Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away

[David]

Maybe they were worried he got injured and wanted to destroy the evidence.

[joelsabi]

did the fan get a replacement bat or that was that?

[murfsteve25]

did the fan get a replacement bat or that was that?

no idea. the camera was on the guy long enough to show him confused and upset. Then it went back to the ballgame. From what I saw, I'd guess that was that since the security guy didnt say anything to the fan. He literally walked down, grabbed the bat out of the fans hands, and went back up the steps. You couldnt snap your fingers quicker than what happened.

[mbrieve]

Does Fenway have a no bat policy? I know that Comerica Park does not allow fans to possess bats in the park. If you buy a bat from Marc at the Authentics booth, I believe they hold onto it until the end of the game or whenever you leave the stadium. Maybe the guard will hold onto it until the end of the game and then give it to the fan.

Just a thought...

[metsbats]

In any case that was really an abrasive way of handling the situation. A paying customer (who paid a premium at Fenway to see the Yankees) gets hit with a flying bat and gets the bat abruptly yanked out of his hands. No "sir are you ok after that flying projectile hit you". If this happened in Yankee stadium there would be a lawsuit in the making.

[OaklandAsFan]

if some usher came down and tried to snatch the bat out of my hand after it hit me he would get the bat wrapped around his head. Thats a BS move no matter how you try to play it out and if he is smart he will use the publicity of it happening with literally millions of people watching (Red Sux/Yanmees no less) to get some free tix as well as a replacement bat.

[suicide_squeeze]

Like I said in the other thread.....

".......from my cold, dead hands."

There is NO WAY those security morons would have gotten that bat from me. I would have held onto it as they escourted me out of the park, but NO WAY.......NONE WHATSOEVER, would I have let go of it.

Then, I would have been on local news, made a HUGE stink, probably having the whole thing escalate and end up on ESPN's SportsCenter. They have NO RIGHT to steal that bat from that fan.....PERIOD.

I challenge anyone, especially from the other recent thread we all just had on this topic, to prove me wrong.

I am not playing "tough guy" here.....I'm talking legality. Once it enters the seats and hits me.....it's MINE!