Comments on: Thunder sends baseball players running

By: $8357570

$8357570 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:08:00 +0000

video taken down from ridiculous set of 3 copyright claims. FFS.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:51:00 +0000

How many of the victims of 9/11 thought that they were “important enough” to be the target of an attack?

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:50:00 +0000

Yep–the earliest and IMO most plausible book that Thomas Harris has written.

By: Sam Feinson

Sam Feinson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:18:00 +0000

Wonderfully, characteristically unimpressed. The next bolt of lightning probably got one high and tight.

By: malindrome

malindrome — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:39:00 +0000

And of course, The Onion is all over this idea.

By: Dmitry Petrovich

Dmitry Petrovich — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:29:00 +0000

The best part of that is the look on Nolan Ryan’s face. You can almost hear him thinking, “you bunch of sissys. In my day, we were struck by lightning and we LIKED IT!”

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:15:00 +0000

You’re the highest ion (salt) filled bag of water in any direction for 100m on a field at a storm, why yes, you stick out.

By: Teller

Teller — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Fuck the ground crew, right?

By: Ramone

Ramone — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:58:00 +0000

The real crash from last night’s game was the blown 3-0 lead (in the 9th no less) the Twins had. I sat through FOUR MORE INNINGS of “free baseball” while they slowly handed a win to the Rangers. GAH.

By: nachoproblem

nachoproblem — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:27:00 +0000

That would tend to explain why it doesn’t scorch or otherwise disturb the ground. I’ve seen it (simulated) in a lab blow apart big chunks of wood, so I’d kind of expect it to leave a mark.

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:32:00 +0000

And why not? Most bombings aren’t aimed at anyone special.

By: Navin_Johnson

Navin_Johnson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Those are better. Good stuff.

By: Navin_Johnson

Navin_Johnson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:20:00 +0000

I think Professor Modelo might. ;)

By: ahecht

ahecht — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:08:00 +0000

Most likely the lightning interfered with the satellite uplink. The initial strike in the video at http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22970091&source=MLB&gid=2012_07_08_minmlb_texmlb_1 has the pause (actually a few black frames in that video), but the replay at the 1:00 minute mark doesn’t have the pause. Therefore, the problem must be somewhere between the mixing board and viewer’s TVs (and MLB.com’s servers).

By: simonbarsinister

simonbarsinister — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:06:00 +0000

http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_bloodshot_eye/moonrise/moonrise12.jpg

You know it’s going to be bad when the field is named “Lightning Field”

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Yes, duh. Was, er, blinded by the lightning. Thanks.

By: ahecht

ahecht — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:02:00 +0000

No, it didn’t hit the stadium. Watch carefully. The “lightning” that looks like it hits the field is the exact same size and shape as the bolt that hits the building in the background. It’s a lens flare, not a real strike of the field.

By: xzzy

xzzy — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:01:00 +0000

It has nothing to do with fear of a bomb, it has everything to do with being the only vertical objects in the middle of a huge open area. Electricity prefers the shortest path, dontchaknow.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:44:00 +0000

“…we’re going to have an immediate stoppage of play for the safety of the fans, the players…”

Must be correcting himself there, unless fandom-induced excitement turns spectators into lightning rods like the dudes standing all alone out in center field.

I was once inside a non-automated car wash in Hollywood when its roof was struck by lightning. Yeah, that was definitely the loudest noise in my entire life.

By: Henry Baum

Henry Baum — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:38:00 +0000

Different teams/stadium.

By: d3matt

d3matt — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:38:00 +0000

unless you live in the midwest, you have no idea how bad they can get in the DFW area :)

By: Jay Nabedian

Jay Nabedian — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:37:00 +0000

This is actually at Busch Stadium, not the Ballpark at Arlignton. Different game, but still spectacular.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:36:00 +0000

The Super Bowl, at least, has occurred to someone before as a viable terror target.

By: d3matt

d3matt — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:34:00 +0000

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22970091&source=MLB&gid=2012_07_08_minmlb_texmlb_1

has a few more angles

By: Navin_Johnson

Navin_Johnson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:33:00 +0000

And of course a nice shot at the end of the perpetually annoyed/angry looking Nolan Ryan.

By: kraut

kraut — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:29:00 +0000

… and the home of the brave.

I guess even thunderstorms are bigger, better and scarier in Texas.

By: seyo

seyo — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:28:00 +0000

yeah, and also the one in the “update” is clealry occurring at night, whereas the one in Texas happened during the day.

By: pharkwar

pharkwar — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Also, the video in the update is from 2010.

By: nachoproblem

nachoproblem — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:21:00 +0000

Isn’t this a different game?

By: Neff Conner

Neff Conner — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:21:00 +0000

FYI, the story and embedded video are in regards to the incident at The Ballpark in Arlington, TX. The video link referred to in the “UPDATE” is an incident at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO.
Are you saying that the lightning that struck a building in downtown St. Louis made the players in Arlington, TX run for cover??