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I watched the video, he hit her from behind. That's lame and stupid and he deserves all that's coming to him from it. She had no idea it was coming, he had no idea who was in the costume and what part of the body he'd be hitting and what kind of damage it might do.

The bat was swung hard enough to knock her over. The guy is a class-A dipstick. This isn't just some prank it's an act or raw inspipid stupidity. Tripping her would be any better. What happens if the kid falls down the dugout stairs and breaks something? The guy was a moron and he should have known beter.

I'm all for fun and games with mascotts, but you've got to use your head. Know who's in the suit, understand that they have very limited visibility and maneuverability, and don't do anything that might injure them, ESPECIALLY don't do anything that might injure them and they don't know it's coming.

he had no idea who was in the costume and what part of the body he'd be hitting and what kind of damage it might do.

How does one normally swing a bat? Level, but his swing was way high, very unusual and thus very intentional. I think he was quite confident she/he/it inside was not 8+ feet tall, which she/he/it would have needed to have been for the bat to connect with any body part(after coming through all that foam). This wasn't a blow to the head or torso, but a blow to a foam hat, and the swing was slow.

Like I said, it wasn't the brightest of pranks, but it is being way overblown.

The victim was Chef Boyardee/Super Mario on the left. Note the dimensions, the top of the head of the person inside would be at the bottom of the nose of the costume, even if it were John Kerry or Julia Roberts in there. The bat was intentially swung to hit in the hat portion, thus no body part was close to being hit. Knocking a mascot to the ground in a prank may be a bit mean, but it isn't criminal assault or other hyperbole.