When the Milwaukee Brewers hit a house run at their residence stadium, American Household Area, their mascot rides down a slide past the left discipline wall to have fun. When a visiting reporter at a recreation on Wednesday went down the slide, he broke bones.
The reporter, David Vassegh, who covers the Los Angeles Dodgers for SportsNet LA, rode down the slide earlier than Wednesday’s recreation between the Brewers and the Dodgers. The yellow slide that twists from one tier of the ballpark to a different beneath, a defining function of Milwaukee’s ballpark, is named Bernie’s Slide, named for the group’s mascot.
Inside seconds of the beginning of his descent, which was broadcast on SportsNet LA, Vassegh begins yelling.
“Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap,” Vassegh says within the video of his slide.
On the finish of his experience, Vassegh slammed right into a barrier a number of toes away from the foot of slide. The crash left Vassegh with a fractured wrist and 6 cracked ribs, in response to SportsNet LA.
Joe Davis, a Dodgers TV play-by-play announcer, stated that Vassegh had been speaking about happening the slide for days.
“I’ve by no means heard someone so enthusiastic about doing something,” Davis stated during Wednesday’s broadcast.
Regardless of his accidents, Vassegh didn’t instantly search medical care after the crash. He did a pregame interview with Justin Turner, the Dodgers’ third baseman, earlier than going to an pressing care heart.
“Trea Turner makes sliding look fairly straightforward, however one journey down the slide for you, and also you’re heading to the I.L.,” Justin Turner advised Vassegh, referring to the Dodgers shortstop identified for his velocity on the basepaths. “I’ve received to say, you’re actually chiefing this out as a result of try to be going to get an image on that on that factor proper now, and also you insisted on doing this interview first.”
Vassegh advised Justin Turner he’d return to the ballpark from his go to with the docs earlier than the tip of the sport.
“You’ll see me by the ninth inning tonight,” he stated.
Vassegh certainly returned in time to do a postgame interview with Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes on the sphere.
“That one was for you,” Barnes stated of the Dodgers’ 2-1 victory, which improved their league-best document to 81-35. “All of us rallied at present for you.”
Journeys down the slide aren’t solely for Bernie. The Brewers supply followers the prospect to experience down the slide for as much as $175 per individual. The group notes on its web site that to go down the slide, followers have to be at the least 8 years outdated, and bodily in a position to climb two flights of stairs to achieve the platform. Followers should additionally signal a waiver.
Justin Turner posted a picture of the crash site on Twitter on Thursday. Marked on the barrier that Vassegh slammed into is an overview of a physique and the phrases “holy crap.”
The Brewers didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Thursday in regards to the slide, however earlier than Thursday afternoon’s recreation between the Brewers and the Dodgers, Bernie introduced Vassegh some yellow flowers and a “slide instruction manual” on the sphere.
“It’s actually not that onerous,” the within of the cardboard stated.
Vassegh stated on SportsNet LA on Thursday that he was “slightly sore” however able to cowl the sport.
“Are you not entertained by me doing my very own stunts?” Vassegh stated in a segment on SportsNet LA earlier than the sport.