Pussy-Ass Texas Rangers

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Texas Rangers relief pitcher was arrested and charged with assault after flinging a chair into the stands and injuring a woman during a baseball game in Oakland, California, officials said on Tuesday.

Franklin Francisco, 25, was charged with aggravated battery after police said he threw a folding chair at a heckler in the stadium where his team was playing the Oakland Athletics on Monday. He was not pitching at the time.

"He was arrested after the game last night and he was booked in our jail and released shortly thereafter," Oakland deputy police chief Peter Dunbar told Reuters.

"There was a heckler who happens to be the husband of the victim. He was heckling at the Rangers bullpen and they took exception," Dunbar said. The heckler "ducked and it hit his wife next to him."

The woman was taken to a local hospital and treated for a cut to her nose.

Video of the incident showed several Texas players confronting fans, with the woman emerging with a bloody nose and blood spilling onto her Athletics sweatshirt.

Texas Rangers owner Thomas Hicks, whose team trails division-leading Oakland by six games in the American League West, issued an apology for the conduct of Texas players involved in the incident.

"Their behavior, especially the injury to a fan, was unacceptable. Even in a difficult or abusive environment, players should never be provoked into such actions," he said.

"I have been in contact with the (Major League Baseball) Commissioner's office to determine the next appropriate steps."

The unusual incident caused a 19-minute delay in the game that ended with the Athletics winning 7-6 in 10 innings.

Francisco, a native of the Dominican Republic who pitched in the Major Leagues for the first time in May, has gotten off to a strong debut with a 5-1 record and 3.22 earned run average. He was named American League rookie of the month for August.

He could face a considerable suspension from the game because of his performance off the mound.

[white Boy]

wat a fuck... he should be suspended for the year

[eS El Duque]

The heckler "ducked and it hit his wife next to him."

LMAO..hahahha...reminds of that simpson episode when flanders wife died.

[Woodrow]

WTF.

The Chair was High and outside.

[ecrazy]

^^LOL

It Reminds Me Of When I Went To The Angels Game vs. Blue Jays.....We Sat In the Cheap seats behind the Bullpin and we were all yelling at the relieve pitcher "Douglass" and  When he went to throw a ball I yelled when he was windin up and he threw the ball way into the dirt and everyone started laughing and the pitching coach gave me a MEAN ASS LOOK, I swear he looked like he wanted to kill me...i got scared...didnt say shit after, but then everyone started to do it...but yea...not a good idea...they really get pissed.....oh well.....ANGELS BITCH (or dodgers, eh...FREEWAY SERIES FOR A WORLD SERIES BITCH)

[Black_Smoke]

lol

[CoreG37]

The botoom line is that this guy shouldn't have thrown the chair but these people admitted that they heckle pitchers on a regular basis so hopefully from now on they just sit, watch the game, and  "SHUT THE HELL UP."

[pappy]

The botoom line is that this guy shouldn't have thrown the chair but these people admitted that they heckle pitchers on a regular basis so hopefully from now on they just sit, watch the game, and  "SHUT THE HELL UP."

heckling is part of the game

[Don Jacob]

i still remember when jt snow threw a bat (accident) inot the stand and hit some bitch and knocked her out

[Suga Foot]

The botoom line is that this guy shouldn't have thrown the chair but these people admitted that they heckle pitchers on a regular basis so hopefully from now on they just sit, watch the game, and  "SHUT THE HELL UP."

heckling is part of the game

Yeah.  That's why most stadiums have a 'rage room'.  Players can go in there and smash stuff when they're pissed off.