I'm thinking this through the home field advantage angle: of all the times I've seen this happen, it was a big morale boost / lots of fun and cheering, got the crowd back into it.

(Yeah, I'm not touching the assault issue; not good)

To be clear, I said nothing about the dude who ripped the ball out of her hands. The math I'm working with is simple: opposing/visiting team home run + you catch it = throw it back.

Well, your courage is admirable, but (at some parks at least) that sounds like a recipe to get a sock full of D-Batteries thrown at the back of your head.

Maybe.

1) I don't actually.

I've never been in a ball park where a visiting player hit a homerun and the fans surrounding whoever caught it didn't start chanting "throw it back!"

No, he/she isn't. Throw it back.

Yes, on all counts.

That's some excellent slow motion video; I find myself hypnotized by the Ethan Suplee doppelganger standing behind them.

Jesus, you took a drubbing for this. All over the damn comments section.

Excellent.

Yeah, what's up with that. Has that been confirmed yet?

Ha, this is excellent.

Sean, I loved this. I too lived in the Philly area during the same era. They deserve having Spurrier II as a coach and Dog-Killah Vick as their QB (funny side note: everyone in Philly HATED Vick from 2001 - 2009, FACT).

Oh my god. Anything but that

1) What beach is that?

This is an excellent and outstanding point. None of them were Pats fans before that season.

That's a good point & analogy. Along a similar line of thought, I've had people drop me off however many X miles away from home that I want to run. It leaves you with no choice but to put out; also prevents taking shortcuts or otherwise cutting it short.

I'm afraid there might be something far more sinister going on here...