Entertainment & Sports
Jan. 9, 2007
Oakland Judge Catches Wild Pitch
SAN FRANCISCO - It began with jeering Oakland A's fans and ended with a Texas Rangers pitcher heaving a chair into the stands and hitting a woman square in the face. The 2004 melee sparked debate about sports etiquette, and on Friday it moves to an Alameda County courtroom for a civil damages trial.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - In the bottom of the ninth inning, the score was tied, and the pressure was on. It began with jeering Oakland Athletics fans and ended with an enraged Texas Rangers pitcher heaving a chair into the stands, missing a heckler but hitting the man's wife in the face, shattering her nose.
The September 2004 melee, captured on television ca...
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