Randall Simon Questioned by Police

[Guest DrTom]

Tonight in Milwaukee, Pirates 1B Randall Simon decided to whack one of the costumed sausage folks running the perimeter of the field with his bat. THe person in the costume was a 20 year-old woman. He gave her a pretty good shot, too, hard enough to knock her down and send the sausage next to her to the ground, too. The DA has not yet decided whether to file charges. Both women were treated for minor scrapes suffered in the fall.

 

I recommend finding this clip on ESPN if you haven't seen it already. Dude must've been tripping or something, but the shit is pretty funny to watch.

[Guest bob_barron]

Randall Simon- Wasn't he the guy who John Rocker called a fat monkey in the infamous SI interview? I know he was a former Brave.

 

That story sounds hilarious btw

[Gert T 0]

You gotta love how Pirates seasons can be defined by stuff like this, I haven't seen it yet, but its up there with Lloyd McClendon stealing first base.

[Guest El Satanico]

People in sausage costumes...Only in Wisconsin...bunch of damn cheeseheads

 

 

Paaaackeeers...wooo Packers win the super bowl wooo Paaaaackeeeers

[Guest Choken One]

GLADD will Sue Simon for Anti-Gay Bashing...

 

Just you wait.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

A professional athlete attacking a woman? SAY IT ISN'T SO!

[Guest Choken One]

So Simon was beating the sausage and whacking it with his wood?

[Guest El Satanico]

Since when were these two sausage wearing young ladies lesbians?

 

If someone wearing a sausage is coming at me, I'm hitting the son a bitch too regardless of possible gender.

[Guest Choken One]

^ I was refering to the sausage getting beat up...

 

Sausage=Dick

 

The Sausage AKA the penis advanced towards Simon and Simon's Anti-Gay bashing kicked in...

[Guest El Satanico]

oooh...i get it...now

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brew/jul03/153981.asp

 

Infield foul

Racing sausage whacked with bat at Miller Park

By DREW OLSON

[email protected]

Last Updated: July 10, 2003

The nightly sausage race, a popular feature at Milwaukee Brewers home games, took a bizarre, ugly turn Wednesday night at Miller Park that led to sheriff's deputies taking Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Randall Simon from the park in handcuffs.

 

A 19-year-old member of the "Super Team," the Brewers' on-field promotional group, was racing past the visitors' dugout wearing the giant Italian sausage costume when she was hit from behind by a bat Simon swung as he stood on the dugout's top step.

 

The female employee, who was identified by a club official only as Mandy, crumpled to the warning track in front of the dugout and another racer, a 21-year-old woman identified by a club official as Veronica, tripped over her and fell to the ground as well.

 

After several seconds, Veronica helped Mandy to her feet and the two finished the race and exited the field. Both were treated for injuries in the first aid area at the stadium, where they were interviewed by Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies and officials from Major League Baseball's security department.

 

The incident, which occurred before a crowd of 22,490, was captured by TV cameras and replayed several times.

 

"This is one of the most outrageous things I've ever seen inside a ballpark or outside a ballpark," said Rick Schlesinger, Brewers executive vice president of business operations.

 

"It sickened me to see it."

 

Schlesinger did not divulge the women's names or the extent of their injuries, citing confidentiality laws. He did say that Simon was interrogated by sheriff's deputies at the ballpark.

 

Asked whether the club or the victims would press charges, Schlesinger said: "It's in the hands of the Sheriff's Department right now. We'll let that run its course."

 

Shortly after the game, a pair of club employees saw deputies escort Simon, who was in handcuffs, from the park.

 

Simon was booked and released late Wednesday. He probably would be ordered to appear in the Milwaukee County district attorney's office this morning, said Sheriff's Department Deputy Inspector Sherry Warichak.

 

The injured characters suffered scraped knees and were treated by the stadium's first aid staff but did not require hospitalization, Warichak said.

 

"At this point I don't think there were any other injuries, but that remains to be seen," Warichak said.

 

Schlesinger said he spoke to Larry Silverman, the vice president and legal counsel for the Pirates, after the incident.

 

"I do not view this as a reflection on the Pirates organization," Schlesinger said. "This is an insane act by a person whose conduct is unjustified."

 

Super Team member Ryan Borghoff, 16, raced wearing the bratwurst costume.

 

"The whole thing is unbelievable," said Borghoff, who recently finished his sophomore year at Waukesha West High School.

 

"I didn't really know what happened. We were doing . . . a race where one person takes the lead and then another person passes him. It was my turn to lead, so I ran out front. I didn't really know what was going on. All of a sudden, I was by myself.

 

"He didn't hit her on the head," Borghoff said, referring to Mandy. "He just hit the costume and she fell over. These things are so top-heavy that it doesn't take much."

 

Borghoff went on to win the race. "Somebody had to, I guess," he said.

 

Lives in Caribbean

Simon, 28, was born and still lives in Curacao, an island located in the southwestern Caribbean, north of Venezuela.

 

A first baseman with a reputation as a free-swinging hitter, Simon has appeared in 67 of Pittsburgh's 86 games this season and is batting .272 with seven homers and 40 runs batted in. He is making $1.475 million this season.

 

After the game, Pirates players and coaches watched a videotape of the incident in the visitors' clubhouse.

 

"It's very strange. Live and learn - unfortunately, that's what life is all about," said Pirates outfielder Reggie Sanders. "It was an unfortunate situation."

 

Pirates spokesman Dan Hart said, "At this point in time, other than to say it's in the hands of the authorities, we have no comment."

 

The sausage race occurs after the sixth inning, and Simon wasn't playing at the time. When he pinch-hit in the top of the seventh, Simon was roundly booed by the crowd. He grounded out in what turned into a 2-1 Brewers victory in 12 innings.

 

The costumed mascots, usually members of the Super Team pep squad or the Brewers' grounds crew, race along the infield warning track, from the left-field corner to the area beyond the home dugout on the first-base side.

 

The incident took place on the one-year anniversary of the 73rd All-Star Game at Miller Park, which finished in a controversial tie.

 

Journal Sentinel staff writer Jesse Garza contributed to this report.

 

[Guest El Satanico]

The one dressed like a typical surburban white guy in his 30s...what kind of sausage is he suppose to be?

 

I hope he's not a Vienna sausage

[Guest Vern Gagne]

I think the Brat payed Simon too take out the Italian and Polish Sausage.

[Guest Choken One]

So did Simon do it on Purpose?

 

I haven't seen the video but the report says he was swinging on the dugout where it *SOMEWHAT* seems logical he would accidently whack the Sausage.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

That Bratwurst does look sinister

[Guest DerangedHermit]

This is false. They're assuming a Pirate actually hit something for once.

 

/joke

[Guest alkeiper]

Anyone who has ever watched Randall Simon bat knows he'll swing at anything.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

If the chicks can't handle some of the hazards of being a racing sausage then they should not put on the uniform...

[Guest jimmy no nose]

So did Simon do it on Purpose?

 

I haven't seen the video but the report says he was swinging on the dugout where it *SOMEWHAT* seems logical he would accidently whack the Sausage.

I havent seen the video either, but he was used to pinch hit that inning and I don't think he's played for a while so it's very possible he could have been warming up, but I think he probably just hit the thing as a joke because he already had the bat and didnt realize that it would be a big deal or something.

[Guest DrTom]

No, he swung on purpose. Watch the clip. He's standing on the top step of the dugout, watching the race, and takes a swing when one of the costumed folks jogs by him.

 

Anyone who has ever watched Randall Simon bat knows he'll swing at anything.

Yeah, but he was the bomb in my money league last year, when I had him for $1. I didn't mind his 3% walk rate since he has a contact rate around 93%, usually.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

I'm so disappointed, the Pirates and Brewers are playing right now, Sausage races are coming up after this inning and it's not on TV.

[Guest Ripper]

"It's very strange. Live and learn - unfortunately, that's what life is all about," said Pirates outfielder Reggie Sanders. "It was an unfortunate situation."

 

You don't have to live very long to learn not to hit people in sausage costumes with bats. Since when is that part of life. I can't remember my Mom giving me the "Don't beat sausage people, son...Sausage people are people, too."

[Guest jimmy no nose]

I just realized the Brewers come to Pittsburgh right after the All Star break, the Pierogies better watch out when they pass the Brewer dugout.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

Good thing they don't race in costumes -- or do they now with PNC Park? It's been years since I lived near Pittsburgh...

[Guest jimmy no nose]

Yeah they do now in PNC Park. It's really stupid too. They show these animated ones running all through the city then they come out of the outfield and run right past the dugout.

[Guest Nevermortal]

The headline in my local paper was "Pirate Whacks Sausage"

[Guest El Satanico]

I saw the clip earlier. He was clearly doing it in a jokingly manner.

 

He didn't hit the sausage that hard, it was just enough to make the girl lose her balance. It wouldn't take much to knock someone wearing a tall mascot outfit off balance.

[Guest HartFan86]

Conan O'Brien just did a hilarious skit about this on his show.

[Guest treble charged]

Watching the one sausage look back, think about it for a second, and then decide to keep running is absolutely hilarious.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

Watching the girl on Sportscenter was pretty funny. She took the whole thing like a joke and had no idea why everyone was so serious about it and said her friends were calling her thinking she was in the hospital.