Fan falls from 2nd deck at Rangers game

He's stable and responsive, moving his extremities. He fell over the railing trying to catch a fly ball. Pretty scary.

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Here's the YouTube video of them carting him away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3F_0sXe5CM

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by kansasjhawk044 on Jul 7, 2010 1:06 AM EDT reply actions

They showed a reaction of the umpire watching the guy fall

The ump looked pretty horrified.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 7, 2010 9:24 AM EDT reply actions

Honestly, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often

Particularly at football games when fans are much drunker. I know it happened at Arrowhead not that long ago.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 7, 2010 9:25 AM EDT reply actions

This does happen somewhat often

This video just has reaction shots from fans and the umpire, which is pretty unusual. I’d say it happens once a year, usually at football games. I thought I remember it happening at a Chiefs game about 5-10 years ago.

by Boots 58 on Jul 7, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Morbid curiousity

I really want to watch the video of the fall..

by Yamfun Cheng Kamfun on Jul 7, 2010 9:43 AM EDT reply actions

No video of the actual fall yet

Here are the reaction shots:

http://deadspin.com/5580977/fan-falls-from-stands-at-rangers-game

by Boots 58 on Jul 7, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions

I remeber the first couple of times I went to Royals games as a kid

Being a bit scared that I would fall down the stairs and go over the railing somehow.

I was also afraid of falling off the upper level of malls. Does that ever happen?

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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 7, 2010 11:04 AM EDT reply actions

Look Out For

The T-Shirt gun.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 7, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Going for a ball in Texas is apparently

some serious, dangerous business. Another incident from the same game:

http://www.bustedcoverage.com/?p=30759

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by Sweep_the_Leg on Jul 7, 2010 11:27 AM EDT reply actions

Honestly

Any adult fan that goes after a foul ball with a kid within ten feet should be banned from all stadiums.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 7, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I disagree...

…you should catch the ball and give it to the kid.

I was sitting behind the home dugout one day when Sweeney fouled a liner right to me. As the ball left the bat, I sensed a kid to my left (eight or nine years old, as it turned out, wearing a glove, and clearly waiting for that foul ball), so I leaned out of the way to let the kid have it. He took it right off the bridge of his nose, which proptly turned into a gusher, dousing me in blood, and was carried out of the stadium. The ball went a good fifteen to twenty feet straight up off the kid’s face, and landed in the lap of someone one or two rows back. That guy put the ball in the kid’s lap as they carried him away.

by kcemigre on Jul 7, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Totally agree with you.

Though a line drive is a different situation. I feel like a dork taking a glove, so I don’t do it, but honestly, if you sit close enough in the lower level, you should have one for protection. It’s kind of like the women with the pepper spray in their purse. They’ll probably never use it, but just in case…

by AxDxMx on Jul 7, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions