from the looks of things - the only contact he has made recently. i also think someone is gonna getmajor league sued here - and hopefullt it is simon - who should be suspended for about 30 days - but since this is baseball and the union will appeal - will get about 2 days - at that even though what he did is about 10,000 times worse than sammy sosa and his corked bat:
Simon swings bat at 'Italian sausage'
MILWAUKEE -- Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Randall Simon was questioned by sheriff's officers after hitting one of the Milwaukee Brewers' racing sausages with a bat during Wednesday night's game.
Four people in sausage costumes race around the bases between the sixth and seventh innings at Brewers games as part of the entertainment for the fans.
Film of Wednesday night's race showed that when the group went past the Pirates dugout, Simon swung a bat at the Italian sausage character -- portrayed by a 20-year-old South Milwaukee woman -- causing her to fall to the ground. As she fell, a nearby sausage also went down.
"They were doing the sausage race. He hit her with the baseball bat,'' said Deputy Inspector Sherry Warichak of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, which provides security at Brewers games. "When he hit her, that other character fell.
"They both were treated at the scene for scraped knees, but at this point I don't think they have any other complaints,'' she said.
Warichak declined to release the names of the women, who were interviewed at the stadium.
Simon pinch hit in the seventh inning and grounded out.
Milwaukee won the game 2-1 in 12 innings.
Simon swings bat at 'Italian sausage'
MILWAUKEE -- Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Randall Simon was questioned by sheriff's officers after hitting one of the Milwaukee Brewers' racing sausages with a bat during Wednesday night's game.
Four people in sausage costumes race around the bases between the sixth and seventh innings at Brewers games as part of the entertainment for the fans.
Film of Wednesday night's race showed that when the group went past the Pirates dugout, Simon swung a bat at the Italian sausage character -- portrayed by a 20-year-old South Milwaukee woman -- causing her to fall to the ground. As she fell, a nearby sausage also went down.
"They were doing the sausage race. He hit her with the baseball bat,'' said Deputy Inspector Sherry Warichak of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, which provides security at Brewers games. "When he hit her, that other character fell.
"They both were treated at the scene for scraped knees, but at this point I don't think they have any other complaints,'' she said.
Warichak declined to release the names of the women, who were interviewed at the stadium.
Simon pinch hit in the seventh inning and grounded out.
Milwaukee won the game 2-1 in 12 innings.
