During my time watching Major League Baseball, I have seen delays based on weather/stadium malfunctions/and even a couple random stupid acts portrayed by fans.
However, this is no laughing matter, during tonight's Texas Rangers/Cleveland Indians affair in Texas, Nelson Cruz of the Rangers hit a foul ball into the second deck of the stadium and sent a fan who tried to catch it tumbling into the lower level.
We get more from Fort-Worth Star Telegram:
A fan reaching out from the upper deck for a foul ball at Rangers Ballpark fell to the section below and was injured in the fifth inning of the Texas Rangers-Cleveland Indians game tonight.In the below video, we have the incident as it happens and the reactions from umpires/fans/coaches/and other players. To note, the below video does not show the fan actually falling, just the reactions to it.
The game was delayed for a little more than 15 minutes as emergency crews attended to the fallen spectator.
A witness said the fan was just below the club level, leaned back to catch the carom, went over the railing, tried to catch himself on the lower suite level and flipped backward onto the seats about 30 feet below.
Fox Sports Southwest, which was broadcasting the game, reported that the fan had been taken to John Peter Smith Hospital. Fox Sports said four other fans were injured and were being treated at the stadium.
UPDATE: Here is a better quality video with both telecasts from Fox Sports Southwest and SportsTime Ohio.
UPDATE Part 2: Here are some more videos of the incident including the ESPN SportsCenter, ESPN Baseball Tonight, WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, and different broadcast calls of the event from the Rangers/Indians TV and radio broadcast teams:
