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[Gen-T]

Did anybody catch what happened at the end of the Texas vs. Oakland game the other night? The Ranger players were being mocked all night by some rowdy fans, and it finally pushed a couple of them over the edge, leading them into the crowd to get even after they lost the game. One of the players threw a chair in the crowd, hitting a lady in the head and breaking her nose. He was arrested, and bailed out of jail by the his teammates the next day. Not a proud moment for my home state team.

Texas Rangers: If we can't beat your team, we will beat your fans.

[HakonHoy]

Yeah I saw it. That was crazy! But thoose fans looked pretty anoying to.....

[Aussie Bob]

Big law suit waiting there. heh.

[Vortex-Steve]

Any player that attacks a member of the crowd should be banned from ever playing professionally again.

[Paul-UKWSD]

Reminds me of Eric Cantona when he kicked a spector:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2506237.stm

Do they think they will get away with it? Plenty of witnesses not to mention its recorded by cameras

[Gen-T]

Originally posted by Aussie Bob
Big law suit waiting there. heh.

You got that right. My local (Dallas, Texas) news reported tonight, that a dozen attorneys have contacted the lady once her identity was revealed after the incident. Something tells me the player who threw the chair can kiss his big salary goodbye.

A shame. Our team was having a good year, and fighting for a playoff spot. This makes them look bad. It was a foolish thing to do though, and I suppose they deserve whatever they get.

[akashik]

The thing I always love at times like these are that people forget that players are actually human beings too.

Should he have thrown the chair? Of course not. But haven't we all done things at times we've later regreted.

The problem for professional sportsmen is their screwups tend to be recorded be a dozen or so cameras, and therefore magnified 100x.

I can remember plenty of 'incidents' I provoked as a high school rugby league player (number 12 in the second row) that would have had me fined/banned had I been a 'professional' - not the least of which included popping my head out of the scrum and knocking out cold an opposing front rower to win the ball against the feed.*

Did I ever get in trouble? Nope... you learn to be 'sneaky' when there's only the ref's eyes to spot you - and not a ton of video cameras.

*Scrum: The two sets of "Forwards" (six from each team) lock together and the ball is put into the middle by the "Scrum-half" of the team that have been awarded the scrum (called the feed). In modern day rugby, the team feeding the scrum will nearly always win possession from the scrum.

http://www.thisis-rugby.com/league/c...ers_guide.html
- for those of you not familiar with the game

[blue27]

Well said akashik.
It's hard to justify something like this without being there but all indications were that the fans were also way over the line.

It's unfortunate that the woman, who was probably not even involved was the one to get hit.

She'll have a big payday coming though. I'd trade a broken nose for what she is going to receive.

They will be suing the pitcher, and the Texas Rangers, but they will also sue Oakland and the stadium for failure to provide adequate security. Lots of settlements.

[nmluan]

That was sad of what happened. I thought he's the pitcher he could aim better?

As for the lady suing the stadium... I guess next time you go to one in Texas you will read "Spectators assume all risked of bodily harm cause by the players. Stadium is not responsible for any chairs thrown... "

[ub3r]

I missed it! I can't believe I missed it!

If anybody can provide a mpg of this video, I would greatly appreciate it.



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[Torith]

Originally posted by Gen-T
You got that right. My local (Dallas, Texas) news reported tonight, that a dozen attorneys have contacted the lady once her identity was revealed after the incident. Something tells me the player who threw the chair can kiss his big salary goodbye.

A shame. Our team was having a good year, and fighting for a playoff spot. This makes them look bad. It was a foolish thing to do though, and I suppose they deserve whatever they get.

Only part of his big salary. I mean you know how much Pro Football players make in a year??

Though I bet she will get alot....

that a dozen attorneys have contacted the lady once her identity was revealed after the incident.

Gotta love Attorneys!