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“Last night at the home run derby, a scary moment involving a fan going after a baseball. This fan coming dangerously close to falling over a railing. His brother and friend holding him up by his legs.”
A near tragic fall just days after a Rangers’ fan fell to his death at Rangers Ball Park in Arlington. This time – the fan was dramatically saved by his friends – but the incident is raising questions about what catching a baseball is really worth.
On HLN – anchors report what the fan, Keith Carmickle, (Car – Micheal) was thinking while dangling over the outfield railing.
Diaz: “Carmickle says that he was thinking “I’ve lived a good life as he went over the railing, Robin.
Meade: “Those were his thoughts, so he thought something was going to happen.”
Diaz: “Yeah he thought he was a goner.”
Carmickle was barefoot – standing on a 16 inch-wide table - on a 20 foot ledge – tracking down baseballs. According to ABC News he’d already caught three.
A writer for Yahoo! News says -- maybe fans should reconsider how bad they want those baseballs.
“After what happened at the Home Run Derby on Monday night, we as a baseball-loving nation need to run a check on our priorities. Wherever "catching a baseball" ranks — and it's high, apparently — it ought to be made less important.”
Carmickle’s daring behavior – really angered some bloggers – especially since it was so soon after the Rangers fan’s death. A blogger for ESPN Dallas vented, saying...
“How little regard do you have to have for the safety of your fellow spectators to do something as stupid as this? … This is … premeditated and downright idiotic risk-taking. He should have been kicked out."
After a closer look – it seems he wasn’t even that close to the ball. The Associated Press quoted Carmickle as saying he missed the ball by a couple feet. But look here – he’s nowhere near it.
Either way - the outcome this time - was a lucky one. A blogger for Sportsgrid gives his take on how it all ended.
“Carmickle’s friends pulled him over the railing and gathered around each other, undoubtedly happy that their very, very dumb friend was still with them. And then they did what bros do when one of them almost died stupidly: they “let out a few shouts before breaking into high-fives”
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