Fans who pour beer on players heads are way, way out of bounds. But what the boy did was an instinctive thing. He reached out for the ball. That's part of baseball. We can only wish that a kid catching a ball is the worst problem baseball has in 1996.
Fans carry gloves to every big-league park.
The Diamondbacks' home will be the only major-league park where some fans will bring a glove, and goggles. The swimming pool will occupy an area behind the fence in right-center field. The Diamondbacks' media-relations manager calculated that a ball hit from 395 to 410 feet into right center will splash to Earth like a space capsule. Colangelo smiled and confidently uttered the four words that have made him friends and enemies alike. It's a done deal.