Personally it’s no great surprise that a guy wearing a designer baseball cap backwards and sideways, and a lip ring, would totally bail on his girlfriend as a foul ball zoomed in their direction. But the Astros broadcast crew is sickened by this display (“Oh no! You have got to be kidding.”). First, multiple replays show the guy fleeing as the ball approaches, leaving his girlfriend to get smacked in the elbow by the hurtling missile. Then a sideline reporter shows up, and the excruciating inquiry begins. My guess: this relationship did not last the evening.
Video following the jump.
From MLB.com:
The woman, identified only as Sarah, was struck on the right arm by a foul ball off the bat of Chris Johnson in the fourth inning while sitting down the left-field line — a ball that she didn’t see coming because her boyfriend ducked out of the way at the last second.
“As soon as we got here and I saw where we were sitting, I said ‘Baby, we’re going to get hit,’” the woman said when interviewed during the game. “He said, ‘No, I’ll catch it if you do. We just had this conversation and sure enough, the ball comes at me. He just bailed.”
The boyfriend, named Bo, wound up retrieving the ball, but he had one of the oldest excuses in the book as to why he lost flight of the ball.
“The ball was coming up and I was going to catch it and it was in the lights and I lost track of it,” he said.
The best part is when the reporter gets to them, and begins relentlessly browbeating the boyfriend. If you watch closely, you can see Bo and Sarah’s relationship unraveling with each question. Reporter:
“We’re going to call him Bo the Bailer, because he bailed on Sarah. … Sarah, you knew the ball was coming your way when you got these seats. Where was your boyfriend? … It’s true Bo, you just left her. She has the seam marks on her elbow to prove it, and you were nowhere to be found. … The next time when a ball comes for her you should go toward your girlfriend to protect her. Don’t go the other way like a little chicken.”
Devastating takedown. Most crucial evidence of this man’s spinelessness: In the upper-right corner of the video is a small boy sitting on his mother’s lap, who did not abandon his mom when the ball approached.
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Bo is no beau as girlfriend is hit by foul ball [MLB.com]
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- Redondo - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM
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Beth – Bo here. You wanna catch an Astro’s game with me tonight? Great seats, left field line, lottsa foul balls, will dazzle you with my moves to protect you – NOT!!! But, you get to see “heaven” for nothing. You call me. I’m good.
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- Paul - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM
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The guy is, dresses, and acts like a frickin’ tool!!!! I’m sorry, as a gentlemen, this is something you should do. Anyone, and that includes the other tools that are defending him, are sad for society. Show some respect and do the right thing.
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- Rob - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:21 PM
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In spite of all other considerations, he was a wuss for not slugging that intrusive and judgemental reporter.
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- gar - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:34 PM
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Creeps that don’t know how to out on a cap? What do you expect from a poor excuse of a human being, and we have so many of them nowadays.
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- Sam - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:41 PM
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What a sissy!
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- One Who Knows - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:42 PM
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There are some very, very, very fine comments listed above. Of course there are some virus breeders like Eric who don’t see any problems with Bo’s cowardice sh!t dance, but then there are spot on observations like Gail’s. The look on young Sarah’s face and the utter disappointment that she now embraces can only be righted by the masterful touch of everyone’s favorite serial dater, Eldrick Tiger Woods. I’m sure she will get an invite to Club Tiger once he is finished building it in Orlando. Heck, there is going to be supplemental oxygen pumped into every nook and cranny in that house, Sarah will forget about Bo in quick time when Tiger shows her the reason why his name involves the word Wood. She will be a mess, but she will be Tiger’s mess. He loves those dirty dirts.
As for Bo, just look at him. His mere prescence is offensive and he obviously hasn’t received enough a$$kickings. A chauncey like that should get at least one beat down a day…but, it’s Texas. Nothing but steers and queers there.
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- John - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:48 PM
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Typical media reaction, blowing something out of proportion, inflaming public sentiment with carefully chosen words that put someone in the worst light possible, then standing back and tossing one-liners during the feeding frenzy. The media in the US sucks!
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- One Who Knows - Aug 10, 2010 at 7:54 PM
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No John, you have it all wrong. You are the one who sucks.
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- Sean (from Houston) - Aug 10, 2010 at 8:17 PM
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Had to add the from Houston to the name so my comments don’t get confused with the less chivalrous sean above. As for John, you should watch the vid of the guy before talking out of your butt. No one’s blowing this out of proportion. The guy said he couldn’t see the ball in the lights, even though he obviously saw it well enough to take three steps in the opposite direction like a spineless jellyfish, allowing his date to be smacked instead, then tried to excuse his behavior on camera. He acted like a douche. Are you saying you condone his behavior, that YOU would let your girl get hit by the ball when you could stop it?
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- odojoe - Aug 10, 2010 at 8:30 PM
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Hat on backwards, below average IQ. Hat on sideways, way below average I.
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- entitled to my opinion - Aug 10, 2010 at 8:34 PM
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I think it’s just gut instinct to move out of the way of the ball unless you are playing the game. I’m sure he wasn’t hoping his girl would get hit instead of him!
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- ocjohn - Aug 10, 2010 at 8:45 PM
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Boy, they sure know how to hurt a guy! Just trying to have a night out with his girl. Screw you haters.
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- jimbo - Aug 10, 2010 at 8:59 PM
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Clearly Sarah saw the ball coming as she shrank away from it just as Bo fled the area. Just as clearly, he assured her early on that he would catch the ball (though his promise was good for only after the ball would hit her). He had enough time to move out of the way and put his hands up in front of his chest to protect himself. If Bo had enough time to get so far away from a ball he said he couldn’t see, then why could he not have glanced from the corner of his eye to see whether his girlfriend had moved as well or if she were still in her seat? He could have just as easily stood in front of her with his back to the ball and ducked his head to avoid having common sense pounded into it. Would have taken less effort to shield Sarah than to bail on her. But then he did get the ball… so now he has one.
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- Geoff - Aug 10, 2010 at 11:13 PM
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WHY WOULD YOU LET YOUR GIRLFRIEND GET HIT? “OOOO, I LOST IT IN THE LIGHTS!” BE BETTER!
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- Luvheat - Aug 11, 2010 at 12:46 AM
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Ya’ll know what a pussy that guy was!!! holy shit and then sit there and hold the ball like he gets to keep it? Piece of Shit retard. Go to a chess match
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- PiercedYetNobile - Aug 11, 2010 at 7:59 AM
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Dear Mr. Chandler,
It’s 2010 and the time to stereotype people with piercings is over. Despite what you elderly people think, we come from ALL walks of life and face it…we’re everywhere. We’re not just a bunch of low life degenerates who don’t understand the concept of protecting our significant other from being hit by a baseball. This gentleman’s lack of chivalry has NOTHING to do with his choice of piercing. The fact you, a supposed “legitimate” reporter makes a comment stating otherwise; sickens me.
It’s a shame too, I used to read your articles on a semi-regular basis. After your ignorant and thoughtless comments, sadly that won’t be the case any more. While I’m sure the loss of my, and my 10 or so pierced friends readership doesn’t bother you; at least us pierced degenerates and “non-ball catching” losers know when to stand up for something.
Take care, and have fun spreading MORE ignorance. This world sure didn’t have enough already.
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- Robert - Aug 11, 2010 at 9:09 AM
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Hey Bo… I mean Chris… (riiiiiiigggggghhhhht)
Lesson learned… if your girlfriend points out to you “we are going to get hit”… and you say “no baby I’ll catch the ball”… and you bail anyway… your mind set was not the safety of your girlfriend but of “ONLY YOURSELF”. That is the point (a little harshly made by the Announcer against you… I mean against Bo… but definately correct in the desciption of the event.
Just another spineless “man” of today… the point is… SARAH! RUN!!!!
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- Rob - Aug 11, 2010 at 9:18 AM
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Kat, it is obvious that you either haven’t dated men that were raised properly or you are a feminist and refuse to, preferring todays progressive/liberal metro-sexual people. Either way, once one bails on you and you get hit by a ball, mugger, car, punch (or whatever comes your way and they don’t stop it) you’ll wish you had a real man…..or maybe you are man enough for both you and your “partner”.
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- Rob - Aug 11, 2010 at 9:25 AM
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Really Robert? I’d dive into the line of a foul ball for someone I didn’t even know. You do it because it’s the right thing to do. If that were your mom/wife/daughter/son wouldn’t you want someone to help them out? Or just say…”Hey, they saw it coming, they should have moved.” It’s lucky it hit her on the arm and not the eye or temple or nose.
Come on people, have we lost all sense of honor and duty to our fellow person?
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- Name - Aug 11, 2010 at 10:09 AM
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If it had been the other way around,
if the ball was coming towards the guy and the girlfriend bailed…….
you would have been like, “oh, no big deal.”
The only reason you called him a coward is because he’s male.
That’s bias and you know it.
and I’m glad to see that Chivalry is officially dead.
Chivalry is a threat to Equality.
Men and Women should be held to equal standards.
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- My Middle Name is Houston - Aug 11, 2010 at 10:33 AM
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It’s not rational, but there’s something about this guy that just looks like he needs a fist in the mouth. …then he bailed. I know nobody wants to get hit by a ball, but what kind of guy just runs like that? Anyone who defends his cowardice bay calling it “Taking a bullet” has no understanding of the difference between a bullet and a baseball. Call me old fashioned, but he should have done something to stop her from getting hit.
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- Carl - Aug 11, 2010 at 11:41 AM
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While I believe he should have stayed there and at least attempted to block her, i can’t believe this is even a news story. If their roles had been reversed just about everyone except for the people sitting in that section wouldn’t have even known it had happened and it should have been that way regardless.
The media in this country is pathetic,they have to nationally humiliate a kid just to get a story out when there are tons of other news worthy stories in the sports world alone to write about.
Also, based on the comments made by the writer its safe to say he doesn’t have any piercings and obviously has some stigma against anyone who does which is a shame and demonstrates that he is nothing more than a small minded individual. His cowardly act has nothing to do with his hat, his piercing, or anything else on the way he’s dressed. If people would stop judging people so harshly based on appearance alone the world would be a better place. I personally would not dress like that or ever pierce my lip, but that’s his call.
Bo got afraid of the ball, jumped out of the way and his girlfriend got hit due to a cowardly action, that’s something he should be ashamed of and they should get to deal with as a couple not with the nation being able to chime in.
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- Bucknut - Aug 11, 2010 at 11:47 AM
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If the backwards hat and lip ring didn’t make him a pussy, bailing on the hot chick does. If he “takes one for the team” he definitely gets some. The only thing this guy got was a date with “lefty”.
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- mary - Aug 11, 2010 at 12:52 PM
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LMAO!! That’s rich.
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- Dave - Aug 11, 2010 at 1:04 PM
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In this day and age she should have been up on her feet fighting him for the ball. Catch the ball girl! Don’t wait for Mr. Lipring to defend you!
