Yankee fan arrested for 40-foot dive

[ragingfish]

Quote »Yankees fan arrested for 40-foot dive18-year-old slightly injured after intentional plunge into nettingA fan reacts after falling from the upper deck onto onto the netting behind home plate during the eighth inning.Frank Franklin Ii / APUpdated: 9:28 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2005NEW YORK - A fan who jumped from the Yankee Stadium upper deck to the netting behind home plate was released from a hospital Wednesday and appeared in court to face criminal charges.Eighteen-year-old Scott Harper plummeted about 40 feet onto the large screen during the eighth inning of Tuesday night’s game between New York and the Chicago White Sox. After the final out, he was carried on a stretcher from the ballpark to Lincoln Medical Center, his head immobilized in a neck brace.Harper, of Armonk, N.Y., was released into police custody Wednesday and arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court on charges of trespassing, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and other violations.Story continues below ↓ advertisementHarper did not enter a plea and faces up to a year in jail. He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court on Sept. 6.Harper had told three friends he was sitting with that he was going to test whether the net would hold his weight — and then he jumped, police said.“The next thing you know, you don’t see him anymore. You saw him on the net,” said 18-year-old Mike Spadafino, one of Harper’s friends.Obviously scared and shaken, Harper sat with his head in his hands for a few moments before climbing the net back up to the middle level of seats as players watched and the crowd roared.“That was the only exciting thing that happened today,” Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said after Chicago’s 2-1 victory.Harper then was hoisted over the railing and led away by security.“People think we threw him off, but we’re all best friends, so I don’t think that would ever happen,” said 20-year-old Giusseppe Tripi, another one of Harper’s friends.It was the second time in five years a fan dropped from the upper deck at Yankee Stadium. In May 2000, 24-year-old Stephen Laurenzi of Yonkers, N.Y., was unconscious for a short time while sprawled on the net as a game between Boston and New York went on. He also was arrested and taken to a hospital for observation.“I was hoping I wouldn’t see that again,” Yankees manager Joe Torre said. “You could break your neck.”In 1997 and 1998, there was only a high backstop behind the plate and no netting extending to the stands.“I’ve never seen anything like that before,” White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. “I think that’s New York, you know, anything can happen.”Harper is due back in court on Sept. 6, the DA’s office said.Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8890999/In addition: I watched this happen on live TV at work. It had to be the FUNNIEST thing I had ever seen!!!

[Toasted7]

I saw that on CNN today. Idiot!... gosh.

[scherry2]

he must of wanted to pull a Andy Warhol.

[Atomb]

this might be stupid question, but.....why didn't he just say that he accidently fell over and all of these charges would not be possible!?!?kids are so dumb these days...they don't know how to get out of trouble...just into it!back in my day....!

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by Atomb »this might be stupid question, but.....why didn't he just say that he accidently fell over and all of these charges would not be possible!?!?kids are so dumb these days...they don't know how to get out of trouble...just into it!back in my day....!He did say that...but his friends ratted him out.

[Mavrik]

so if the net didn't hold his weight and broke... was he going to sue or something? idiot for sure.