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Two children injured during Whitecaps promotional event
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By Dan Bewley
(Update: Comstock Park, April 17, 2006, 11:58 a.m.) Two children were injured in a scramble to grab cash being dropped from a helicopter as part of a promotion following a West Michigan Whitecaps minor league baseball game.
About $1,000 in cash, including two $100 bills, was dropped Saturday from the helicopter over Fifth Third Ballpark's outfield as children lined the outfield fence, nearly from one foul pole to the other.
After the cash was dropped, the children scrambled. Seven-year-old Tino Rodriquez of Grant was taken by ambulance to Spectrum Health Butterworth, where he was sent home about three hours later. He suffered bruises to his chest and back, said his grandmother Rita Rodriquez.
"Doctors said he got trampled pretty good," Rodriquez told the Associated Press.
Eight-year old Sarah Blain of Caledonia was examined by paramedics at the scene. 24 Hour News 8 spoke with Sarah and her family.
"She's eight-years-old and this nine, ten-year-old boy came up behind her and started pushing her because they all were running after the money," said Sarah's sister.
"My tooth got caught on my lip and then my bottom teeth caught on my top of my lip," said Sarah.
Tino's grandfather, Ruben Rodriquez, said he was surprised that children as young as 5 were allowed to participate with others as old as 12.
"It was tiny kids against big kids," Ruben Rodriquez told the Associated Press. "It's like playing football. You can't put a 12-year-old versus a 7-year-old."
The cash drop took place after the Whitecaps' 3-0 win over the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays. It was the first time the Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers had conducted such a promotion. "It's for fun and games," spokeswoman Katie Kroft told the Associated Press, "This is why we have everybody sign a waiver."
"It sounds to me when they have them sign all these waiver's is that they know something could happen and if they know something could happen I don't think they should take the chance on that type of promotion," said Sarah's grandfather.
Sarah's family tells 24 Hour News 8 they're not upset with the Whitecaps and they'll keep going to games. But they do say they wish this promotion could have been planned better.
The Whitecaps Public Relations Department released this statement Monday morning: "Following Saturday's West Michigan Whitecaps game, we invited children in attendance to participate in a post-game Money Drop Promotion on the field. In the past, the organization has done very similar promotions without incident. The Whitecaps organization regrets that on Saturday, two of the children suffered minor injuries during the promotion. In the team's 12 year history, the organization has a solid safety record. In response to inquiries regarding the signing of waivers, it is common throughout minor league baseball to have everyone who steps on the field for any promotion sign a waiver. The Whitecaps will review what we learned from the Money Drop and look forward to continuing to create new and innovative promotions for the fans of West Michigan.
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4776415&nav=0Rce
Anyone else remember this episode?
A minor league baseball team had injured fans by dropping Susan B. Anthony dollars from a helicopter in a promotional "money grab" inspired several readers to write in about a classic episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. In the 1978 Thanksgiving show, station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson arranges for a promotion at a shopping mall in which he decides to toss live turkeys from a helicopter. It does not go well. Crack newsman Les Nessman reports from the scene back to DJ Johnny Fever in the newsroom thusly: "Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenburg tragedy has there been anything like this!" Later, back at the office, a shaken Carlson says, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
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By Dan Bewley
(Update: Comstock Park, April 17, 2006, 11:58 a.m.) Two children were injured in a scramble to grab cash being dropped from a helicopter as part of a promotion following a West Michigan Whitecaps minor league baseball game.
About $1,000 in cash, including two $100 bills, was dropped Saturday from the helicopter over Fifth Third Ballpark's outfield as children lined the outfield fence, nearly from one foul pole to the other.
After the cash was dropped, the children scrambled. Seven-year-old Tino Rodriquez of Grant was taken by ambulance to Spectrum Health Butterworth, where he was sent home about three hours later. He suffered bruises to his chest and back, said his grandmother Rita Rodriquez.
"Doctors said he got trampled pretty good," Rodriquez told the Associated Press.
Eight-year old Sarah Blain of Caledonia was examined by paramedics at the scene. 24 Hour News 8 spoke with Sarah and her family.
"She's eight-years-old and this nine, ten-year-old boy came up behind her and started pushing her because they all were running after the money," said Sarah's sister.
"My tooth got caught on my lip and then my bottom teeth caught on my top of my lip," said Sarah.
Tino's grandfather, Ruben Rodriquez, said he was surprised that children as young as 5 were allowed to participate with others as old as 12.
"It was tiny kids against big kids," Ruben Rodriquez told the Associated Press. "It's like playing football. You can't put a 12-year-old versus a 7-year-old."
The cash drop took place after the Whitecaps' 3-0 win over the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays. It was the first time the Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers had conducted such a promotion. "It's for fun and games," spokeswoman Katie Kroft told the Associated Press, "This is why we have everybody sign a waiver."
"It sounds to me when they have them sign all these waiver's is that they know something could happen and if they know something could happen I don't think they should take the chance on that type of promotion," said Sarah's grandfather.
Sarah's family tells 24 Hour News 8 they're not upset with the Whitecaps and they'll keep going to games. But they do say they wish this promotion could have been planned better.
The Whitecaps Public Relations Department released this statement Monday morning: "Following Saturday's West Michigan Whitecaps game, we invited children in attendance to participate in a post-game Money Drop Promotion on the field. In the past, the organization has done very similar promotions without incident. The Whitecaps organization regrets that on Saturday, two of the children suffered minor injuries during the promotion. In the team's 12 year history, the organization has a solid safety record. In response to inquiries regarding the signing of waivers, it is common throughout minor league baseball to have everyone who steps on the field for any promotion sign a waiver. The Whitecaps will review what we learned from the Money Drop and look forward to continuing to create new and innovative promotions for the fans of West Michigan.
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4776415&nav=0Rce
Anyone else remember this episode?
A minor league baseball team had injured fans by dropping Susan B. Anthony dollars from a helicopter in a promotional "money grab" inspired several readers to write in about a classic episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. In the 1978 Thanksgiving show, station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson arranges for a promotion at a shopping mall in which he decides to toss live turkeys from a helicopter. It does not go well. Crack newsman Les Nessman reports from the scene back to DJ Johnny Fever in the newsroom thusly: "Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenburg tragedy has there been anything like this!" Later, back at the office, a shaken Carlson says, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
