texas Rangers' game against the Oakland A's. The Rangers announced the death, which resulted when the man tried to catch a ball tossed into the stands.
The accident occurred one year and one day after another fan was seriously injured after he fell from the second deck at Rangers Ballpark, The Dallas Morning News noted.
Thursday's victim was not immediately identified.
Rangers president Nolan Ryan confirmed the death with the following statement:
"We are deeply saddened to learn that the man who fell has passed away as a result of this tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."
According to the Morning News and other reports, the accident occurred in the second inning. With the A's at bat, Conor Jackson hit a foul ball that went into left field. Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton retrieved the ball and tossed it toward the stands.
As the fan reached for it, reports said, he lost his balance and fell head-first about 20 feet to an area behind the out-of-town scoreboard onto the concrete below. A's players were seen motioning for help and medical personnel arrived.
The man landed out of sight from the field, as there is a wide gap between the wall and front row of seats.
The man was taken from the field on a stretcher.
According to multiple report, the Rangers said the fan was taken to a Fort Worth hospital after receiving medical attention from the ballpark staff.
http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2011-07-07/fan-dies-in-fall-from-stands-at-texas-rangers-game?ncid=webmail2 (http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2011-07-07/fan-dies-in-fall-from-stands-at-texas-rangers-game?ncid=webmail2)
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It's not worth it. It's the same game you played as a kid. Did you jump off a building to catch the ball? So, why go after a ball from some guy making millions who can give a fuck if you are in the stands?
To give his Kid the best present ever? His daddy catched a ball for him at a game. I assume in america since baseball is so big that would be a pretty big deal for a little fella
...well now, he died though.
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Sad story. Father going all out to get his son a baseball from the game.
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To give his Kid the best present ever? His daddy catched a ball for him at a game. I assume in america since baseball is so big that would be a pretty big deal for a little fella
...well now, he died though
kids forget that in 24 hrs once they go out and play with their friends. some guy electrocuted himself on a powerline after the broncos won the superbowl. you're killing yourself over millionaires who don't give a fuck.
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kids forget that in 24 hrs once they go out and play with their friends. some guy electrocuted himself on a powerline after the broncos won the superbowl. you're killing yourself over millionaires who don't give a fuck.
I doubt it. Especially since the kid could have watched his dad catch the ball on the replay etc. Woulf probably have been great
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Most importantly, did he catch the ball, or drop it?
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The fact that he fell off-camera = FAIL.
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Ironic that a man trying to hit a homerun caused another's deathfall.
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Ironice that a man trying to hit a homerun caused a another's deathfall.
Not really....the outfielder retrieved a foul ball and tossed it up into the stands.
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Fuck, you're boring. Haven"t you got an Ice machine to attend to?
0-2 this morning, huh?
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that's fucking sad.
I mean it would have been funny if he only would have broke a leg or two but now thaT's not funny
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Unfortunately for this Texas Rangers Fan, those 108 stitches he gave his LIFE Up for trying to catch the ball won't stitch him back to life again
Was it Wroth the RISK ??? MLB Baseball sells for $12.99 at the ballpark gift shop
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" Josh Hamilton tosses a foul ball to a fan who leans over to catch it, but then the fan falls over the rail 20 feet to his death"
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Thats how fucked up life is right there. A father takes his family to a game, and falls to his death while trying to get a ball for his kid. :'( Makes you wonder about what that guy is doing upstairs.
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I bet they feel like shit for laughing now :-\
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if he let the old man that was about to catch the ball catch it, and didnt try to pull a fast one he would be alive ???
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i've never seen the point of those ridiculously massive gloves. take the glove away and you'll get a much more exciting game
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if he let the old man that was about to catch the ball catch it, and didnt try to pull a fast one he would be alive ???
Yup totally over reaching...
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Sad story. Sad his kid will have that etched in his mind for life. At 6 to 7 years old, the kid will have some recoil of the event. If it happened a year or two earlier, the kid never would have remembered it.
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At this time there were probably 100 million people doing something 100x's more dangerous then attending a ball game and survived.
When your times up, its up.
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"I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us."
- Annie Savoy
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He would've caught it if he oiled up the mit the night before, put in a baseball and then tied a rubber band around it. Total rookie mistake
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Was he drunk?
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Was he drunk?
Sadly, he was just born an idiot. :-\
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"A good friend of mine used to say, 'This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.' Think about that for a while."
- Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh
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Sadly, he was just born an idiot. :-\
He didn't even try to catch himself.
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"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."
- Crash Davis
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My dogs have more sense than to chase a ball over a railing.
lolz...
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Hamilton must feel like shit
didnt a fan fall there last year also?
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Very sad story. His last act was to greedily reach his way in front of the other guy who was in the path of the ball. By the way he was acting, you'd think he was a broken man trying to catch a record setting ball worth six figures so he could feed his children.
Next time you find yourself getting caught up in a snap decision, you should think about this story.
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potential darwin award of the year recipient?