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Originally Posted by BWillie
So maybe the parent shouldn't bring a 5 year old to a baseball game that doesn't have the maturity to understand what is going around them. Under this argument, children shouldn't be allowed at a baseball game at all. I can't say I disagree with that, because, they could easily get hit by a bat, foul ball, etc. So, if a child was sitting there, was hit by a foul ball, what would you think? Like others have said, when slugger is doing the promotion, it's OBVIOUS to what is going on. What do you go to baseball game for? To read your iPad, you are a spectator, you are looking at what is going on on the field and around you as it relates to the baseball game. You aren't sitting in starbucks reading a book and someone chucks a latte at your grill.
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No, it is NOT obvious what is going on. I have never seen a promotion where I was afraid of getting hurt. NEVER. You know why? Because if you are doing a promotion that gets people hurt, you shouldn't be doing it. Period.
I brought up the five year old because the argument that everybody should be paying attention to the mascot is ridiculous. The speed that this hot dog had to have hit this guy's eye at was obviously fast enough that you question if a kid would have caught it either. That's dangerous.
Every time I see t-shirt cannons they got shot UP in the air. Throwing anything at eye level is just plain stupid. The Royals are absolutely on the hook here. They approved a promotion where somebody could get hurt. They took no care to wrap the hot dog up protectively. And you have a mascot who's obviously throwing it too hard and, worse, is carelessly throwing it behind his back instead of aiming for someone.