May 1, 2025 • 6 mins
We discuss the story of the Pirates fan who fell 21 feet onto the warning track during a live baseball game.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boy, we are so excited. Tomorrow we're doing a live
remote broadcast in Garland. We're gonna do it at Fortunate Sun.
Very excited to be there for that. Some of the
best pizza you could ever have in your life. And
we're there because it's gonna be a piece of sports history.
The USL Dallas franchise is going to announce their official name.
It's all but under wraps until tomorrow. It's gonna happen
(00:21):
while we're there at Fortunate Sun in Garland. So if
you want to be a part of sports history, come
hang out with us, have some great pizza, have a
few laughs on a Friday at Fortunate Sun. We'll be
there from three to six Fortunate Sun in Garland. That's
happening tomorrow. But right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
And now it's time for Basins week Day Up Day
featuring veteran news anchor kt fon tweets. Here are the
important stories he's currently tracking from around the world.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
All right, a man is in critical condition after a
twenty one foot fall from his seat last night. This
is during the Pirates and Cubs game. And this happened
Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen. You know, he has a base hit,
so players are running around the bases. Yeah, he had
like a two run double. Players run around the bases.
(01:09):
And this is not captured by TV cameras. There was
cell phone cover at least I haven't seen any TV cameras,
but there's cell phone footage that you can get of
someone who just happened to be able to see it.
And then it's kind of far away and this guy
falls from the front row. They're calling it the Roberto
Clemente Wall, so it's not quite as high as like
your traditional second deck of a ballpark would be, but
(01:31):
it's still higher than the normal like wall, and he
lands on the warning track, shirtless, and it's crazy.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I did see, by the way, one you guys might
have seen this. I did see one shot from the
broadcast that was from behind home plate where you could
see I guess it's McCutcheon round and second and you
can see it in the background. And I did see that.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Ah wow, i'n't seen that one.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Okay, it's not like a close him, but it's just
a shot from behind the catcher and you just see
something falling in the background.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, first thing I thought of was the firefighter who
passed away at the ballpark Shenstone. Yeah, yeah, Shenstone statue.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I was there covering that game in the press box,
and I remember someone in the media like made a
quip like they kind of laughed, and I was like, man,
that's concrete down there, Like have you ever been back here?
That's concrete, Like he's that's not good. And I think
that was like ten or eleven. Well, I don't know
how high that was actually because that was the old
ballpark in the big left field wall, but twenty one
(02:33):
feet is a long waist. Now, this immediately breaks out
on Twitter and you have people going did he jump?
And honestly, if you are watching it from far away
on the cell phone camera footage, it does look like
he rose and jumped. But then if you zoom in
and then you slow it down, you can see him
trying to grab for it, and it looks like he slipped.
(02:54):
He like rose and like maybe the rail was slick
or something. And it's not like it's high still, not
like it's not even above your like up to your
waist if you were standing up.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I always get nervous and upper decked. Oh yeah, you
always do too.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, I didn't think he jumped because his body was spinning. Yeah,
you know, like you're gonna But even if you think
about so twenty one feet, that's basically two stories, right,
like jumping completely off to a second story building. Man,
that would be tough to do, even if you were
planning it, like you were in a two story building
(03:30):
that was on fire and you had to jump, I
would just assume you'd break both your legs if you did.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
That, right, especially at our age.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, and that dude spun over that rail and just
went hurling towards earth.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I can't believe he's alive because he lands on his
back and neck.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Yeah he did, he did get I didn't see how
he landed well, but I.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Guess you know again from that footage from that cell phone,
it's it's far away, so maybe you can't tell. His
face is real bloody because he's on his back when
the EMS crews are out there and you see, you know,
I did see the clip of the you know, the
TV broadcast where the Pirates players like all motional. That's
all they can show, you know, right right, and they're
all running out there, So I don't know They also
(04:11):
said they only had eleven thousand fans in attendance. It's
a weird you know aside.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Here, but it's early.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
No one's going to those games.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I guess, man, I you know, has mccutche and Ben
in Pittsburgh the entire time he went away for a
little bit, he did came because I was sitting there going,
is he there? Michael Young? Has he just been there forever?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
He went to the Phillies for a bit and then
came back.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Uh, let's let's focus on the shirtless part. Is that
allowed anywhere to sporting man just at any time, just
you're welcome to go shirtless.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
I think baseball is different because and they're they're ballparks outdoors, right,
Oh yeah, I think baseball I think it. Well, I
shouldn't say baseball. I think football stadiums and baseball stadiums
that are outdoors. I think it's common to see because
you know, dudes will paint their boobs.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Yeah, you know, what's the temperature up there in Pittsburgh too?
I mean talking if it's ninety degrees in Pittsburgh, that's
that's that's a lot for them to handle.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Oh for them specifically for them people of Pennsylvania. Yeah,
that's like hot for them. Yeah, so that's why I
was kind of kind Yeah. That was another thing, the
shirt off.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
But someone did tweet They're like, yeah, I don't really
like They're like, yeah, he definitely. This was the tweet
from one person on Twitter. Imagine that was he definitely jumped.
He was shirtless, and someone was like, look, people attend
these games shirtless all the time. I remember sitting out
in the outfield too, now that I'm thinking about it,
I remember the early days of Cuban. He would let
(05:41):
shirtless guys get in the arena for free. Remember when
he was just rowdy fans from the plaza.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
I just yeah, I wonder, I wonder what his blood
alcohol level is going to be. Yeah too, because if
you just see somebody shirtless falling, you're like, Okay, they're partying,
they're having a great time, and just got it. Got
to be in a dangerous situation, very very scary story.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Coming up next, it's the Big Finish and I'm gonna
bring you five new songs from the Internet. That's right
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Don't miss it, don't go anywhere,
Boy, we are so excited. Tomorrow we're doing a live
remote broadcast in Garland. We're gonna do it at Fortunate Sun.
Very excited to be there for that. Some of the
best pizza you could ever have in your life. And
we're there because it's gonna be a piece of sports history.
The USL Dallas franchise is going to announce their official name.
It's all but under wraps until tomorrow. It's gonna happen
(00:21):
while we're there at Fortunate Sun in Garland. So if
you want to be a part of sports history, come
hang out with us, have some great pizza, have a
few laughs on a Friday at Fortunate Sun. We'll be
there from three to six Fortunate Sun in Garland. That's
happening tomorrow. But right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
And now it's time for Basins week Day Up Day
featuring veteran news anchor kt fon tweets. Here are the
important stories he's currently tracking from around the world.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
All right, a man is in critical condition after a
twenty one foot fall from his seat last night. This
is during the Pirates and Cubs game. And this happened
Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen. You know, he has a base hit,
so players are running around the bases. Yeah, he had
like a two run double. Players run around the bases.
(01:09):
And this is not captured by TV cameras. There was
cell phone cover at least I haven't seen any TV cameras,
but there's cell phone footage that you can get of
someone who just happened to be able to see it.
And then it's kind of far away and this guy
falls from the front row. They're calling it the Roberto
Clemente Wall, so it's not quite as high as like
your traditional second deck of a ballpark would be, but
(01:31):
it's still higher than the normal like wall, and he
lands on the warning track, shirtless, and it's crazy.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I did see, by the way, one you guys might
have seen this. I did see one shot from the
broadcast that was from behind home plate where you could
see I guess it's McCutcheon round and second and you
can see it in the background. And I did see that.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Ah wow, i'n't seen that one.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Okay, it's not like a close him, but it's just
a shot from behind the catcher and you just see
something falling in the background.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, first thing I thought of was the firefighter who
passed away at the ballpark Shenstone. Yeah, yeah, Shenstone statue.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I was there covering that game in the press box,
and I remember someone in the media like made a
quip like they kind of laughed, and I was like, man,
that's concrete down there, Like have you ever been back here?
That's concrete, Like he's that's not good. And I think
that was like ten or eleven. Well, I don't know
how high that was actually because that was the old
ballpark in the big left field wall, but twenty one
(02:33):
feet is a long waist. Now, this immediately breaks out
on Twitter and you have people going did he jump?
And honestly, if you are watching it from far away
on the cell phone camera footage, it does look like
he rose and jumped. But then if you zoom in
and then you slow it down, you can see him
trying to grab for it, and it looks like he slipped.
(02:54):
He like rose and like maybe the rail was slick
or something. And it's not like it's high still, not
like it's not even above your like up to your
waist if you were standing up.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I always get nervous and upper decked. Oh yeah, you
always do too.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, I didn't think he jumped because his body was spinning. Yeah,
you know, like you're gonna But even if you think
about so twenty one feet, that's basically two stories, right,
like jumping completely off to a second story building. Man,
that would be tough to do, even if you were
planning it, like you were in a two story building
(03:30):
that was on fire and you had to jump, I
would just assume you'd break both your legs if you did.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
That, right, especially at our age.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, and that dude spun over that rail and just
went hurling towards earth.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I can't believe he's alive because he lands on his
back and neck.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Yeah he did, he did get I didn't see how
he landed well, but I.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Guess you know again from that footage from that cell phone,
it's it's far away, so maybe you can't tell. His
face is real bloody because he's on his back when
the EMS crews are out there and you see, you know,
I did see the clip of the you know, the
TV broadcast where the Pirates players like all motional. That's
all they can show, you know, right right, and they're
all running out there, So I don't know They also
(04:11):
said they only had eleven thousand fans in attendance. It's
a weird you know aside.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Here, but it's early.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
No one's going to those games.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I guess, man, I you know, has mccutche and Ben
in Pittsburgh the entire time he went away for a
little bit, he did came because I was sitting there going,
is he there? Michael Young? Has he just been there forever?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
He went to the Phillies for a bit and then
came back.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Uh, let's let's focus on the shirtless part. Is that
allowed anywhere to sporting man just at any time, just
you're welcome to go shirtless.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
I think baseball is different because and they're they're ballparks outdoors, right,
Oh yeah, I think baseball I think it. Well, I
shouldn't say baseball. I think football stadiums and baseball stadiums
that are outdoors. I think it's common to see because
you know, dudes will paint their boobs.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Yeah, you know, what's the temperature up there in Pittsburgh too?
I mean talking if it's ninety degrees in Pittsburgh, that's
that's that's a lot for them to handle.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Oh for them specifically for them people of Pennsylvania. Yeah,
that's like hot for them. Yeah, so that's why I
was kind of kind Yeah. That was another thing, the
shirt off.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
But someone did tweet They're like, yeah, I don't really
like They're like, yeah, he definitely. This was the tweet
from one person on Twitter. Imagine that was he definitely jumped.
He was shirtless, and someone was like, look, people attend
these games shirtless all the time. I remember sitting out
in the outfield too, now that I'm thinking about it,
I remember the early days of Cuban. He would let
(05:41):
shirtless guys get in the arena for free. Remember when
he was just rowdy fans from the plaza.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
I just yeah, I wonder, I wonder what his blood
alcohol level is going to be. Yeah too, because if
you just see somebody shirtless falling, you're like, Okay, they're partying,
they're having a great time, and just got it. Got
to be in a dangerous situation, very very scary story.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Coming up next, it's the Big Finish and I'm gonna
bring you five new songs from the Internet. That's right
coming up next in less than four minutes. The Scroll Patrol.
Don't miss it, don't go anywhere,
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