While paramedics treated an injured fan who plummeted 15-feet into the bullpen, a Milwaukee Brewers pitcher grabbed a baseball and began warming up just feet from the guy.
The unidentified man, who fell into the Brewers bullpen during a game against the Twins at Miller Park Tuesday night, was conscious and alert when he was transported to a hospital on a stretcher, but not before some players didn't let the strewn body get in their way.
As the guy lay on the ground, Brewers reliever Brandon Kintzler was told to begin warming up to pitch.
The game was delayed before the start of the eighth while stadium security and emergency medical officials rushed to the bullpen during the seventh inning to tend to the fan who fell from a a restaurant railing.
He was transported to Froedtert Hospital. The Brewers said privacy laws would preclude them from providing further information about the man's condition.
"We were sitting there and Marcus [Hanel, bullpen catcher] yelled, 'Oh, my gosh!' and you heard the net come flying down, said Kintzler. "I think the net caught him, and then he just face-planted. He didn't move for a few minutes."
Security was on the scene immediately and called for medical help. While EMTs tended to the man, Kintzler and other Brewers pitchers saw the man's fingers move for the first time.
"I'm sure it was tough for Kintzler to get ready to come into the game, obviously, when something happens like that," fellow Brewers reliever Rob Wooten said. "You just hope the guy's OK. It's hard to get back to focusing on the game when a guy could be or is seriously injured. It's hard to keep your mind focused on the game."
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