Posted on 07/12/2011 12:45:46 PM PDT by crosshairs
Just days after Shannon Stone died from a fall while reaching for a baseball at a Texas Rangers game, a fan at last night’s Home Run Derby nearly fell out of the outfield stands while lunging for a home run ball hit by Prince Fielder. He was spared serious injury or death only because his friends grabbed him by his feet, held him and then pulled him back as he dangled over the railing above a concrete deck 20 feet below.
That’s him to the right. His name is Keith Carmickle, and common sense is not his forte. His fall came after he stepped up onto the narrow metal table which abutted the railing — the kind you stand in front of and set your drink on while watching the game — and then, while still standing on it, reached down low to catch the ball as it came in. Like so:
This looks staged to me. Just some idiot and his inbred friends trying to get some attention.
I guess death wish sells, 40k at games and someONE does something stupid.
sorry, to finish thought, and it becomes national news.
Beer and home run balls don’t mix.
So, did he set his drink on the table while he reached for the ball?
“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son”
But he would have....
- died doing “what he loved”
- died with a smile on his face.
They should IQ test everyone who buys a front row ticket.
If it was staged, then that is one very brave guy, and pretty lucky with the timing of having a ball hit at them also.
Stupidity returns to the gene pool.
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