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stevesnj · 05:59 PM

So what should happen to this guy? He looks so sad

NEW YORK (AP) -- A fan who plunged from the upper deck at Yankee Stadium onto the screen behind home plate during Tuesday night's game between New York and the Chicago White Sox was released from the hospital into police custody Wednesday.

The game was delayed for four minutes in the eighth inning after 18-year-old Scott Harper of Armonk, N.Y., plummeted about 40 feet onto the large net.

After the final out, he was carried from the ballpark on a stretcher, his head immobilized in a neck brace, and taken to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was treated and released Wednesday.

He was immediately placed in police custody and taken to the 44th precinct in the Bronx where he was booked on charges of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct, a New York police spokesman said.

Harper was being held in a detention cell at the precinct awaiting arraignment Wednesday in Bronx Criminal Court, according to Michelle Medley of the Bronx District Attorney Office. The DA has not yet determined the specific charges in the criminal complaint against Harper, said Medley.

Harper told three friends he was sitting with that he was going to test whether the net would hold his weight -- and then he jumped, police said.

"The next thing you know, you don't see him anymore. You saw him on the net," said 18-year-old Mike Spadafino, one of Harper's friends.

Obviously scared and shaken after he landed, Harper sat with his head in his hands for a few moments before climbing on the net back up to the middle level of seats as players watched and the crowd roared.

"That was the only exciting thing that happened today," Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said after Chicago's 2-1 victory.

Harper then was hoisted over the railing and led away by security.

"People think we threw him off, but we're all best friends, so I don't think that would ever happen," said 20-year-old Giusseppe Tripi, another one of Harper's friends.

"They claimed we were saying, `Sit or jump, sit or jump,'" Spadafino said. "It was everyone in there, in the basic area."

It was the second time in five years a fan dropped from the upper deck at Yankee Stadium. In May 2000, 24-year-old Stephen Laurenzi of Yonkers, N.Y., was unconscious for a short time while sprawled on the net as a game between Boston and New York went on. He also was arrested and taken to a hospital for observation.

"I was hoping I wouldn't see that again," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "You could break your neck."

In 1997 and 1998, there was only a high backstop behind the plate and no netting extending to the stands.

"I've never seen anything like that before," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "I think that's New York, you know, anything can happen."

Atomic Rooster · Aug 10, 2005, 04:30 PM

Leave him there.

zizban · Aug 10, 2005, 04:39 PM

turtle777 · Aug 10, 2005, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by stevesnj

So what should happen to this guy?

He's already PWNED ! Let the crowd feed him bananas

-t

budster101 · Aug 10, 2005, 04:49 PM

I think he said he wanted to see if the net would hold his weight. What the fscuking idiot did not consider is the point that it may not and his body falling at 32 feet per second would most definately KILL someone if it did not hold his weight...

He's one lucky mutha fsucka! He should be charged with stupidity, and sent to the lions to be eaten.
Wait, wrong century. He should pay a $500 dollar fine, that should make him think a bit, and then apologize to each person he almost smashed with his stupid arse.

Kerrigan · Aug 10, 2005, 04:52 PM

Wrong forum: This thread doesn't have anything to do with homosexuality or Canada.

turtle777 · Aug 10, 2005, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Wrong forum: This thread doesn't have anything to do with homosexuality or Canada.

Post of the Day(tm)

-t

AKcrab · Aug 10, 2005, 05:38 PM

So what's the story here?

dreilly1 · Aug 10, 2005, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Wrong forum: This thread doesn't have anything to do with homosexuality or Canada.

Nothing about Canada here, but this story may be about homosexuality by the time he gets out of jail....

Scandalous Ion Cannon · Aug 10, 2005, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Wrong forum: This thread doesn't have anything to do with homosexuality or Canada.

I am sure that will change when the gang gets here.

davesimondotcom · Aug 10, 2005, 07:30 PM

With the Yanks 5 games back, the only people more likely to jump than Yankees fans are Orioles fans.

osxisfun · Aug 10, 2005, 07:32 PM

Send him to Gitmo™

Scandalous Ion Cannon · Aug 10, 2005, 07:41 PM

I can't believe anyone could be that incredibly stupid.

dreilly1 · Aug 10, 2005, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

I can't believe anyone could be that incredibly stupid.

Remember, he is a Yankee fan, after all.

KeriVit · Aug 10, 2005, 09:08 PM

He's a dummy-head! Let him go- he can't help it.

paul w · Aug 10, 2005, 10:16 PM

I watched the game on TV. There was a rather large hole in the net - that stupid fekker nearly fell through!

He had his hands in the air with a kind of don't shoot look to him for a moment. I'm sure he was this close to being taken out by some policeman.

Gotta love my fellow Yankee fans!

KeriVit · Aug 10, 2005, 10:19 PM

Oh Paully, he's not a fan! He's an idiot! The red sox are idiots. He's obviously a Red Sox Fan seeking an early demise silly!

calamar1 · Aug 10, 2005, 10:26 PM

He wasn't despondent at all, actually, although he couldn't be blamed for being depressed if he was a Yankee fan.

In fact, Joe Torre was signaling to him from the dugout, and he was attempting to make his way to the field to pitch.

Bahahahaha!

brapper · Aug 10, 2005, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

With the Yanks 5 games back, the only people more likely to jump than Yankees fans are Orioles fans.

indeed! Go Jays!

Stogieman · Aug 10, 2005, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Wrong forum: This thread doesn't have anything to do with homosexuality or Canada.

There. Are you happy now?

turtle777 · Aug 11, 2005, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

I am sure that will change when the gang gets here.

You replied to the wrong post.

Wouldn't it be that:

Originally Posted by dreilly1

Nothing about Canada here, but this story may be about homosexuality by the time he gets out of jail....

-t

crazyjohnson · Aug 11, 2005, 11:05 AM

NYY fans are the scum of the earth. Also see here. The best part of that photo is the expression on the Asian dude on the R.

Originally Posted by AKcrab

So what's the story here?

budster101 · Aug 11, 2005, 11:30 AM

That's messed up!

Great expression on the Asian dude's face though.