Listening to ESPN radio today I heard Keith Law defending a Police Officer's use of a taser on a 17 year old fan running amok at a Philadelphia baseball game. Law argued the tasing was necessary since you never know what someone on the field is capable of doing. He went on to suggest the tasing was meant to deter people from doing it again. However, the next night there was another fan running in on a Major League game. If tasing isn't enough to deter them then what? Should we have armed riot police?
While I agree it is necessary to protect the players on the field from nut-jobs, but since when are police officers exempt from using a bit of common sense? The kid clearly wasn't looking to cause any harm, he was just an idiot looking for attention.
Law goes on to suggest putting up plexi glass to prevent fans from entering the field of play. There is already talk of putting up nets to protect fans from line drives. Safety is one thing but paying attention to a baseball game and being alert enough to get out of the way of a ball is another. Moves like these will only remove fans from the game more. One of the most exciting parts about going to a baseball game is the chance of catching a fly ball.
When a teenager can't act like a fool without being suspected of harboring criminal intents then paranoia is truly out of control.
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