Fan falls from stands

[PaulBako]

http://deadspin.com/5580977/fan-falls-from-stands-at-rangers-game

Oh...my...God...

Thats gotta be scary... hope he is alright.

[Methodology]

Announcers said he fell 40+ feet but was conscious and moving his extremities when he was brought out on the stretcher.

Rangers in house replay guy said he will not be replaying or releasing any video of the fall.

[BaltimoreTerp]

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=176116&src=143

A similar thing happened here not that long ago.

I hope that fan is OK. That video...even though it doesn't show anything except reaction...*shudders*

[cindyluvsbrady]

http://deadspin.com/5580977/fan-falls-from-stands-at-rangers-game

Oh...my...God...

Thats gotta be scary... hope he is alright.

Has scOtt seen this????:eektf:

[twoBshorty]

This nearly happened right in front of us at a Giants game we went to a few years ago. Foul ball came over and a man a couple rows ahead of us lunged out to grab it, only he leaned too far and started to topple over the edge. The fans on either side of him made a desperate grab and caught his legs and were able to pull him back before he fell down to the concourse. It was really scary.

[tvz1997]

Not to be callous, but I hope the recent uptick in fans falling from the upper decks and the high-profile case of the Phils fan running onto the field doesn't convince MLB that it needs to make changes to the stadiums that effect the aesthetics of the game.

[scOtt]

Has scOtt seen this????:eektf:

Not this exact one, but I've seen vid of several others on the web. None from that height tho. Usually drunk soccer fans just taking a tumble. More funny than scary.

[Crazysilver03]

Not to be callous, but I hope the recent uptick in fans falling from the upper decks and the high-profile case of the Phils fan running onto the field doesn't convince MLB that it needs to make changes to the stadiums that effect the aesthetics of the game.

This was my immediate response when I heard about the incident.

[byrdz]

The railings are about what you would see on any standard stair casing or platform and fairly positive that they are within code. This is about as freaky an accident as you're going to see and you just can't account for every oddity. Sorry it had to happen but I hope no changes come of this.

[JDubs]

The railings are about what you would see on any standard stair casing or platform and fairly positive that they are within code. This is about as freaky an accident as you're going to see and you just can't account for every oddity. Sorry it had to happen but I hope no changes come of this.

It's not a standard stair casing or platform. It's an area where fans are actively lunging over the railings attempting to catch game balls. There really isn't a good argument that favors asthetics over fan safety...including this one.

[Gurgi]

Maybe the upper decks could have a net put underneath? Kinda like what they do for some bridges that get too many suicides.

[RShack]

Maybe the upper decks could have a net put underneath? Kinda like what they do for some bridges that get too many suicides.

Maybe morons should stop doing dumb things. There's nothing wrong with the railings they have, and you can't baby-proof the entire world. If you drive up Pikes Peak, they don't have guardrails everywhere, they expect you to not drive off the side of the dang mountain. Ballparks have adequate railings, and they expect you to not go lurching over them. The idea that we need to change ballparks to handle every stupid thing a moron might do is a bad idea. If you do that, then you'll have everybody sitting behind 20-foot-high plexiglass walls...

[sakata_catching]

Maybe the upper decks could have a net put underneath? Kinda like what they do for some bridges that get too many suicides.

I don't wanna live in your nanny-state world.

[Gurgi]

I said maybe.

If you really knew what I thought about this guy who dove off the upper deck for a simple rubber core ball wrapped in string and covered by leather it would make your ears bleed.