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[Pittsburgh] Pirates' Simon booked after hitting one of Brewers' racing sausages
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| 7/10/03
Posted on 07/10/2003 9:23:26 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
July 10, 2003 MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon was booked for misdemeanor battery for hitting one of the Milwaukee Brewers' popular racing sausages with a bat during Wednesday night's game.
Simon was released, said a spokeswoman for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, who asked not to be identified. Simon will meet with the district attorney's office Thursday, and it will be up to prosecutors to determine whether formal charges are filed.
In an event that's a fan favorite at Miller Park, four people in sausage costumes race around the bases between the sixth and seventh innings at Milwaukee Brewers games.
Film of Wednesday night's race showed that when the group went past the Pirates' third-base dugout, Simon took a two-handed chop at the Italian sausage character -- portrayed by a 20-year-old South Milwaukee woman -- hitting her from behind and causing her to tumble to the ground.
As she fell, a nearby sausage -- the hot dog -- went down as well.
Simon was on the top step of the dugout and reached over the railing to make contact.
``They were doing the sausage race. He hit her with the baseball bat,'' said Deputy Inspector Sherry Warichak of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, which provides security at Brewers games. ``When he hit her, that other character fell.''
``They both were treated at the scene for scraped knees, but at this point I don't think they have any other complaints,'' she said.
She declined to release the names of the women.
Warichak said the two women, along with Simon, were interviewed at the stadium.
Simon drew boos from many of the fans when he was later used as a pinch-hitter in the seventh. He grounded out in a game Milwaukee won 2-1 in 12 innings.
Pirates outfielder Reggie Sanders said he thought the weight of the head on the sausage costume contributed to the fall.
``It maybe made it look worse than it was,'' Sanders said. ``It was an unfortunate situation and, hopefully, it gets resolved.''
``It was very strange,'' he said.
Rick Schlessinger, the Brewers' executive vice president for business operations, said he felt Simon's ``conduct is just unjustified.''
Schlessinger said he was in contact with Larry Silverman, vice president/baseball legal counsel for the Pirates.
Ryan Borghoff, 16, who wore the bratwurst costume in the race, called the episode ``unbelievable.''
``He just hit the costume and she fell over,'' he said. ``These things are so top-heavy that it doesn't take much.''
Borghoff went on to win the race.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: mascots
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Simon is the dude that John Rocker called a "big fat monkey" a couple years ago when the latter got in trouble for making a series of politically incorrect statements. It appears Rocker left out 'stupid' and 'insane'.
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07/10/2003 9:24:38 AM PDT
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To: Mr. Mojo; hole_n_one; F16Fighter
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:25:29 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
No '[BFM]' was apparently correct. Like in the sentence "BFM attacks sausages with baseball bat and draws crimal charges" or "BFM acts like demented fool." Anyway, you get the picture.
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:28:41 AM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(My tag line is broken !)
To: Mr. Mojo
There is a vast LWSC. Vast Left Wing Sausage Conspiracy!
First Michael Savage and then this. WSD's - Weapons of Sausage Destruction.
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:29:37 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Liberals - Their neural synapses are corroded.)
To: Mr. Mojo
What do you want to bet Simon blams Rocker for the attack, claiming he's suffering from "post-traumatic stress disorder" after being called a big, fat monkey.
To: Mr. Mojo
After watching the racing sausages, maybe Simon did the right thing.
These 7th inning diversions are totally silly, except for the cubs, naturally.
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:31:06 AM PDT
by
dts32041
("The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.")
To: dts32041
Simon probably had a wager on one of the links, and was merely protecting his investment.
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:36:25 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: reformed_democrat
lol.....wouldn't surprise me in the least.
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:36:51 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
I can't help but wonder how much of a role steroids, growth hormone and amphetamines played here.
To: Mr. Mojo
I'm starting to think the girl in the sausage outfit (how many times will I ever get to type that?) has a friend or relative in the police department.
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:39:52 AM PDT
by
Mr. Bird
To: Mr. Bird
"The girl in the sausage outfit." You're right, it is fun to type.
To: Mr. Mojo
This is the "wurst" type of poor behavior to display in public.
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I can't help but wonder how much of a role steroids, growth hormone and amphetamines played here. Probably a lot. You have to use a lot of goofy chemicals to create 6-foot tall sausages. Also some powerful hallucinogens to even conceive of the idea.
...Oh, did you meant the player?
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posted on
07/10/2003 9:47:01 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Paranoia is when you realize that tin foil hats just focus the mind control beams.)
To: Mr. Mojo
I fail to see any humor in the actions of the BFM.
To: Mr. Mojo
Must be due to that Supreme Court ruling
I thought it would be OK to Whack the Weenie in public
To: tophat9000
that should be "He thought"
To: Mr. Mojo
Perhaps he'd just had enough of those spam e-mails promising him a "larger sausage".
To: Mr. Mojo
If he had belted a chorizo, would it be a hate crime? ; )
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:36:38 AM PDT
by
Vesuvian
To: gitmogrunt
I have yet to see a film of the incident (although I'd imagine ESPN's Sportcenter will be playing it a few times today), but I heard the BFM took quite a strong swipe at her with his bat.
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:38:04 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
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