An hour after a fan narrowly escaped death by plummeting 30 feet out of the second deck of the Ballpark at Arlington while chasing a foul ball, an adult fan was seen at the same game pushing a young boy through a wire fence while pursuing a home run ball.
In a weird coincidence, that home run was struck by Nelson Cruz.
It was Cruz’s foul ball that also led to the unidentified male earlier tumbling out of the upper deck. (More on his condition here.)
/dumbass
UPDATE: ESPNDallas.com’s Tim McMahon Tweets to SbB: “That guy made nice by giving the kid the ball. The sideline reporter (or whatever it’s called in baseball) had them on later.“
10:38 pm on July 6th, 2010
I’m gonna stick up for the guy. That’s a pretty steep hill in Arlington and is very slippery (watch everyone fall). It is hard to avoid shoving in to someone else and it certainly wasn’t done on purpose. Now if your argument is that anyone over 20 shouldn’t be chasing after HR balls…. ok that’s a different story.
10:46 pm on July 6th, 2010
I wittnessed the fall. It was terrible. It seemed to last forever
11:05 pm on July 6th, 2010
This guys is a fucking loser. How old is he? Trampling a kid for a Nelson Cruz HR Ball ? A man his age should be in the outfield bar chasing snatch not HR balls.
11:33 pm on July 6th, 2010
I was watching the game on TV. On top of being way too old to be that desperate to get a HR ball, this jerk in the yellow shirt elbowed this little boy out of the way hard and knew it was a little kid before doing it. And it looks like he may have hurt the kid. Steep hill or not, what he did to that little kid was chicken-s**t.
And I bet there is tape out there of that fan falling. Not sure I want to see it.
1:16 am on July 7th, 2010
The kid had to find out how the real world works sooner or later. Welcome to life, son.
7:41 am on July 7th, 2010
If you’re over 13 and running for home runs, you are a dick.
8:26 am on July 7th, 2010
“How’d that fence taste, kid”!!!
That’s what i heard he asked the kid…..
8:34 am on July 7th, 2010
Agreed with Splint. The guy running after the home run is a dick.
9:00 am on July 7th, 2010
The people who are actually taking the side of the adult fan in this are clueless,would they feel the same way about it if it was their kid or a relative or someone else they knew?
9:33 am on July 7th, 2010
Then again, maybe the guy in the yellow shirt is a ruhTARD. Ever think of that? I mean look at his haircut.
10:20 am on July 7th, 2010
Texas.
11:37 am on July 7th, 2010
Love the kid in the red hat who comes into the frame way late … seemingly just for the fun of sliding into the pile.
12:24 pm on July 7th, 2010
gone to and watched Ranger games for years, what an embarassment
12:54 pm on July 7th, 2010
thats my brother that got smashed into the fence!
2:48 pm on July 7th, 2010
Yes I would feel the same way if it was my kid. Anyone who has been to the ballpark there in Arlington knows that it is a scrum in center field for HR balls just about every time. If you choose to jump in that… then tough crap. And where do you people see his elbow go flying. Doesn’t happen. He falls over toward the ball.
Is he too old to be out there.. probably.
4:17 pm on July 7th, 2010
he didn’t tramble the kid. the kid slipped. very easy to see. way to make something out of nothing.
4:57 pm on July 7th, 2010
He pushed the little kid in the back with his left arm pinning the lilltle guy against the fence. What are you two jerks watching. You last two commenters are either blind or you are that guy. All d@#ches.
5:18 pm on July 7th, 2010
that was my cousin that got slamed in the fence
5:27 pm on July 7th, 2010
I am brody the one who got slamed in the fence if that guy in the yellow shirt was not there i would have the ball my face is black and blue because of that loser.this morning my eye was completeley shut and i could not see.and i am 8 that guy was like 40.
8:47 pm on July 7th, 2010
yeah brody good job getting the homerun. congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:11 pm on July 7th, 2010
Meanwhile the kid that raked out the eyes of the guy in the Texas shirt gets off scot-free.
11:40 pm on July 7th, 2010
To Meat- I sure hope you do not have kids or have anything to do with kids!! This kid is only 8 NOT 18!!
To Brody- I hope your face gets better! And know that not all people act like this is the real world!!
3:34 pm on July 13th, 2010
Brooks is an idiot and the rest of you took the bait he gave you. The kid wasn’t “bullied”. The man slipped on a steep grassy hill. Go figure morons. OMG WHAT A BULLY!
Brody-welcome to life, you don’t always win. Even if it is a 40 year old loser that beats you…………….
9:11 pm on July 8th, 2011
Scott get a life