Resilient Fan Storms Field, Tackled Twice By Security At Mets Game
You shouldn't storm the field at sporting events. But if you must, give it all you've got — like the guy at Citi Field on Friday night.
During the top of the ninth inning of the New York Mets’ 4-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves, a fan ran onto the field and was off to the races. The SNY broadcast, of course, couldn't document the action. But a video shot by another fan in the stands shows the man sprinting from right to left field before cutting through the infield and making a break for home.
Security made a shoestring tackle on the third-base line, but the fan wasn't done yet. He managed to get back up before two more security staffers closed in and bodied him to the ground in foul territory.
Even though the broadcast couldn't show the fan (so as not to condone such behavior), Mets analyst Ron Darling and play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen had some fun with the incident.
"If you can hear the crowd, you know that there’s somebody running on the field, and you know we’re not going to show it," Cohen said. "He’s now been taken down — but he’s right back up again."
"That was a good tackle, though, shoestring tackle," Darling added.
"Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots," Cohen joked.
Apparently, there's a large price to pay for a stunt like this.
"For you folks that want to run on the field, I don’t know why, but some lawyer friend of a friend told me it’s about a $10K cost," Darling said, also noting the fan would be banned from the stadium. "Ten thousand, never go to a ballgame again — if that’s your kind of deal."
Dude put up a fight, but he was outnumbered.
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Cohen concluded: "It’s usually because your buddies dare you."
Hopefully that guy's buddies are pitching in on his bail.