Fans Go Over the Top For Adam Eaton's Ball

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With unfortunate fatalities at Shea Stadium and AT&T Park this year as well as that bizarre golf cart incident at Citizens Bank Park last season, Major League ball parks aren't the safest places in the world.

Another potentially horrible incident was avoided yesterday at CBP when a fan tried a little too hard for a ball tossed by Adam Eaton during BP.

The monotonous batting-practice routine at Citizens Bank Park took an interesting and scary turn on Wednesday, when a fan tumbled from the stands trying for a souvenir. Adam Eaton shagged fly balls in the outfield and tossed one to a fan near the railing in left field. Another fan stepped in front, but leaned over too far. His weight propelled him over the railing.

Luckily, he grabbed the railing with one arm as he fell to the warning track, allowing him to land on his feet, rather than his head.

I'd hate to see what they would do for a Cole Hamels ball.

>>Fan narrowly averts disaster after fall [Phillies]

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