What are you talking about? If your medical bill is going to be more then you can afford on your own, and you would like them to help pay for it, the general advice I've always heard is to never accept any sort of compensation.
Are you a lawyer specializing in torts? I actually don’t care - but that would be the world where someone else’s opinion might not matter. Just non-violent communication. I wish you the best in any future torts you experience
Why are so many people triggered by a guy enjoying a beer at the ball park? This is NY. It's very likely they took public transport to the game(even if they didn't, he's holding a single beer). Y'all acting like he a wife beating alcoholic because he had a beer at a fucking ball game. Sorry if you can't drink a beer without being irresponsible, but there's no reason to defame the man, god damn.
Just wanted to add, if you are at a baseball game, BE AWARE. Balls can absolutely bounce and land anywhere in your vicinity at any time. Please don't go to a game if you're going to be a passive observer and not realize you could be in danger at any point. Even if you're behind the net they can go up and over that, even into the front row. Pay attention to the game and you'll generally be fine.
What's even more nuts is he hit it at the perfect balancing center of mass point. A few inches in either direction and it could have to spun around his hand.
The thing would also have been spinning around it's centre of mass, so it's the most stationary target as it's coming towards you, maybe a higher chance of catching it there. Not to downplay his skill, but yeah.
At Wrigley and saw a lady cover her face to block a line drive into the stands and it ended up hitting her directly in her side under her armpit. Heard the thud. Medics came and checked on her and I guess it was nothing serious. Cubs employees probably came down three or four times and gave her groups of tickets to other Cubs games.
Nope, they usually have signs up everywhere that the stadium isn’t responsible for objects flying into the stands. It’s an assumption of risk when you buy the tickets.
Lol? It's called the assumption of risk. It is forseeable that an object at a baseball game could fly into the crowd, as this has happened many times before (including bats), and you assume the risk of injury at a sporting event.
If you slipped and fell because one of the steps crumbled or something, sure. But you ain't getting shit for something like this. Maybe a free drink ticket or something.
It literally has it's own rule in the US, the Baseball Rule decided 110 years ago. It has also been codified in four states.
One court in California refused to extend it to bats 86 years ago. You do realize that a state court decision does not extend to all fifty states right and federal law right? You are not gonna successfully sue a baseball stadium or a team for a broken bat flying into the crowd, at most maybe the bat manufacturer.
And what do you make of Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, and New Jersey having the Baseball Rule codified to include bats? It absolutely applies, it's just the majority of states haven't codified it. But state decisions have used the rule to extend it to bats.
Q: “Who is responsible if someone gets hit with a line drive, foul ball or broken bat while watching a game?”
A: No one is liable for a bat that inadvertently gets loose if the park owners have provided some areas of protected seating and have adequately screened the areas most likely to be at risk of flying balls and bats.* (highlighted to make it easier for you to understand).
It's not my fault you read one sentence on wiki and think that is law nationwide. Maybe don't make claims about how the law works if you have no fucking idea.
How are you being put in a dangerous situation at games ? Did someone hold a gun to your head and force you to go to a ball game ? Were you dragged there and stuck in a seat and handcuffed to it so you couldn’t leave ?
Needed a guy like this when the kid behind me took a hockey puck to the face. They put up nets behind the goals right after the incident. He survived but had a concussion.
And didn’t spill a drop out of the tall boy! Looks like a good day with the kids at the park!
Looks like he hit it with his wrist, day might not have been real fun after that lol
Nothing a second tall boy can’t fix
I need a few more so my wrist is ok when I drive home after the game
Maybe a couple more on top of that for charisma for charming the cop that pulls you over
Definitely going to want about 6-12 more so he doesn't lose his buzz during the first night in jail.
First night? Those are rookie numbers.
The stadium is like: “how about a $2 discount on us? That’ll be $16 please.”
A second one? In this economy??
What it's only 45 dollars Michael.
Hope much could a tall boy cost?
Would have been cheaper to let the kid get hit, then free beers!!!
What's his Venmo, I'll send him cash for a third.
It would be cheaper to go to the doctor
This made me laugh for real, thank you lol
The ballpark attendees often come to anyone hurt in the ballpark and offer them an upgrade of their current seats or free tickets in the future.
Ah yes, that's all you need when you have a permanent wrist injury.
Some people see the glass half full, others see it half empty.
Tort law is fascinating and I don’t see them giving you a freebie as any barrier to litigation - if you want your comeuppance
What are you talking about? If your medical bill is going to be more then you can afford on your own, and you would like them to help pay for it, the general advice I've always heard is to never accept any sort of compensation.
To have a conversation you don’t have to put people down. I’m talking about my experience. Sounds like you were doing something similar.
Where did I put you down? I should also point out I'm in USA, since that obviously matters
Are you a lawyer specializing in torts? I actually don’t care - but that would be the world where someone else’s opinion might not matter. Just non-violent communication. I wish you the best in any future torts you experience
Maybe, but better for me to have a broken wrist than a bat possibly hurting my kid. Or worse.
Agreed. Stop the bat at any cost to yourself.
Depending on how much "pain and suffering" a lawyer can justify he might have a great day
Hard to claim pain and suffering when for the rest of the game he was laughing, drinking, and getting clapped on the back by everyone lol
An extended rush of adrenaline mixed with the consumption of alcohol your honor!
That bat don't look broken
Look at the end where you’d grip it. You can see where it splintered off
He probably was protecting the $15 beer. Kids were lucky to be in the vicinity of said beer
I’m not a parent but I still feel seen by this comment.
i am the beer… good eye, good eye…
Why are so many people triggered by a guy enjoying a beer at the ball park? This is NY. It's very likely they took public transport to the game(even if they didn't, he's holding a single beer). Y'all acting like he a wife beating alcoholic because he had a beer at a fucking ball game. Sorry if you can't drink a beer without being irresponsible, but there's no reason to defame the man, god damn.
The one and only time i drank a beer i tortured and killed 7 people, so yeah, i think drinking even a single beer is irresponsible.
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How do I become an hero? But seriously.. carbon monoxide sounds like a nice way to do it
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Say what?
I'll always up vote this one.
And I always wonder why a bat is flying through the air at the spectators.
You can see that it broke at the handle so the batter is probably still holding a small piece of it
But there’s supposed to be a net that direction right?
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Nets extend much farther now, but this video predates that.
Just wanted to add, if you are at a baseball game, BE AWARE. Balls can absolutely bounce and land anywhere in your vicinity at any time. Please don't go to a game if you're going to be a passive observer and not realize you could be in danger at any point. Even if you're behind the net they can go up and over that, even into the front row. Pay attention to the game and you'll generally be fine.
Guy i went to hs with, his mom ended up losing an eye at an mlb game. True story.
Not the original viral clip though. This dudes chunky. Og guy was jacked
Dads come in all shapes and sizes
What's even more nuts is he hit it at the perfect balancing center of mass point. A few inches in either direction and it could have to spun around his hand.
The human body is an amazing machine.
That dudes body certainly is
Machines are amazing simulacrums of the human body. Is there anything else like it in nature?
The thing would also have been spinning around it's centre of mass, so it's the most stationary target as it's coming towards you, maybe a higher chance of catching it there. Not to downplay his skill, but yeah.
Also amazing tracking from the camera operator
I would like to see it in full speed.
And he didn’t spill a drop!!! Well done 🫡
I hope some insurance were paid out to him for "pain and heroic action"
Not at all baseball game. Read the back of your ticket. You waive liability for things like bats or balls flying into the crowd.
Yeah, it’s so well established that you aren’t getting shit that it’s taught the first semester in law school.
There's now a jurisdictional split on that, with the south and the west Coast finding for the spectator when there is insufficient netting.
Doesn't mean the PR team isn't going to capitalize on the extra media attention by giving this guy free shit
No one gets physical tickets anymore. No back to read
You agree to the terms and services of the venue when you purchase it online.
I completely understand that, but the comment was saying read the back of your ticket like people still get physical tickets.
Some venues do give the physical ticket. And if you have a digital one there’s a usually a hyperlink for terms and services
At Wrigley and saw a lady cover her face to block a line drive into the stands and it ended up hitting her directly in her side under her armpit. Heard the thud. Medics came and checked on her and I guess it was nothing serious. Cubs employees probably came down three or four times and gave her groups of tickets to other Cubs games.
That's usually what happens. I've heard of teams giving people things after injuries in the stands.
Also insurance would say the bat would’ve cleared them if he didn’t put an arm up.
And “Saving us a nightmare of negative publicity.”
I would ask for some payment simply because you’re being put in a dangerous situation by the team/stadiums actions—and permanent arm injury on top.
Nope, they usually have signs up everywhere that the stadium isn’t responsible for objects flying into the stands. It’s an assumption of risk when you buy the tickets.
Figures. Well dang
Lol? It's called the assumption of risk. It is forseeable that an object at a baseball game could fly into the crowd, as this has happened many times before (including bats), and you assume the risk of injury at a sporting event.
If you slipped and fell because one of the steps crumbled or something, sure. But you ain't getting shit for something like this. Maybe a free drink ticket or something.
It literally has it's own rule in the US, the Baseball Rule decided 110 years ago. It has also been codified in four states.
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No, one jury and one appellate court declined to extend it to bats.
One court in California refused to extend it to bats 86 years ago. You do realize that a state court decision does not extend to all fifty states right and federal law right? You are not gonna successfully sue a baseball stadium or a team for a broken bat flying into the crowd, at most maybe the bat manufacturer.
And what do you make of Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, and New Jersey having the Baseball Rule codified to include bats? It absolutely applies, it's just the majority of states haven't codified it. But state decisions have used the rule to extend it to bats.
Here is a quote from Dolan Law Firm, a very successful personal injury law firm in California. You know, the state of the one lawsuit you are trying to claim the rule doesn't apply to.
"jD??? cOmE oN mAn. Do YoUr DuE dIlIgEnCe."
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It's not my fault you read one sentence on wiki and think that is law nationwide. Maybe don't make claims about how the law works if you have no fucking idea.
You linked a wiki article that was inaccurate.
Maybe learn to cite better sources, you know, like case reports you people are supposed to rely on, instead of fucking wikipedia.
It’s not inaccurate. It’s just discussing one start court decision.
How are you being put in a dangerous situation at games ? Did someone hold a gun to your head and force you to go to a ball game ? Were you dragged there and stuck in a seat and handcuffed to it so you couldn’t leave ?
team shouldve sent a cooler full of beers haha and a ride home from the player
That must’ve hurt like a BITCH but it would’ve hurt his son way more
hand prolly broken but the beer still intact
More likely a wrist fracture. but either way, he'd take it to save the kids (and beer!)
u/redditspeedbot 4x
"don't tell me I never blurp did nothing for you! Remember that time when you were 7 and I bluuuerp saved your life from that bat?!"
Peak male reflex
He was protecting his beer, the kid just happened to be near it.
Any good dad would. Nice job dad!
Didn't read what sub I was in. Thought he was some kind of baseball Thor
Funny you'd say that as he's wearing a Noah Syndergaard jersey (Syndergaard's nickname is "Thor").
Needed a guy like this when the kid behind me took a hockey puck to the face. They put up nets behind the goals right after the incident. He survived but had a concussion.
25 oz beer at a ball park would bankrupt me
Love the shake off as if he's knows them hands is hot
Get that man a damn cigar.
I was gonna offer him a high five, but, yeah
Maybe on his left hand only though
I love how in all these videos they have a beer in hand and don‘t spill it. Peak dad energy
They don't show the scalper grabbing the bat and running off with it ;)
Bitchin souvenir for the kids to remember their dad is a badass. Salute to you, sir
That's taking one for the team...thanks Dad!
That looked painful
This guy Dads.
Good dad.
Dads have installed high tech software for detection and deflection of strange objects flying towards offspring.
Superheroes do exist..
DOTY. Get that man another beer
This happened in 2018.
Get that dad another beer, and some Advil
Good souvenir to go with the bruise at least XD
This is some 2001 shit.
Free beer for life at the ballpark.
SOMEONE GET THIS MAN MORE GAME TICKETS, AND ANOTHER TALLBOY
here’s the photo
Different person.
Is that John Taffer?
Oh my god…..It’s Jason Bourne
Didn’t even spill his beer. Epic save!
🫡
I've heard of catching a fly ball. Fly bat is a new one on me.
Dad: My hands look like🏏 so his hands can look like 📱
me trying to pause the video until I realize it's an animated gif.
Hey bat dad! I didn't hear no bell!
Solid dad
I'd buy him another.
He was trying to catch it.
😂
Batball
I'm guessing he got to keep that bat
He needs that GIF in his work signature block
thats what dads are made for
They gave him one of those washcloths you shake and comp’d his parking
Hope he had good insurance. A random event like this could absolutely ruin your life in the US.
U/redditspeedbot .5x
At no point did I know who that bat was going to hit
He should have just caught it, look how slow it's moving.
SuperDad. Oops, a New TV show idea
Epic. All the salutes.
Badass
Wax on, Mutha Fucka!
It's amazing how, as a dad, your sense of self preservation compared to the safety of your kids is totally changed.
OK nice. But who threw it?
The bottom is broken off, I don’t think anyone meant for this to happen.
Yeah, I don't see Manny Machado as involved here.