Oh boy. Simon sez, "I'm going to jail."
I saw the whole thing from row 4 of section 128. I'll testify, your honor. Italian Sausage comes out of the left field fence. I say to Melissa, "I think that one is a girl." Italian Sausage takes the outside track and nears the Pirates' dugout and then......
Melissa says, "Nah, that's not a woman. Those are some masculine arms."
......
BAM!
Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Randall Simon hits the poor Sausage on the back of the head with a bat and sends it to the ground. Another Sausage tripped over the fallen comrade and did a neat little Sausage roll.
My friends didn't see the bat incident, but the weird usher who sat down near us for the extra innings didn't believe my story. He asked what I had been drinking. "Pepsi, see?" as I showed him my $1 throwback priced soda. I stuck to my sober story and he stuck to sitting there pestering me.
Turns out I was right. Here is the ESPN version.
Good thing I picked bratwurst to win. He didn't notice the two sausages on the ground and kept running.
Why the hell would you smack a running Sausage with a bat? Grr. What's worse? Both the hurt Sausages were women. Never hit a girl, jackass. What a great game.
Posted by mbare at July 10, 2003 02:21 AM"I was OUTRAGED." -- Brewers suit guy on SportsCenter.
Get over it. It was dumb but no one was hurt. The player was taken away in handcuffs... that's idiotic. Surely there's something better for the Milwaukee County Sheriff deputies to be doing.
Posted by: jlb on July 10, 2003 02:36 AM