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Baseball>Choppers
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 5:46 pm
by bndgkmf
I was with my son at baseball practice this evening. The boys were taking batting practice when a chopper stopped at a stop sign down the street from us. I was standing in the outfield with my boy and another kid, I said "he's gonna turn this way and blip his throttle at us." Sure enough he turns our way and starts revving. Right as he's passing, this kid Hunter fouls one back about 6 inches in front of the guys face. He didn't drop it but damn did we all laugh at him. Full disclosure they almost hit a lady talking on the phone walking by with a wild pitch.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:30 am
by DerGolgo
Well, if you're gonna behave like you've been hit in the head too-often...you're gonna get hit in the head for real, eventually.
Interestingly enough, there has recently been a "grundsatzurteil" (a court ruling that establishes precedence, which regular rulings here don't) about a motorcyclist falling off of his bike when he was hit by an errant football (or soccer ball, for you yanks) when driving past a training field.
The court found that, while the football club (or soccer club) failed to take proper care to keep balls from flying into the road, the motorcyclist was also partly liable for his accident (30%, to be exact), since he, as a local, and a member of the club he was suing even, was well aware that errant balls were likely to get through the insufficient fencing around the training field.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:51 pm
by guitargeek
Let me guess: No helmet?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 3:42 pm
by bndgkmf
DerGolgo wrote:Well, if you're gonna behave like you've been hit in the head too-often...you're gonna get hit in the head for real, eventually.
Interestingly enough, there has recently been a "grundsatzurteil" (a court ruling that establishes precedence, which regular rulings here don't) about a motorcyclist falling off of his bike when he was hit by an errant football (or soccer ball, for you yanks) when driving past a training field.
The court found that, while the football club (or soccer club) failed to take proper care to keep balls from flying into the road, the motorcyclist was also partly liable for his accident (30%, to be exact), since he, as a local, and a member of the club he was suing even, was well aware that errant balls were likely to get through the insufficient fencing around the training field.
Funnily enough we had put signs at either end of the field warning people to watch out for balls since we had planned just to do batting last night. I guess reading isn't cool when your on yer hog. He was wearing his doo rag, or is that not a safety device?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:21 pm
by motorpsycho67
guitargeek wrote:Let me guess: No helment?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:13 pm
by guitargeek
motorpsycho67 wrote:guitargeek wrote:Let me guess: No helment?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 3:08 am
by rc26
bndgkmf wrote:DerGolgo wrote:Well, if you're gonna behave like you've been hit in the head too-often...you're gonna get hit in the head for real, eventually.
Interestingly enough, there has recently been a "grundsatzurteil" (a court ruling that establishes precedence, which regular rulings here don't) about a motorcyclist falling off of his bike when he was hit by an errant football (or soccer ball, for you yanks) when driving past a training field.
The court found that, while the football club (or soccer club) failed to take proper care to keep balls from flying into the road, the motorcyclist was also partly liable for his accident (30%, to be exact), since he, as a local, and a member of the club he was suing even, was well aware that errant balls were likely to get through the insufficient fencing around the training field.
Funnily enough we had put signs at either end of the field warning people to watch out for balls since we had planned just to do batting last night. I guess reading isn't cool when your on yer hog. He was wearing his doo rag, or is that not a safety device?
Doo rag is to carry his teeth in after he face plants and knocks them out. Lord knows I don't want to run over one and get a flat. So, yeah...it's a safety device. I say good thinking on his part.