Minor league baseball team's fireworks go awry and send fans scrambling for cover in viral video
It's a little late in July for a fireworks mishap — those are typically centered around the Fourth of July weekend festivities — but a minor league baseball team's pyro display went sideways in the most literal way imaginable on Thursday.The Richmond Flying Squirrels — Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — were hosting a fireworks display on Thursday night after their 3-1 loss to the Hartford Yard Goats.I think there's a compelling case for benching pre-planned fireworks if you lose, but that's for another time. Despite the L, the Flying Squirrels went ahead with their display over CarMax Park, and the aftermath has been making the rounds on social media.CANADIAN POLICE POLITELY ASK PEOPLE TO STOP BRINGING THEM UNEXPLODED WWII GRENADESNow, most importantly, no one was hurt, which is, personally, how I like my fireworks mishaps.If we're going to have them, let's keep it safe.Sometimes I see videos of fireworks mishaps, and it can be a little hard to see when something goes wrong, because there's just so much happening.But in this case, I think we can definitely say that the first sign of a problem was when some of those fireworks started traveling parallel to the ground.That's suboptimal for many reasons.ZERO BS.
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It's a little late in July for a fireworks mishap — those are typically centered around the Fourth of July weekend festivities — but a minor league baseball team's pyro display went sideways in the most literal way imaginable on Thursday.The Richmond Flying Squirrels — Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — were hosting a fireworks display on Thursday night after their 3-1 loss to the Hartford Yard Goats.I think there's a compelling case for benching pre-planned fireworks if you lose, but that's for another time. Despite the L, the Flying Squirrels went ahead with their display over CarMax Park, and the aftermath has been making the rounds on social media.CANADIAN POLICE POLITELY ASK PEOPLE TO STOP BRINGING THEM UNEXPLODED WWII GRENADESNow, most importantly, no one was hurt, which is, personally, how I like my fireworks mishaps.If we're going to have them, let's keep it safe.Sometimes I see videos of fireworks mishaps, and it can be a little hard to see when something goes wrong, because there's just so much happening.But in this case, I think we can definitely say that the first sign of a problem was when some of those fireworks started traveling parallel to the ground.That's suboptimal for many reasons.ZERO BS. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!A lot of fans who stuck around to watch some post-game pyro did exactly what I would've done, and that is high-tail it to the relative safety of the concourse.
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- It's a little late in July for a fireworks mishap — those are typically centered around the Fourth of July weekend festivities — but a minor league baseball team's pyro display went sideways in the most literal way imaginable on Thursday.The Richmond Flying Squirrels — Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — were hosting a fireworks display on Thursday night after their 3-1 loss to the Hartford Yard Goats.I think there's a compelling case for benching pre-planned fireworks if you lose, but that's for another time. Despite the L, the Flying Squirrels went ahead with their display over CarMax Park, and the aftermath has been making the rounds on social media.CANADIAN POLICE POLITELY ASK PEOPLE TO STOP BRINGING THEM UNEXPLODED WWII GRENADESNow, most importantly, no one was hurt, which is, personally, how I like my fireworks mishaps.If we're going to have them, let's keep it safe.Sometimes I see videos of fireworks mishaps, and it can be a little hard to see when something goes wrong, because there's just so much happening.But in this case, I think we can definitely say that the first sign of a problem was when some of those fireworks started traveling parallel to the ground.That's suboptimal for many reasons.ZERO BS.
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