6/26/07: Bat Boy

[GPK]

Crazy. A fan jumps over the dugout to apparently beat up the Cubs pitcher after he gives up 6 runs in the 9th to go down 9-8. Out of nowhere the Bat Boy comes flying out and tackles him like something out of that Reebok add. The Bat Boy. Cubs scored 2 in the bottom of the 9th to win. I know this is a soccer website, but you wouldn't have believed what you saw.

U.S. squanders too many scoring chances-Chicago Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/story.asp?id=326318)
Blanco’s performance truly one for the aged, not ages-Chicago Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/story.asp?id=326313)
Dreaded defender out to prove himself-Denver Post (http://www.denverpost.com/rapids/ci_6228528)
Bradley's coaching moves are worth gold-Ft. Worth Star Telegram (http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/columnists/tobias_xavier_lopez/story/148302.html)
Copa America-Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501529.html)
MLS notebook: Klein says Galaxy’s on the rise-KC Star (http://www.kansascity.com/sports/wizards/story/165135.html)
Sanchez takes the heat for Mexico's loss to U.S.-LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-soccer26jun26,1,3489669.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-soccer)
Beckham moves brings back memories of Gretzky-LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-elliott26jun26,1,829190.column?coll=la-headlines-sports-soccer)
Galaxy are caught in a tailspin-Carson Daily Breeze (http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/articles/8180227.html)
Business as Usual For Mexico's National Soccer Team-Press Enterprise (http://www.pe.com/sports/soccer/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_soccer_col_26.3b2afeb.html)
U.S. team getting right back at it-Herald News (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMzcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTg4NzcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2)
Tough road ahead for the U.S.-AP (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMzcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTg2ODgmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2)
Adu gets chance to put career on fast track-Star Ledger (http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/giase/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1182832404173690.xml&coll=1)
Americans pick roster for tourney-NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2007/06/26/2007-06-26_americans_pick_roster_for_tourney-1.html)
Gold Cup could use some refinement-Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/articles/2007/06/26/gold_cup_could_use_some_refinement/)
Revs’ Nicol gets MLS All-Star nod-Boston Herald (http://sports.bostonherald.com/soccer/view.bg?articleid=1008303)
Challenge grows for U.S. at Copa America-Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/soc/4919869.html)
Dynamo start stoking fire with winning streak-Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/soc/4919950.html)
Goldthwaite traded for Dunivant, a player Johnston has long coveted-Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070626.TORFC26/TPStory/Sports)

[Che chico!]

so are you going to post a you tube link to this or what?

[GPK]

The problem is that 99% of the time MLB will not allow any recordings of fans going on the field.

I couldn't find anything on the tube.

[pasoccerdave]

Interesting article on Blanco. I've been watching him quite a bit since the Fire signed him. Nice free kicks, very active at baiting the referee, but I just don't see how he'll fit into MLS.

When is his first Fire game?

[Che Matador]

The problem is that 99% of the time MLB will not allow any recordings of fans going on the field.

I couldn't find anything on the tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyvzVHkzeAc

[tab5g]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyvzVHkzeAc

nice. although it didn't look like that guy was up to any harm prior to getting tackled. i'm guessing he was just heading out for a chat at the mound to see if the pitcher needed to be taken out or if he still had enough in him to face another batter.

did the pitcher stay in the game, and finish out the inning, before the Cubs comeback?

edit -- to answer this question, "yes": http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=Aj_AGxjyRYb6cTKLdE19beURvLYF?gid=270625116&prov=ap

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After Tulowitzki's homer, a fan jumped onto the field from the roof of the Rockies' dugout and charged at Howry. The fan was just a few feet from the mound when security guards tackled him.

"As soon as I turned around the guy clotheslined him and took him down," said Howry, who hardly moved as the fan charged his way. "He said, 'What are you doing?' I'm trying to give up home runs, what do you think?"

The scene was eerily similar to when a fan, John Murray, attacked Cubs closer Randy Myers in September 1995.

"I don't think he was too threatening," Piniella said. "It is scary because you don't know."

Howry then got three outs in the ninth and ended up with a win after blowing the save.
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so I guess the next question is whether this was indeed the bat boy who came to the rescue or if it was a security guard? maybe the clothesliner holds both part-time jobs simultaneously.

now, to get this back to a BS topic, is Budweiser still an MLS league sponsor?

edit: yes (if you trust page three of this write-up)
Adu gets chance to put career on fast track-Star Ledger (http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/giase/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1182832404173690.xml&coll=1)
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DRIVING AWAY Honda will end its 12-year sponsorship of Major League Soccer, leaving Anheuser-Busch as the last sponsor who has been with the league since its beginning.
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[Chicago1871]

so I guess the next question is whether this was indeed the bat boy who came to the rescue or if it was a security guard? maybe the clothesliner holds both part-time jobs simultaneously.
Looked like the bat boy to me.

[Reignking]

The problem is that 99% of the time MLB will not allow any recordings of fans going on the field.

I couldn't find anything on the tube.

They showed, repeatedly, the White Sox first base coach getting jumped by a drunk father and son a few years ago.

[kanonier]

Good reactions by that bat boy... no one else even did anything and he was out there in a flash. Give that kid a raise.

Could have done without the narrator :)

[bungadiri]

Could have done without the narrator :)

No kidding. I was listening to him thinking "who is this jackass?"

[peteo]

USA-Mexico game is third most-viewed sports event in Univision history (http://www.socceramerica.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=22394) :cool:

[tab5g]

USA-Mexico game is third most-viewed sports event in Univision history (http://www.socceramerica.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=22394) :cool:

Univision and TeleFutura certainly are having some nice success going up against network reruns. Mexico NT games are clearly a big draw for a growing portion of US television households.

I though Americans didn't like soccer and didn't care to view it on TV.

[Etienne_72772]

Univision and TeleFutura certainly are having some nice success going up against network reruns. Mexico NT games are clearly a big draw for a growing portion of US television households.

I though Americans didn't like soccer and didn't care to view it on TV.

Didn't you know? Anyone who speaks Spanish isn't American! ;)

[JohnGalbraith]

From GPK's KC Star link:

"According to a spectator, one beverage made it over the walls and Onyewu picked it up and took a swig before tossing the cup aside."

The legend continues...

[luftmensch]

From GPK's KC Star link:

"According to a spectator, one beverage made it over the walls and Onyewu picked it up and took a swig before tossing the cup aside."

The legend continues...

I heard it was Ricardo Clark, but regardless, pretty badass.

[sundayparkplayer]

If some guy ran on the field during a soccer game then ESPN would show it 1,000 times and tell us how hooligans rule the soccer world.

[denver_mugwamp]

www.wm.edu/theatre/batboy2.jpg

So what was this guy doing at a Cubs game again?

[CottageCrew]

Could have done without the narrator :)

Agreed.

[Beerking]

http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/story.asp?id=326313

And Chicago hitched their wagon to this? Money well spent :rolleyes:

[alf]

http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/story.asp?id=326313

And Chicago hitched their wagon to this? Money well spent :rolleyes:

That writer is about as clueless as anyone who thinks Chicago wasted money on Blanco.