There should be seatbelts installed in the stands.  And they should only be unlockable by the ushers, who will then lead you by the hand to the concession stand, where you can chose between the fair-trade, tofu hamburger and the GM and hormone free, unsalted popcorn.

i just pray for that little boy and his family they need all the prayers they can recieve

Hope this time they have a higher rails for the safety for the fans. Hoping the little boy is doing well bet he is going to be horrific for his rest of his life. Hope they can sat up counseling for that young boy. My prayers are for the family R.I.P. Firefighter Shannon Stone so young to die.Its a horrific tragedy for everyone around the world especially for the family.

Let's not forget the statistic of the Giants fan who was beaten into a coma at the Dodgers opening day... essentially brain dead, so three fatalities at ballparks this year.

The railing is too low. The man barely leans over it and falls. His poor son will have this vision
in his head for the rest of his life. The balls should probably only be thrown to the lowest level
and very strong netting like they use in a circus should be constructed across these open
areas so that no one could walk there but if something like this happened again, it would catch
the person falling. It's happened several times now...it's time to fix this before someone else
dies. My prayers are with the family. This is a horrible tragedy. I pray for Josh also that he
doesn't blame himself. He was just trying to give a ball to a fan. I don't care if this had never
happened before...it needs to be fixed immediately. Even one death is too many. May God
give mercy to all involved.

John Basiglone,

More Nanny state mentality. What about the personal responsibility each one of us has to conduct our own behavior in a manner consistent with safe conduct. A whole lotta folks have been in those stands and despite any perceived safety hazards, none of them have fallen. That guy, like everyone else there had the opportunity to asses the situation and make good choices. He was probably a good guy, and a smart guy. Just made a bad decision at the wrong time. We could spend million, billions, on making our infrastructure 'safe', and even then, every once in a while, something like this is bound to happen.  

Very sad day for that little guy!  No money in the world will bring back his daddy or wash away such a horrific memory.  God Bless him!

"Former president George W. Bush, who used to be general manager of the Rangers,"

Ha! That's pretty hilarious.

Bush was a co-owner of the team, something he was qualified to do because he is from a very rich family so has always been able to afford expensive toys. In no way has he ever been qualified to be a MLB general manager, and he has never held such a position.

LOL at the Bush rage long after everyone else abandoned that dead horse.

I'm a little upset at the fact that the announcer had laughed at the fact the guy fell to his death. RUDE.

Look at the railing, it is well below waist high.  As for the asinine statement by the author regarding the waiver of liability printed on the ticket, those waivers or disclaimers are worthless and by no means release the ball park operators from any liability.  These disclaimers are printed on the tickets, parking stubs, etc... to make the victim think they have no legal remedy for damages as a result of the owner/operators negligence. 

Here is a text book example of a solid negligence claim, where the harm done to the victim was reasonably foreseeable.  It is reasonably foreseeable that could fall over the railing reaching for the ball.  As the fan is an "invitee" to the stadium, the owners owe the highest duty of care to protect the fan from foreseeable dangers or hazardous conditions.  It is foreseeable that a fan may loose their balance reaching for the ball and fall. It was plainly visible that the railing was too low to prevent the fall of the fan, when he only slightly lost his balance.  Not in this case, but even if a fan was intoxicated, him or her being intoxicated would not relieve the owner/operator of their duty of care to the fan and the owner would still be liable, as it is reasonably foreseeable that an intoxicated fan may try to reach for a ball and fall.

Believe me, there will be a wrongful death claim brought by the family. Besides wrongful death, the child will be able to bring forth a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress. This case will never make to the trial stage, because if the Rangers are prudent, they will settle this out of court. In my opinion, the family will easily be able to settle out of court and the Rangers make this go away for $10 million plus. 

Thanks, John..I felt the same way when I read the part about the disclaimer...... So sad.

Jesus a man died and all you are interested in is the legal claims. How about trying to be a human for a second and reflect on what happened. No amount of money can bring back the loving father that that boy lost.

What a fowl ball...

My heart goes out to the kid and the family members who will have to explain this to him.

very sad. As for the kid, he is NOT going to be ok. He watched his dad fall to his death at a Baseball game. Talk about horrifying, and it wasn't even for a foul ball. 

So sad. At least he was conscious when he was down there so his kid didn't have to see his father dead immediately.

I believe someone died at Shea on the escalators, which were treacherous. Also, the upper deck at old Yankee Stadium had a ridiculous incline. Someone rolled off of there. 

All I can think about is how shocked & horrified his son must have been. I hope the kid's ok.

As a Father of a small child... 
I saw the video with the kid there before reading anything and my first thought was PLEASE don't let that be his son... 
Poor kid... 

Indeed. Absolutely horrible.