The crowd at Citi Field briefly came alive in the ninth inning Friday night, although unfortunately for New York Mets fans, they weren’t cheering the home team.
SNY play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen explained the sudden outburst of cheers and crowd noise.
“And if you hear the crowd, you know there’s somebody running on the field and you know we’re not going to show it,” Cohen said.
But that didn’t stop Cohen and color analyst Ron Darling from describing the incident as it unfolded, and then breaking down the consequences.
“He’s now been taken down, but he’s right back up again,” Cohen said.
“That was a good tackle, shoestring tackle,” Darling said.
“‘Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots,'” Cohen added.
“He was down, players always love it,” Darling said.
A fan gets caught running on the field.
Even in a 4-1 game, there’s always some action. pic.twitter.com/BBTujWMuvj
— Dan Bartels (@DanBartels2) May 11, 2024
While security escorted the fan away, Cohen and Darling debated motivation and talked consequences for fans who invade the field.
“For you folks that want to run on the field, I don’t know why,” Darling said, “but some lawyer friend of a friend told me it’s about a $10k cost.”
“And you’re banned for life,” Cohen said.
“$10,000, never go to a ballgame again, if that’s your kind of deal,” Darling added.
“It’s usually because your buddies dare you,” Cohen said. “Why else would you do it!”
“For you folks that want to run on the field, I don’t know why, but some lawyer friend of a friend told me it’s about a $10k cost… 10,000, never go to a ballgame again, if that’s your kind of deal.” – Ron Darling
“It’s usually because your buddies dare you.” – Gary Cohen ⚾️🎙️ pic.twitter.com/ZtVfWK9O6z
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 11, 2024
How many fans actually knew there was about a $10,000 penalty associated with running on the field? That is, if we can trust Darling’s “lawyer friend of a friend” legal source.
[@awfulannouncing; Photo Credit: Dan Bartels]
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