MLB 2011 season

Usually at Yankee stadium there are massive walls of "boos" whenever someone grabs a ball from a kid...

My brother once got kinda forced out of the way by an adult a hockey game when a player flipped it over the side.
Grown ups eh?

You workaholic. 

Guess it would take some amazing forward thinking but he could've said no.

Whateva.

Need to find some way to fill this 7:00 gap that usually isn't here. I hate when that happens.

That would be a nice gesture.

rushfan4 wrote: JJLehto wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/12/fan-who-caught-jeter-ball-could-owe-big-taxes/?hpt=hp_t2 Disgusting. Yeah I heard that one the radio earlier. WITHOUT MAKING THIS ANOTHER DISCUSSION...it is pretty sad. Something as extraordinary as this case would be exempt you'd hope. Nope.  Just like winning on Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune, etc...  It is all taxable.

Yes, I'm quite aware. Like I said, let's leave that sh*t out of ONE thread for once but a game show is something you do to hope to make money, even a lottery I can understand the claim but sheesh it was a one sided deal this time!

Just saying it is sad. Maybe he should've put it up for auction Gunna get taxed try and get a million for it at least!


Edited by JJLehto - July 12 2011 at 17:27

Equality 7-2521 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/12/fan-who-caught-jeter-ball-could-owe-big-taxes/?hpt=hp_t2 Disgusting.

Yeah I heard that one the radio earlier. WITHOUT MAKING THIS ANOTHER DISCUSSION...it is pretty sad.
Something as extraordinary as this case would be exempt you'd hope.

Exactly.
As you said, it happens every game...how many times is it tossed to a kid (or someone that gives it to their kid) it's a nice little gesture. Would be a shame for Hamilton to be sued and even worse if Selig made it illegal to do.

10 feet on your head could be enough to do it for sure.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: I'm not really sure they have a case. The action involved the fan voluntarily jumping over a safety device to grab a ball.

Oh probably not, just saying hope there isn't an over reaction to the threat of it.
You never know, we could get one of those batsh*t cases where "guh I was never told anywhere not to reach over"


Edited by JJLehto - July 12 2011 at 17:19

I'm not really sure they have a case. The action involved the fan voluntarily jumping over a safety device to grab a ball.

Edited by Equality 7-2521 - July 12 2011 at 17:16

JJLehto wrote: Catcher10 wrote: ^ Guarantee you ole Fishlips Selig is gonna put a stop to all this before a huge lawsuit hits MLB..... That would suck since it's their stupid fault and not the stadium/team/baseball's BUT you know someone will sue. As sad as that is, so MLB is gunna have to protect themselves. I'm expecting the family of that guy to do so, and these teams/MLB have some big time cash as well...

The family of the guy who died in Texas will probably include Josh Hamilton in any lawsuit that they will file, and that would be a real shame to penalize the player for doing what every major league outfielder has been doing for years by throwing foul balls into the stands for fans.  It is amazing the number of times per game that Magglio throws the ball into the crowd in between innings.  He seems to throw it short at least once a game, where it either doesn't make it into the stands, or the people that are trying to catch it knock it back on to the field.  I've never seen anybody fall out there though.  It is probably only about 10 feet anyways, but I guess if you fell on your head it could do some serious damage.

rushfan4 wrote:

Jesus...how fun another death from falling in a week would've been...

Speaking of all skipping, how ironic we were just talking about Jeter being made out to be god by the media...they seem be giving him serious flak for skippin out on the all star game. That's including here at home even! In the core of Yankee country.
I mean a lil messed up but how many other all stars skip out? HE is getting extra flak for it?

Suppose that's what happens when your Jeter. Some say "what about the kid who gave him the ball!? Shouldn't he go to the game!?" I don't see why. Besides, that kid is being made out as god as well. A GREAT move but not like the Yanks didn't offer him some pretty sweet consolations