EclectEcon

While watching the Mets-Marlins baseball game last Thursday night, Ms. Eclectic and I were shocked and stunned to see that a Marlin fan had thrown a baseball onto the field and actually hit the Met's pitcher on the wrist [see this].

My immediate reaction was that the Marlins (the home team) should be required to forfeit the game. Actually I was surprised that the Mets stayed on the field after that happened. At least play was stopped until stadium security removed several people from the stands.

In saner moments, I realize that probably the Marlin security team did the right thing. Sometimes harsh punishment is called for; sometimes it isn't.

Addendum: and then on Friday night, a fan in the upper deck at Yankee Stadium threw a ball at Alex Rios (Trono Blue Jay) after Rios hit a home run. What do you figure the odds are that Yankee Stadium security found the culprit or did much about it?

Me neither.