Went to a fight and a baseball game broke out!
Normally I would say that baseball is about as exciting as watching flies fuck, but tonight I got a little something special. I took Autumn to a Dragons game. The Dayton Dragons are an A ball team that are affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds.
We have lawn seats which for kids is about the best seats in the house. You can let them run and play around when they get bored. We are watching the Peoria Chiefs warm up. Their pitcher is right next to us. He can throw one hell of a fast ball but he has little to no control. While watching him he launches one at 90+ mph right into the safety fence right in front of me. Keep in mind this fence it to keep me and my kid off the field only. It's about 3 feet tall. That scared the shit out of me but that was the last one he threw at me.
The game starts and the Chiefs are up. The Dragons quickly shut them down with no hits. While the Dragons are up this same guy is pitching. We get a couple of base hits and someone bats two in. The next two batters get beaned. Followed by a base hit. The next at bat takes a 94 mph fast-ball to the temple. Knocking his ass out. The next batter hits a grounder between the pitcher and the first baseman. Those two collide and the first baseman breaks the hell out of his leg. Both bones protruding. The next batter hits a double and while sliding into second he does something that was considered interference. I'm not sure what it was.
So now we have the team managers arguing it out by the Dragons dugout. Things start to escalate and the pitcher for the chiefs gets pissed and throws a ball into the dugout. He misses. The ball is up in the stands and it knocks a kid out. Now all hell breaks loose. Both teams are brawling and the Dragons are beating the hell out of this pitcher. Stomping, punching, hitting him with a bat. They break is arm and face in the scuffle. Some fans rush the field and after a few minutes they manage to clear both teams and the fans off the field.
Now we wait. For about an hour. 15 players suspended. Now we don't have enough players to finish the game without putting pitchers in field positions. So they revoke all suspensions temporarily to allow the game to finish. So after 3 hours. The first inning is over.
In the spirit of thing..... YouTube acts fast!
The rest of the game is like any other game. Except a lot of Booing
We have lawn seats which for kids is about the best seats in the house. You can let them run and play around when they get bored. We are watching the Peoria Chiefs warm up. Their pitcher is right next to us. He can throw one hell of a fast ball but he has little to no control. While watching him he launches one at 90+ mph right into the safety fence right in front of me. Keep in mind this fence it to keep me and my kid off the field only. It's about 3 feet tall. That scared the shit out of me but that was the last one he threw at me.
The game starts and the Chiefs are up. The Dragons quickly shut them down with no hits. While the Dragons are up this same guy is pitching. We get a couple of base hits and someone bats two in. The next two batters get beaned. Followed by a base hit. The next at bat takes a 94 mph fast-ball to the temple. Knocking his ass out. The next batter hits a grounder between the pitcher and the first baseman. Those two collide and the first baseman breaks the hell out of his leg. Both bones protruding. The next batter hits a double and while sliding into second he does something that was considered interference. I'm not sure what it was.
So now we have the team managers arguing it out by the Dragons dugout. Things start to escalate and the pitcher for the chiefs gets pissed and throws a ball into the dugout. He misses. The ball is up in the stands and it knocks a kid out. Now all hell breaks loose. Both teams are brawling and the Dragons are beating the hell out of this pitcher. Stomping, punching, hitting him with a bat. They break is arm and face in the scuffle. Some fans rush the field and after a few minutes they manage to clear both teams and the fans off the field.
Now we wait. For about an hour. 15 players suspended. Now we don't have enough players to finish the game without putting pitchers in field positions. So they revoke all suspensions temporarily to allow the game to finish. So after 3 hours. The first inning is over.
In the spirit of thing..... YouTube acts fast!
The rest of the game is like any other game. Except a lot of Booing
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raves +1 posted Jul 26, 2008 09:41PM GMT
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Gotta love the all American Passtime -
raves +1 Jul 27, 2008 12:15AM GMTWhat boxing?
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raves +1 Jul 27, 2008 05:32PM GMTLMAO, grown men acting the fool
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raves +1 posted Jul 25, 2008 11:50PM GMTOMG that's funny stuff! I loved "So after 3 hours, the first inning is over!" I write fiction and could NOT have done a piece like this. First rate! And funny as hell, in spite of all the broken bones! So much for a 'non contact' sport!
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raves +1 posted Jul 25, 2008 09:46PM GMTWOW!! what a game! actually rather scary... is the kid okay.. that is all i want to know!
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raves +1 Jul 25, 2008 09:50PM GMTStill in the hospital last I heard.
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raves +1 Jul 25, 2008 09:52PM GMTomgoodness i hope he will recover.... did your daughter see all this happening
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raves +1 Jul 25, 2008 09:54PM GMTYes unfortunately. She covered her eyes for most of it though
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raves +1 Jul 25, 2008 09:56PM GMTawww.. im so sorry that a bunch of morons had to go at it like that... hopefully she will let it go and not think about it...... : (
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raves +1 Jul 25, 2008 09:57PM GMTI'm sure she will. It was her first game though. So much for good impressions.
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raves +1 Jul 25, 2008 10:09PM GMTso sad... sorry Taylor
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raves +1 Jul 25, 2008 10:32PM GMTI'll take her again, it'll be fine.
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raves +2 posted Jul 25, 2008 12:37PM GMTholy sh**!!! did ya at least grab a Coke or something???
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raves +2 Jul 25, 2008 03:58PM GMTI went with the beer.
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raves +4 posted Jul 25, 2008 05:07AM GMTI didn't know that watching flies fuck was boring. It's good to read that this game was played the way mother nature intended.