First he gets Rocker traded from The Braves now hes attempting murder...disgusting! Pirates' Simon booked after hitting one of Brewers' racing sausages
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.''
quote:Originally posted by britneyspearsatemyshorts: i guess the people who said Sosa wasn't setting a bad precedent in sports wish they could take back their words now....
This is ridiculous even by your lofty standards. Sosa didn't touch anybody with his bat. Trying to relate everything bad that happens in sports from now until the end of time to Sosa is just absurd, and, as per your usual, contributes nothing to any sort of serious discussion.
At any rate, Simon needs to lay off whatever he's on.
they should have but athletes get special treatment by theyre worshippers, Barkley is a known rascist yet he was free to practice his beliefs publicly....
quote:Originally posted by britneyspearsatemyshorts: there is now an enviroment of invincibility in MLB and all sports thanks to Sosa, look no further than this case and Baker....
Yes, upon further review of the Zapruder tape of Simon, I do think I see a thought bubble forming from his head "if Sosa can get away with a corked bat, surely I can get away with tapping this person in a sausage suit!"
quote:Originally posted by britneyspearsatemyshorts: the light penalty given to sosa for violating the integrity of the sport was like a green light, do what ever you want we'll look the other way.....
quote:Originally posted by britneyspearsatemyshorts: there is now an enviroment of invincibility in MLB and all sports thanks to Sosa, look no further than this case and Baker....
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