STRANGERS

Well, it seems ESPN isn't about to start printing retractions.

So, we'll give you a few links to peruse.

First we want to state, again, that the fan who threw the cell phone is a moron. We don't condone what happened.

But, for the sake of posterity...it was a heck of a toss.

We're not going to get our 3-D graph paper and go through the physics equations. But, we'll show you a few angles of the 'Net and hope you can see for yourself that the odds of hitting Everett from that distance are just incredible.

This link has a view of the Coliseum before Al Davis came back to ruin a great place to see a game. This is when they Coliseum had metal bleachers and when standing to root on the team, pounding on the metal seating made a great sound that would echo throughout the stadium.

Looking closely at the first picture find the RED Office Depot sing in rightfield. Now take your pointer and look just above that sign, just above the scoreboard, just above the bleacher section and go up to the second deck. That's the Upper Reserved Bleacher section. Now, for a thumbnail example, take your pointer and measure from home plate to first base. Then look at where the rightfielder is standing in the picture. Then process the angle of the seating and that you can't even see the warning track.

This link has a little better view of rightfield. Again, go up to the second section in right field above the RED OFFICE DEPOT sign. There are no fans seated in this picture. There are two large double doors in the Upper Reserved section there. That's where the fan threw the phone from...can you get a general idea of what an incredible throw that was. If the idiot was even aiming?

Now that you have a physical idea, here's the schematic for seating. Find and Picture the BBQ Terrace in rightfield and look how far away it is from the field itself.

Wow.

Here are a few local accounts of what happened. First from Ray Ratto who amazingly was able to have this written within hours of the end of the game and still ESPN couldn’t get its facts straight at Midnight EST.

Here’s the game account from John Shea.
We’re on the road in 15 minutes to see tonight’s game.

We thought about getting a bag of those candy filled cell phones. Or an inflatable cell phone.

Maybe the next time the Rangers are in town…

The best part about the game tonight?

We don’t have to listen to Joe Morgan.