OT: Fan dies at Rangers Stadium

[TOStateofMind]

Wow, sad sad stuff. Can;t imagine what the kid is going through.

[LittleOzzy]

Fan saved from six-metre fall during Home Run Derby







The guy should be banned from the stadium for life for standing on that table.

Keith Carmickle and his friends had already caught three balls during Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby Monday night and wanted more.

He nearly got a lot more: a headfirst fall to a pool deck about six metres below.

Chasing a home run hit by Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder, Carmickle was saved from a long fall when his brother and a friend grabbed him around the legs and arms, then pulled him back as he dangled above the deck area behind the pool in right field at Chase Field.

His near miss came the same day as the memorial service for Shannon Stone, a 39-year-old fan who died last Thursday while trying to catch a ball thrown into the stands at a Texas Rangers home game.

“I thought: I’ve lived a good life,” Carmickle said about dangling.

Seated in a small section of seats above the right-field fence, Carmickle, of Kingman, Ariz., and his group had already grabbed home-run balls by Robinson Cano and Adrian Gonzalez and were looking to add another to their collection when Fielder came up in the second round of the derby.

Trying to snare a towering shot by Fielder, Carmickle stepped up onto a metal table about 45 centimetres 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.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/ ... derby?bn=1