Fan nearly falls trying to catch ball - picture

[Liberal_in_LA]

Fan nearly falls from stands during homer derby

Trying to snare a towering shot by Fielder, Carmickle stepped up onto a metal table about 18 inches wide and reached down to catch the ball. It hit a wall several feet below Carmickle. His momentum carried him forward, headfirst over a short railing at the back of the table.

Carmickle was headed for a hard landing when his friend, Aaron Nelson, grabbed his legs and his brother, Kraig, grabbed him around the arms. Carmickle dangled briefly over a deck where a couple of cameras were positioned behind Chase Field's pool before being pulled back up to his seat as the crowd above and below gasped.

"He tried to catch it, I grabbed his legs and his brother grabbed his arms," said Nelson, who, along with Kraig Carmickle, is from Chandler. "So when he went over the ledge, we pulled him back. He wasn't going down, I was holding on."

The Carmickles and Nelson gathered themselves after the near fall and let out a few shouts before breaking into high-fives. They relived the moment with a few of the fans around them, then again as they looked at photos taken by an Arizona Republic photographer, who had shots from behind of Carmickle on the table, then falling.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/07/11/sports/s202943D66.DTL#ixzz1RuLJk6fU

[Tesha]

1. He then went on to say "'cause Brawndo's got 'lectrolytes, that's why!" (NT)

[arcane1]

2. Haha!!

These idiots are even more idiotic when you consider that another fool fell to his freakin' death a week ago for doing the same thing!! :crazy:

[RamboLiberal]

12. I don't call last week a fool - just a tragic accident

LAst night a Darwin candidate

[frylock]

14. no, the guy who died last week was a fucking fool as well..

watch the video. the "tragedy" could have been easily averted.

[RamboLiberal]

17. I disagree - shit happens - easy to lose balance

Like none of us have ever fallen. Cynical. The guy was a freakin' fireman - think of the chances he took on ladders & roofs.

[frylock]

28. did you watch the video?

he tried to steal the ball from the guy next to him. in so doing, he not only leaned to far over the railing, but too far to his left, causing him to lose balance. i'm sorry the guy's kid was there to have to see that. i'm sory the kid lost his dad over a lousy $5 baseball. being a firefighter i would have hoped that he would have realized how dangerous that move was.

i'm just curious as to why last weeks incident was a terrible accident while this is a potential darwin award nominee. is it because of the kid?

[RamboLiberal]

31. Yes I saw the video

I didn't get impression he was trying to steal the ball. He leaned out over a railing. Fans do that all the time.

Yesterday's idiot was standing on an 18 inch platform. I got impression yesterday's Darwin candidate was thrill seeking.

I still call last week a tragic accident. Yeah and maybe the kid is the difference.

From other posts here this is why guy 2 is a dumbass.





BTW here's the video of the fatal fall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_3asU-m_2E

ACCIDENT!

[petronius]

16. LOL! Post of the day (and it's not even noon...)

:rofl:

[Lucian]

3. What an idiot.

[Drale]

4. Another guy jumped into the pool they have in the outfield at Chase field

People will do crazy things for a freaking ball.

[SidDithers]

5. Sometimes thinning the herd happens for a reason...nt

Sid

[RC]

6. Those ball park railings seem to be a little low for the average adult.

Make then at least waste high for a 6 footer.

[arcane1]

11. Especially when a dumb-ass stands on a table that's only 6" shorter than the rail

and barefoot, no less!!!

I'm surprised this fool lived long enough to attend that game, really.

[Raschel]

23. They're probably made that height so that vision isn't obstructed when seated.

[damntexdem]

7. And a fan did recently fall to his death here in North Texas.

At Texas Stadium -- trying to catch a home-run ball.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. Yep. In front of his 6-year old son.

It actually a foul ball Hamilton (outfielder) had tossed up into the stands.

[frylock]

15. it wasn't a homerun ball. it was a foul ball a player tossed into the stands.

[tammywammy]

22. Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Texas Stadium is where the Cowboys used to play in Irving.

It was a ball thrown up by Josh Hamilton, not a home-run. He was a firefighter, his funeral was yesterday.

[Ilsa]

27. That story was so gut-wrenching that we changed channels so my boys couldn't

hear that some little boy in the state is fatherless over a stupid baseball.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Ellsbury makes play like this all the time.

No big deal.

[EC]

10. Why do these people dive for the balls?

Didn't he just see or hear of the guy that just died, hitting the concrete with his head because he dived for the ball for his son? If they can't get it without diving they should just let someone else catch it that has a better position to catch it, or let it go.

[snooper2]

13. Is that guy in the middle copping a feel, or trying to steal his wallet?

:rofl:

[scheming daemons]

18. Another Darwin Award nominee.... Nation full of freaking idiots.

[RamboLiberal]

19. I posted this story here last night and it got sent off to sports

even had a pic.

:(

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=215x182623

[Liberal_in_LA]

39. Randomness of the Mods.

:-(

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Why Don't The Put Nets, Like Those At. . .

. . .elevated driving ranges. They're only about 6 feet long, wouldn't obstruct anybody's view, and they could save a life.
GAC

[RamboLiberal]

32. Rangers had nets at one time and said idiots would crawl out

on them to retrieve balls.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Then, You Kick Them Out, and Have Them Arrested

It'll stop quickly.

Better to stop someone stupid from getting killed than worry about one moron having the embarrassment of being arrested.
GAC

[WinkyDink]

21. THIS is why he can accurately be called a MORON:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013810/Baseball-fan-saved-falling-trying-catch-ball-days-father-fell-death-stands.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[Liberal_in_LA]

24. wow! that pic gives another perspective

[Raschel]

25. Security should have kicked his butt out.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. It Sure Does

What a buffoon. Didn't he see the 20 foot drop 8 iniches in front of him? The only word that comes to mind is "duh".
GAC

[Liberal_in_LA]

29. Here is another picture from CNN. omg. He's lucky he was with people strong enough

to drag him back up. This would have turned out differently if he were with wife and kids.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. I Saw That On TV

You're right.

That guy's an idiot. But, sometimes there is a way to unobtrusively protect people from themselves.

What i'm suggesting is low cost.

Just do it.
GAC

[pokerfan]

30. Right vs. wrong...

Good form:


Bad form:

[RamboLiberal]

33. Sign her up - like to see a major league player do that with a baby

Wonder why the kid has a helmet.

[WinkyDink]

37. You're looking at a foul ball in the stands and wondering WHY the baby has a helmet?!

[RamboLiberal]

38. Yeah wondering if she was protecting the kid from balls

Or if the baby has a medical condition that requires it.

Some sections of stadiums fans better keep eyes open for screamers or even bats.

[KittyWampus]

36. Look at the kid all the way on the right taping the whole thing on camera.