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The fan in question was an out-of-town police chief. The good thing: he was not injured at all. The weird thing: the fact that this happened inside domed Tropicana Field:
Charles Sweatt felt something sting his leg during the June 16 Tampa Bay Rays game against the Miami Marlins at Tropicana Field.
He thought he had been hit by a foul ball.
But when Sweatt, the police chief in the tiny Panhandle town of Parker, looked down, there was no ball. Instead, another fan sitting nearby found a bullet.
Good stuff in there explaining how a flying bullet could have found its way into Tropicana Field and why it didn’t cause any damage.
But man, weirdness.
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Jun 28, 2012 at 2:39 PM
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And Tropicana is now officially more ghetto than the Coliseum.
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- seanb20124 - Jun 28, 2012 at 2:40 PM
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Chief Lawsuit I suppose
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- beearl - Jun 28, 2012 at 2:42 PM
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Does Davey Johnson have an alibi?
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- theawesomersfranchise - Jun 28, 2012 at 2:55 PM
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Anyone who has been to Tampa is not surprised
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- spol85 - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:36 PM
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Would be funny except for the fact that the Trop is not located in Tampa.
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- theawesomersfranchise - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:42 PM
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Ya but the sewage finds it way to St. Pete.
St.Pete is excellent, Tampa is a filthy sewer that makes Daytona look clean and wonderful.
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- kopy - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:03 PM
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It could have been way worse. History buffs may remember this incident. These are headlines and sub-headlines, in order, that you can click through. I remember reading the whole story not too long ago, but I couldn’t find it just now.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A16FC3B5B177B93C7A9178CD85F448585F9
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- sportsdrenched.com - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:08 PM
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This must happen more often than we think. Check this out:
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- sdelmonte - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:17 PM
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It was one of those weird teleporting bullets from Deep Space Nine.
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- drewsylvania - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:29 PM
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How in the…?
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- Jonny 5 - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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This happens when idiots shoot their guns up in the sky like a Libyan rebel. What goes up, must come down.
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- Old Gator - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:58 PM
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That’s one very ugly building.
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- APBA Guy - Jun 28, 2012 at 7:16 PM
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Even uglier on the inside. At least the Mausoleum has a beautiful field, before football season, anyway.
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- Old Gator - Jun 28, 2012 at 8:57 PM
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Ugly and depressing inside the Trap. But dear Buddha, look closely at that roof. It’s got a complexion like Jan Brewer.
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- bigharold - Jun 28, 2012 at 10:14 PM
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” It’s got a complexion like Jan Brewer.”
But, you’d have to admit that the Trops roof is WAY smarter.
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- atworkident - Jun 28, 2012 at 3:58 PM
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Was Alfredo Simon in town?
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- jerryball22 - Jun 28, 2012 at 4:02 PM
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Pedro Gomez has not denied he is the source of the bullet.
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- SteelyMcBeam6 - Jun 28, 2012 at 5:19 PM
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That’s crazy. Considering only 14 people show up to rays games
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- bigharold - Jun 28, 2012 at 10:15 PM
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Sort of like winning the lottery twice, .. only in reverse.
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- Panda Claus - Jun 28, 2012 at 6:27 PM
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Next time it rains during a game down there someone’s probably going to be wondering where the annoying drip on the top of their head is coming from. They’ll blame it on a leaky air conditioner, but we’ll know better.
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- rooney24 - Jun 29, 2012 at 9:57 AM
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So, how did the guy think he was hit by a foul ball? Was he paying that little attention to the game?
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- Chipmaker - Jun 29, 2012 at 10:52 AM
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Celebratory gunfire? What, M-80s just don’t pack the right punch any more?
I was in Ouray, Colorado several years ago. Weekend night, town fair slowly wrapping up, just milling about with my family — when suddenly an explosion rocked the valley (Ouray sits at the end of a box canyon). It wasn’t very nearby, but given the geology, that hardly mattered. I asked a local what was that? Eh, that’s just (name of some eccentric resident), he sets off dynamite every once in a while. Good grief.
