A man died from injuries sustained when he fell approximately 20 feet from section 5 in the left field lower reserved seats to the area behind the out-of-town scoreboard at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas on Thursday night. The fan was identified as Shannon Stone, a 39-year-old firefighter from Brownwood, Texas, according to The Associated Press.
"When they had him on a stretcher and they were carrying him out, he was saying stuff like 'Please check on my son, he's left up there by himself.'" Athletics reliever Brad Ziegler said. "The people that carried him out reassured him that, 'We'll get your son, we'll make sure he's OK.' We just kind of assumed that he's talking, he's conscious, he'll be OK. To find out he's not is just ... tough."
The Rangers were aware of the incident, but did not know the extent of the man's injuries. It was only after the game that Hamilton and his teammates found out that the man had passed away. Ryan spoke to the players and the rest of the team in a postgame meeting in the clubhouse.
Friday, July 08, 2011
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Baseball, however cool it might be is dangerous for both players and fans. What about catchers who, before the advent of head and face protection, risked being hit by the batter's back swing. Or pitchers being hit by the ball, or batters being hit by a crap pitch at over 1000mph. Or what about the fans who've been hit by a ball, maybe not paying attention as the hit ball is headed toward them. In this case, a man, and most sadly, a father, in his normal "fan" behavior, lost his life doing what most baseball fans really come to the games for in the first place, having the chance to catch a baseball hit by a professional baseball player. A pretty sad day for spectator sports alltogether.
Where are the graphic images?
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