That wasn’t even clever... Just douchey.

I meant if that’s what it took the Phillies to get that clown off the team even before this incident, the Nats have pretty much no shot.

It took the Phillies two seasons to get rid of him and they did it by giving him away for free to a team in the division.

At this point he’s a better ballplayer than Trout. He’s the best hitter since Barry Bonds and is in the midst of a top-20 season in the history of the sport.

“and coke”

There are an insane number of people who talk exactly like this up there. Ever been to like Woburn or Haverhill or any of the other surrounding suburbs? This is what everyone sounds like.

Good god. I’m so happy I don’t live in that fucking hell hole anymore.

Definitely misread that as Bonermouth.

It’s scored a caught stealing.

No you didn’t. You showed me a portion of a clause of a rule. That clause refers to the transfer. The rule (which I already quoted, so I won’t both doing it again) previously clearly defines what a catch is. The portion you were looking at deals solely with the transfer of the ball from the glove. Having a fan rip the…

He did try to grab the ball. Then he missed and the player caught the ball. But then he grabbed a player’s arm and tried to rip a ball out of his closed glove. Let’s not be ridiculous.

Yes. You’re misinterpreting it. It’s a portion of the transfer rule. That dropping of the ball refers to the transfer. If you remember, there was a very short time early last year where they decided to crack down with a harsher interpretation on this clause of the rule. It was a disaster and the interpretation of a…

You’re bad at this.

The Dodger Stadium security is actually 100% what this is about since his actions didn’t impact the result of a play. This much is obvious.

Nobody is arguing that the umpire should have called fan interference. It was a catch and no baserunners moved up. They are arguing (correctly), that the fan wasn’t allowed to do what he did. The “at his own risk” doesn’t suddenly turn the stadium into a free for all where you are allowed to do whatever you want to a…

Within reason, obviously. You might collide with someone, you might get a beer spilled on you. you might scrape a knee. This clearly doesn’t fit the accepted definition of “at his own risk”, which is why the fan was correctly ejected.

okay. apparently we need a dictionary in conjunction with the rule book to help you out.

You mean rule 2.00 which you apparently don’t understand?

You’re similarly not allowed to steal a player’s hat, or spit at him or any number of other things that should be fairly obvious.

Well, the play is over since Gonzalez caught the ball and recorded an out (although it could be fan interference if the fan’s grab impeded him from attempting to throw out a baserunner), so it’s a Dodger Stadium fan conduct rule rather than a MLB in-game rule, hence the jackass getting ejected from the game.