Less than one week after a Texas firefighter falls to his death trying to catch a baseball in Arlington Stadium, some idiot tries to repeat the feat at the Home Run Derby last night. He jumps up on a narrow table near the edge of stands to catch a Prince Fielder home run and fell right over the edge. Fortunately his brother and two buddies grab him and pull back up before he got splattered on the cement floor below.
This is becoming a serious public safety issue for Major League Baseball. How do you protect overly enthusiastic fans who carelessly or foolishly put themselves at risk just to snare a souvenir? About 40 million fans came out to watch games last season and you can't keep an eye on them all.
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