Emergency workers tend to a man who fell out of the stands while trying to catch a baseball tossed his way during a game between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, July 7, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers said the fan died after the fall of about 20 feet. (AP Photo/Jeffery Washington)ARLINGTON, Texas – A Texas Rangers fan died after falling about 20 feet onto concrete reaching out for a baseball tossed his way by All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton during a game.
Shannon Stone, a 39-year-old firefighter from Brownwood, died at a hospital Thursday night, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
Stone was a lieutenant and had been with the Brownwood Fire Department nearly 18 years, said City Manager Bobby Rountree. Brownwood is about 150 miles southwest of Arlington.
Stone was at the game with his young son, who watched as his dad tumbled over the outfield railing after catching the ball.
Arlington Fire Department officials said Stone, who witnesses said was conscious after the fall, “went into full arrest” while being transported by ambulance. He was pronounced dead at a Fort Worth hospital less than an hour after he fell.