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Ball Player Swings At Racing Sausage.
In Milwaukee, a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player
apparently went a little batty. During a between inning break in a game
against the Milwaukee Brewers, the player smacked a sausage-clad worker
with a bat.
Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon swung a bat at a 19-year-old female
Brewers employee identified by team officials only as Mandy.
The woman was involved in a popular promotional footrace involving the
"Super Team," during which four people in sausage suits race around the
bases between the sixth and seventh innings. The incident, which took
place in front of 22,490 fans, was also caught on camera.
Footage of foul play during the race appears to show that as the sausages
passed the visiting Pirates dugout, Simon took a two-handed swipe at the
Italian sausage with a bat. The woman inside the sausage suit fell to the
ground, tripping another runner identified only as Veronica.
Several seconds later, the two sausages were back on track. They finished
the race, exited the field, and were treated for minor injuries, according
to Brewers officials.
Simon has a reputation around the league as a free swinger inside the
batter's box. Now it looks like you can add outside the box as well.
After the game sheriff's deputies weren't playing around when they
escorted Simon from the stadium in handcuffs. He was booked for
misdemeanor battery and released, said the sheriff's department.
Milwaukee County prosecutors decided not to file criminal charges against
Simon, but the local sheriff's department did fine him $432 for disorderly
conduct.
Source: CourtTV.com, "Ballplayer goes batty over
sausage mascot," July 11, 2003.
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