Flubsessed Wikipedia entry

[thomas35forever]

Tell me a Cubs fan didn't write this.:o:
Spectators are now generally allowed, and even encouraged, to keep baseballs that are hit or tossed to them. (Fans are allowed—especially at Wrigley Field (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field)—to throw visitors' home run (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run) balls back onto the field. In fact, a home run ball is the only object a fan may throw on the field without penalty.)

[Mr.1Dog]

:rolleyes: Idiots.

[WhiteSox5187]

TECHNICALLY that's true...security at Wrigley does not kick out fans for throwing OPPOSING teams homerun balls back on the field...I HAVE in fact seen them kick out a Cardinal fan who threw a Cub homerun ball back out on the field.

[AnkleSox]

What about the fans who weren't paying attention and accidentally throw their own teams' balls back?

[tick53]

Here we go kids...:scrubs More North side :bs:

[WhiteSox5187]

What about the fans who weren't paying attention and accidentally throw their own teams' balls back?
Well...when I worked there (I worked at Comiskey too) if we threw those people out the park would be empty...

[TDog]

As I understand it, there are cities where fans can be ejected for throwing any home run ball back on the field. Really, it should be a felony, punishable by fine and imprisonment.

Wikipedia isn't a reliable source, of course. People with a better grasp of reality can, and should, go in and correct this entry.

[thomas35forever]

I heard a Cubs fan got thrown out of Coors Field for throwing a Rockies home run back onto the field.

[mshake10]

And the article in question is.........

[Gremlin3]

What about this link?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox

[mshake10]

Found it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_%28object%29

Personally, I don't see how the entire paragraph about fans keeping the balls is relevent.

[eriqjaffe]

If that is a policy (written or not) with Wrigley security, what does that mean for the people who keep the home run ball and throw a ball they brought into the park onto the field?

Oh, wait, that never happens.

[likeawarlord]

who cares?

[QCIASOXFAN]

I heard a Cubs fan got thrown out of Coors Field for throwing a Rockies home run back onto the field.
I heard this also, it was not the real ball though. He made sure to get some copycat balls because he knew he was sitting in the bleachers and could catch a bomb. He did not want to throw the real ball back, but at the same time he could not disappoint "Cubbies Nation" by not throwing it back.

[dwalteroo]

That is the most ridiculous thing of all - if you don't want to throw the REAL home run ball back at Wrigley, someone will give you a fake ball to throw back.

That speaks volumes about the mindset of that team and its fans.

[skottyj242]

The Flubsession continues.