[Lefty Noob]

Strange story. According to the Associated Press, "A 40-year-old man arrested at Shea Stadium on Friday night is accused of trying to distract an Atlanta Braves pitcher and shortstop with a high-powered flashlight... Frank Martinez was charged with interference with a professional sporting event and second-degree reckless endangerment, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Saturday... Authorities said Martinez flashed the powerful light at the players in the bottom of the eighth inning from his seat behind home plate. He was quickly ejected from the game."

[MJHMarc]

Maybe he thought the stadium was dark and needed a flash-light to see better.

[EmpireWF]

I wonder if it's like the laser pointers...

[ThePundit]

This guy is evidently nuts: From the NY Post

Former Bronx neighbors of Martinez, an exterminator, said the was thrown out of his Ericson Place apartment because of his Mets fanaticism.

"He was a psycho. He used to scream for no reason," said Abigail Torres.

She said when the team would play he would shout "M! E! T! S!" at the top of his lungs and later at about 3 a.m. he would go into the hallway and do it again, over and over.

METS BEAM BUM FAN IS BUSTED By ERIKA MARTINEZ, BRIAN COSTELLO and PATRICK GALLAHUE - Regionalnews - New York Post Online Edition


Anybody thinking of Robert DeNiro from The Fan?

[WaltonBill]

haha, this kinda makes me think he could be the Mets fan version of Jerome from Manhattan....hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Strange story. According to the Associated Press, "A 40-year-old man arrested at Shea Stadium on Friday night is accused of trying to distract an Atlanta Braves pitcher and shortstop with a high-powered flashlight... Frank Martinez was charged with interference with a professional sporting event and second-degree reckless endangerment, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Saturday... Authorities said Martinez flashed the powerful light at the players in the bottom of the eighth inning from his seat behind home plate. He was quickly ejected from the game."

Did they ever do this to that well endowed gal ... Morgana or something like that ?? She was certainly a distraction.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Did they ever do this to that well endowed gal ... Morgana or something like that ?? She was certainly a distraction.

Oh, yeah... Morganna the Kissing Bandit. What ever did happen to her?

[LSC9901]

MORGANNA ROBERTS is an entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from the early 1970s through the 1980s. She was also billed as "Morganna the Wild One" when appearing as an ecdysiast in the 1970s.
Most sources agree that she was born on the Fourth of July, in 1954, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Her claim to fame is her kissing chudspah and her large breasts. Her vital statistics were often reported to be 60-23-39.[1] Other uncredited reports assess her vital statistics at a less gargantuan 44-23-37. Her breasts has been reported to be all-natural, which seems likely since she was so well endowed at the time of her first public appearance at the age of 17, at a time when breast implants were relatively rare. She distinguishes herself from the dumb blonde stereotype with her with her wit as displayed during her appearances on Johnny Carson and David Letterman's late-night talk shows. She frequently quipped that fellow busty sex symbol Dolly Parton was "flat-chested" compared to her.
Her modus operandi was to obtain a front row seat and wear a large, bulky jacket to somewhat disguise her identity. When a particular star was on the field, she would whip off the jacket, dash onto the field wearing a T-shirt and gym shorts and plant a harmless kiss on the player's lips, usually evoking a sheepish grin from him and an appreciative roar from the crowd. She was arrested each time, for disorderly conduct, which merely served to fuel her career and notoriety. Texas attorney Richard "Racehorse" Haynes once introduced the not entirely serious "gravity defense" for her, in which it was argued that her topheavy condition caused her to fall over the railing and onto the field.
She appeared in Playboy magazine, in June 1983, April 1985 and September 1989. During the 1990s she occasionally kissed minor league players.[2] Her last notable appearance before retirement was in the Farrelly brothers' feature film Kingpin in 1996, appearing as herself. Morganna went into retirement at the end of 1999 and now lives in Columbus, Ohio. She no longer grants interviews or does appearances.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Texas attorney Richard "Racehorse" Haynes once introduced the not entirely serious "gravity defense" for her, in which it was argued that her topheavy condition caused her to fall over the railing and onto the field.

Oh, man... first I've heard of this and I can barely stop laughing enough to type!

[vincesanity82]

Update:

A New York Mets fan has been ejected from Shea Stadium for three years after pleading guilty on Tuesday to shining a high-powered flashlight at an Atlanta Braves pitcher and shortstop during a game there last month. Frank Martinez, 40, of the Bronx, also must spend 15 days behind bars as part of his sentence for interfering with a professional sporting event.
"In a game in which the ball can travel upward of 110 mph, the defendant's actions were dangerous to both spectators and players," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement.
Authorities said that on the evening of April 20, while seated behind home plate, Martinez turned the beam on Braves pitcher Tim Hudson and shortstop Edgar Renteria. The Braves were leading 7-0 at the time.
Renteria complained to umpire Paul Emmel, who called time out and alerted security. The security officers removed Martinez and found "a small, streamline flashlight" in his backpack, authorities said.

ESPN.com - MLB - Shea it isn't so: Mets fan ejected for three years

[Nuke]

Was he just ejected or did they give him a chance to quit screwing around with the flashlight first? I don't buy that argument he his actions were dangers to spectators. I mean annoying yes but a lethal flashlight? Just more of our paranoid, oversensitive society embarrassing itself as it usually does when you watch the news.