In the battle of the guards against unexpected guests on the field, the former have a fairly overwhelming lead.
But on Friday night, the latter put up a pretty good fight.
In the top of the 9th inning when the Mets were losing 4-2 to the rival Braves, fans stormed the field, and despite being tackled once, security guards stood up and had to get a second down to stop the Mets. did not become. I will get back on my feet.
The broadcast of the game in New York, New York, politely refrained from showing the runners, but fan video from inside the stadium showed the visitors on the field beginning to trot from the outfield and raising their arms in left-center field. It was reflected.
As he veered toward the infield, one member of the security team finished off the runner near third base with what Mets analyst Ron Darling aptly described as a “shoestring” tackle.
Undaunted, however, the fan stood up and ran a few more feet inside the foul area before being corralled for good.
Darling and play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen were having fun with the situation, even though the cameras weren’t showing what was happening to viewers at home.
“If you hear the crowd, you know somebody’s running down the field, and you know they’re not going to show it,” Cohen said. “He just got knocked down, but he got right back up.”
“That was a good tackle, but it was a crappy tackle,” Darling added.
“Rock ’em sock ’em robot,” Cohen chimed in.
Darling then talked about what repercussions raiding the field could have.
“For all of you who want to run in the field, I don’t know why, but a friend of a friend’s attorney said it would cost about $10,000,” Darling said, adding that Cohen said the act He added that the fan would be suspended. . “Ten thousand people, never go to a ball game again, if that’s your deal.”
Cohen briefly explained the possibility of making it onto the competitive side.
“A lot of the time it’s because your peers give you courage,” Cohen says.
Darling recounted his own experience of encountering an absolutely shocking visitor on the field during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, when a Mets fan, later identified as Michael Sergio, descended on the infield of Shea Stadium. have.
The former Mets hurler, who was sitting in the dugout, high-fived a fan as he was escorted into the Mets dugout and inside the ballpark.
Friday’s moment may not have matched that of the fall classic, but it did bring a laugh or two.
