Anyone ever get shot at a baseball game before?

[Shoeless Moe]

Like Rodney used to say "tough crowd"....


https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...white-sox-game



bigger question:


how does a gun get into the Stadium?


They better review the footage of them going through the security lines and fire whoever let them pass through.


Although in the article it does say they don't know if the shots came from inside or outside the park. Crazy regardless.

[jayshum]

I think someone got shot outside a Dodgers game some years ago, but I don't remember hearing about a shooting inside a stadium before.

[D. Bergin]

Low key best part of the article:

A postgame concert featuring Vanilla Ice, Rob Base and Tone Loc was canceled because of "technical issues," according to the team.

[cgjackson222]

Sadly, no this is not the first time someone was shot at a baseball game. Someone was shot and killed in the 1950s at the Polo Grounds:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/s...o-grounds.html

But it was a stray bullet some kid shot for fun from Coogan's Bluff, the high ground outside the stadium.

[G1911]

I recall an article about a 1910's game in the PCL with a discharged firearm being posted somewhere (maybe here, I think it was more of a celebratory discharge than an intent to harm) but I can't find it looking for it.

Must be an interesting story here of what actually happened; the sports leagues are pretty stringent with the entrance protocols to prevent even legal and responsible carry. I'm not sure how one could get one through the gates.

[Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey]

"Times are getting ill" - Rob Base

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Sadly, no this is not the first time someone was shot at a baseball game. Someone was shot and killed in the 1950s at the Polo Grounds:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/s...o-grounds.html

But it was a stray bullet some kid shot for fun from Coogan's Bluff, the high ground outside the stadium.

The more shocking part is that not only did play continue and the game finished, but fans fought over the now empty seat.

A photo was published in the paper with the police observing the corpse as the game played on.

It can be found here, but DO NOT click if you are sensitive or don’t wish to see such a thing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thanat...et/3909877303/

[G1911]

Originally Posted by JustinD

The more shocking part is that not only did play continue and the game finished, but fans fought over the now empty seat.

A photo was published in the paper with the police observing the corpse as the game played on.

It can be found here, but DO NOT click if you are sensitive or don’t wish to see such a thing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thanat...et/3909877303/

What a strange accident. Taking his friends son to a baseball game, and then bam, dead because some dumbass kid was playing with something he shouldn’t. That’s so sad.