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“It is my last night in Chicago. In four days, I did everything you can do here. I ate well, drank a lot, and earlier this afternoon I beat the Cubs 11-2.”

TV funnyman Conan O’Brien, wrapping up his stint in the Windy City.

There are police on the field, the guy has been running around for a minute acting like an idiot but clearly no threat to anyone, and you're a man in your 50s and an employee of a multi-billion dollar corporation. Just let the police do their frigging job.

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"I have had craps that make my leg feel like it is being torn off
by a pack of angry chihuahuas, lets hope that is all it is...." -wart57
"Good lord. This is a family site." - G Keenan

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C'mon, you know by now that the umpires are the center of the show. It's why we all go to the games. It's all about them.

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"Boy, that was exciting. I always say it ain't over til it's over, but that one should've been over a while ago." ~ Yogi Berra

I'm glad he did it. I hope the [expletive] fan got hurt.

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Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell, And I feel like I'm comin' home

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Me too. I don't have time to recount the story, but this incident reminds me of what Mike Ditka (when he was a player) did to a fan who was running around the field in Chicago.

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"You have to be concerned about the future, but you also have to be more concerned about the present. If you have to give up two or three young kids - who may not be able to play for several years - to get help for your team now, you have to do it." - Bing Devine, 1999

"They call baseball a game because it's too screwed up to be a business." - Jim Bouton, 1971.

"Big deal. Anyone can win games when the other team doesn't score any runs." - Curt Flood to Bob Gibson, circa 1968

25 some odd years ago I got fired from Dominos because I didn't let someone take the pizza and my money, and instead refused and told them to go to hell. A physical altercation took place in which I probably - well ok I definitely did more than defend myself - and boom, job gone.

As much as it pissed me off I did understand it even back then. I think MLB needs this policy - you hire umpires to ump and security guards to secure - train each properly and let them each do their job. What if a star player went after him and was injured? What if the ump was injured? What if the ump were deemed over zealous and taken to court?

It's a dumb move by the ump and MLB should just flat out tell them to skip the Rambo [expletive].

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"Boy, that was exciting. I always say it ain't over til it's over, but that one should've been over a while ago." ~ Yogi Berra