tomie'sworld: a guy falls to his death @ turner field in Atlanta...

tomie'sworld: a guy falls to his death @ turner field in Atlanta...: It was insane to watch Yankees Vs Braves last night on Sportsnet especially when the TV announcers (Atlanta broadcast) told their audience t...

a guy falls to his death @ turner field in Atlanta, GA

It was insane to watch Yankees Vs Braves last night on Sportsnet especially when the TV announcers (Atlanta broadcast) told their audience that a guy had just fallen from the upper level to the lower level behind homeplate right in front of them. The announcers expected the game would be halted for a bit to allow the EMTS do their job and clean up the situation without balls flying at them but that was not the case as pinch hitter A-Rod. A-Rod who looked like the only person on the field seeing what was going on s he was hanging around the on deck circle until the ump asked him to step into the batter's box to continue the game without a stoppage and if the batter Jacoby Ellsbury who was up after A-Rod was intentionally walked to load the bases had sent a screamer towards the area then someone else could of been seriously hurt as it is likely that nobody was paying attention to the game. I feel for the Atlanta announcers had to just but what they had just witness behind them and go on with the game like nothing had happened because if they did not then they would of magnified that something like that had happened and it was never stop even after the half inning was over. So I believe they did the best they could of done with what they were given and were extremely professional in a very had situation. It has happened in Toronto before when a gentleman had a heart attack down the third baseline and because it was at field level they had to stop the game to get a cart on the field to get the gentleman out of the building and it took like 20-30 minutes for the situation was resolved and he still passed away. So the guy Gregory Murrey who was 60 years old died in hospital and major league baseball has tried to buried the story with as it is very low on the stories list on MLB.com and it is not a lead on their home page and the Braves did release a statement after the game confirming the death. It is a very sad story Tom mehegan