An analysis of injury reports at a sampling of first-aid stations yields an estimate from Bloomberg that 1,750 fans are injured by balls hit into the stands at Major League Baseball games in a season. There are a host of horror stories in the Bloomberg article about fans seriously hurt when struck by a foul […]
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New roof on tap at Riley Park
Damage partially caused by foul balls is forcing the city of Charleston to install a new grandstand roof at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park, home of the Charleston RiverDogs (Low Class A; Sally League). From the Post and Courier: Workers last year found more than 150 elusive strays tucked into crevasses, nooks and other hard-to-reach […]
MLB considering instant replay for 2012?
Major League Baseball could implement instant replay for the 2012 season, reports AP, after Commissioner Bud Selig and a group of umpire agreed in spring training on a plan to make it work with minimal impact on the game. There’s been talk of baseball using instant replay for years now, but the fear has always […]
Remembering Memorial Stadium’s tomato patch
It must have been fun covering the Baltimore Orioles in the 1970s: the team had some characters on the payroll, including groundskeeper Pasquale “Pat” Santarone, who managed to cultivate a crop of tomatoes every summer at Memorial Stadium while embroiled in a mostly friendly feud with O’s skipper Earl Weaver over who had the best […]