Fan Dies at Texas Rangers game going for Foul Ball

[trelvis tha thrilla]

Video at this link if you want to watch...his little son was there with him..

http://www.sportsgrid.com...over-the-outfield-fence/


http://sports.espn.go.com...lb/news/story?id=6747510

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A male fan has died after falling over the outfield railing and landing on the concrete behind the out-of-town scoreboard at the Rangers Ballpark during the second inning of Thursday's game between the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics.

"We are deeply saddened to learn that the man who fell has passed away as a result of this tragic accident," Rangers president/CEO Nolan Ryan said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."

The Rangers closed the clubhouse to the media after their 6-0 win. They haven't released the name of the fan because they aren't sure if all the family members have been notified.

The left-field wall is 14 feet high and the fan went over the railing, which is a few feet higher, for an approximately 20-foot drop.

 

[trelvis tha thrilla]

Video at this link if you want to watch...his little son was there with him..

http://www.sportsgrid.com...over-the-outfield-fence/


http://sports.espn.go.com...lb/news/story?id=6747510

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A male fan has died after falling over the outfield railing and landing on the concrete behind the out-of-town scoreboard at the Rangers Ballpark during the second inning of Thursday's game between the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics.

"We are deeply saddened to learn that the man who fell has passed away as a result of this tragic accident," Rangers president/CEO Nolan Ryan said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."

The Rangers closed the clubhouse to the media after their 6-0 win. They haven't released the name of the fan because they aren't sure if all the family members have been notified.

The left-field wall is 14 feet high and the fan went over the railing, which is a few feet higher, for an approximately 20-foot drop.

 

[cornzilla]

Damn and I watching the game earlier. I tuned in halfway through the 5th and didn't hear anything about this.

 

[goukiteg]

I'm actually surprise this doesn't happen more often. Low rails, lack of security, and alcohol is not a good combination.

 

[goukiteg]

I'm actually surprise this doesn't happen more often. Low rails, lack of security, and alcohol is not a good combination.

 

[cornzilla]

Damn and I watching the game earlier. I tuned in halfway through the 5th and didn't hear anything about this.

 

[651akathepaul]

Originally Posted by goukiteg

I'm actually surprise this doesn't happen more often. Low rails, lack of security, and alcohol is not a good combination.

 

[651akathepaul]

Originally Posted by goukiteg

I'm actually surprise this doesn't happen more often. Low rails, lack of security, and alcohol is not a good combination.

 

[kevin cleveland]

Didn't someone fall from the upper deck at Arlington last season?

 

[airjordan jb23]

Wow... 

 

Best wishes to his fam...

that his kid was there.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Wow... 

 

Best wishes to his fam...

that his kid was there.

 

[kevin cleveland]

Didn't someone fall from the upper deck at Arlington last season?

 

[you big dummy]

Originally Posted by goukiteg

I'm actually surprise this doesn't happen more often. Low rails, lack of security, and alcohol is not a good combination.

 

[you big dummy]

Originally Posted by goukiteg

I'm actually surprise this doesn't happen more often. Low rails, lack of security, and alcohol is not a good combination.

 

[finallyfamous]

Wow. So sad

 

[finallyfamous]

Wow. So sad

 

[trelvis tha thrilla]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

Didn't someone fall from the upper deck at Arlington last season?

One year and one day ago a different fan fell...who was also a firefighter like this guy...crazy

The incident comes one year and one day after a fan fell from the club level and landed in the lower deck, a 30-foot drop. That man, Tyler Morris, was taken to a local hospital after the game was stopped for 16 minutes to get him out of the stadium. Morris, coincidentally a firefighter as well, suffered a fractured skull and sprained ankle and went home two days after his fall.

Thursday's fall is the third by a fan over one of the railings. The first was April 11, 1994, after the Rangers' first home game in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Hollye Minter, a 28-year-old from Plano, Texas, posed for a photograph and fell from a railing in right field. She landed on empty seats and, according to various reports, broke her arm, two ribs and a few bones in her neck.

 

[trelvis tha thrilla]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

Didn't someone fall from the upper deck at Arlington last season?

One year and one day ago a different fan fell...who was also a firefighter like this guy...crazy

The incident comes one year and one day after a fan fell from the club level and landed in the lower deck, a 30-foot drop. That man, Tyler Morris, was taken to a local hospital after the game was stopped for 16 minutes to get him out of the stadium. Morris, coincidentally a firefighter as well, suffered a fractured skull and sprained ankle and went home two days after his fall.

Thursday's fall is the third by a fan over one of the railings. The first was April 11, 1994, after the Rangers' first home game in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Hollye Minter, a 28-year-old from Plano, Texas, posed for a photograph and fell from a railing in right field. She landed on empty seats and, according to various reports, broke her arm, two ribs and a few bones in her neck.

 

[trelvis tha thrilla]

FW Star-Telegram startelegram

RT @drewdavison: Fan who died at Rangers Ballpark went into full cardiac arrest on way to hospital, and was pronounced dead at 8:26 p.m.

@aandro: Arlington FD confirmed the man's son was with him

 

[trelvis tha thrilla]

FW Star-Telegram startelegram

RT @drewdavison: Fan who died at Rangers Ballpark went into full cardiac arrest on way to hospital, and was pronounced dead at 8:26 p.m.

@aandro: Arlington FD confirmed the man's son was with him

 

[Mound Raised]

Son was with him?? sad
Gots 2 be mo careful

RIP

 

[Mound Raised]

Son was with him?? sad
Gots 2 be mo careful

RIP

 

[dt43]

damn, i feel like at least 50% of people could have survived that fall. dude must have landed in a really bad way to die from that.

 

[dt43]

damn, i feel like at least 50% of people could have survived that fall. dude must have landed in a really bad way to die from that.

 

[franchise 55]

Wait, so Josh Hamilton threw him the ball? I can't even imagine how he feels right now.