Runners of the Field
This page is dedicated to all the people who try and
make the baseball games more exciting, by running across the field. Here on this website,
we feature their names and photos of the ones who accomplish this feat. Please send us any
photos and information of where it was taken place and we can post it here for everyone to
see.
If you do run across the field at MLB
games, it is a fine for trespassing.
(Extra costs if nude, running from police, etc.)
UPCOMING GAME THIS
SATURDAY:
Please contact wpr3@hotmail.com about when
and where he will be running on the field
Bring your camera to
opening day!
Email us the photos to post on this site!
| John Luzak - slid into
home plate at Cinergy Field, Cincinnati Ohio, 10-3-99. His total fine was $300 for
trespassing. Amount he made on the bet with his buddies: $682.85 |
Do you know of someone who is going to run on the field?
Do you have any photos of fans running on the field or just plain crazy? We want to see! Email or snail mail them to us!
DENVER (Apr 14, 1998) -- A streaker who raced across Coors Field during
a Colorado Rockies game apologized Tuesday, and said he thought the prank would be a good
way to meet women.
During a court appearance, Darren Kennedy, 30, pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace,
trespassing and unlawful public indecency, all misdemeanors.
Kennedy, whose hometown was not available, was fined $500 and received a suspended 30-day
jail sentence. The judge said Kennedy must stay out of trouble for a year.
"I've been looking for this girl to share my world," Kennedy told the judge.
"I thought it would be a good idea, what I did. I know it's kind of wild. I'm
sorry."
During the third inning of the Rockies game against the Cincinnati Reds Monday night,
Kennedy jumped onto the field, pulled off his clothes and ran across the outfield in
near-freezing weather.
The Rockies, who were on the field, burst into laughter. Police tackled Kennedy and took
him into custody.
Colorado rallied for an 8-4 win over the Reds, their first home victory in seven games
Streaker interrupts women's doubles match
LONDON (July 3, 2000 2:15 p.m. EDT - A streaker interrupted Anna Kournikova's
doubles match on Monday but the Russian teenager claimed not to have noticed.
Kournikova and Natasha Zvereva were sitting in their chairs at a break during their 6-2,
6-1 defeat of Americans Amy Frazier and Katie Schlukebir when the man rushed on to court
14.
He had a slogan written on his chest which played on the advertising slogan used by
Kournikova to advertise sports bras - "Only the balls should bounce."
The man was carted off by officials.
"I wasn't paying attention to that," said Kournikova. "I was just trying to
think about the match."
She said it had never happened to her before and appeared to bury her head in a towel as
the man passed.
He is believed to be the first streaker at Wimbledon since the 1996 men's singles final
when a woman dressed in an apron ran past Malivai Washington and Richard Krajicek on
Centre Court.
WIMBLEDON -- The first male streaker in Wimbledon's
history stole the show from Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Martina Hingis yesterday.
Liverpool's Mark Roberts claims the streak was his 156th such run. Yesterday's involved
interrupting a women's doubles match involving Anna Kournikova and Natasha Zvereva.
The display of flesh did little to perturb the pair, as they went on to beat Amy Frazier
and Katie Schlukebir 6-2, 6-1.
First male
It was the third streaking incident at Wimbledon -- the other two involved women in 1986
and 1996.
Just as the umpire called for new balls at 5-2, Roberts dived over the net, much to the
amusement of the packed Court 14. He was on the loose for about a minute before security
guards chased him off the court. Across his chest was scrawled, "Only the ball should
bounce," a reference to the slogan in Kournikova's recent sports bra
advertisements.
"I was waiting for the umpire to shout 'new balls,' which was my signal to get onto
the court," Roberts said.
"It's just good fun -- I have done it 156 times."
Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov, a friend of Kournikova's watching from the press
area, wasn't pleased, saying, "I'm going on a two-week vacation -- that's all I have
to say."
William Hill oddsmakers were giving 2-1 odds against a streaker disrupting a match.
Roberts was not charged.
Kournikova and Zvereva covered their faces with a towel during the interruption and were
rather reluctant to go into details of the incident.
"I didn't really see the streaker," Kournikova said. "I wasn't paying any
attention. Natasha and I just buried our faces in the towels."