Annoyed Tennis Player Launches Ball at Crying Baby
- Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:22pm by
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Tennis player David Ferrer.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — A baby was bawling, and Sony Ericsson Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer wasn’t too happy, either.
Trailing in his match and annoyed by the crying, Ferrer directed a forehand lob toward the infant after losing his serve midway through the second set Wednesday.
The ball didn’t come close to the youngster when it landed in the stands, but the crying stopped.
“It was in one moment of the match, but nothing special,” Ferrer said. “It was not the problem.”
Instead, the Spaniard blamed a case of indigestion. He lost to American Mardy Fish, 7-5, 6-2.
Fish said he didn’t see Ferrer hit the ball into the stands.
“He’d probably take that one back if he could,” Fish said. “He’s a very nice guy. Obviously flustered.”
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bkeely
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:18pmHit the parent not the baby.
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Bernard
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:08pmIf his aim was towards that infant what he did qualifies for attempted battery. Obviously he was and as asinine an act, to some extent I empathize with that Tennis player.
Babies are babies and it does not take much to cause a baby to cry and cry. I have found traveling by plane a level of Dante’s hell when babies, naturally, start to cry under the uncomfortable conditions found in air flights. Just the pressure in their ears due to the rapid rise to the plane is sufficient for a baby to cry. It is understandable that babies when stressed express that with loud crying. Tennis tournaments, to golf ball games to chess games babies should not be allowed to be part of the audience since a sudden burst of tears would destroy the concentration of the players.
In the same light those airline flights that are nothing more than a trip to purgatory when a baby starts howling should take passengers with infants to be secluded from the rest so that the baby’s cry does not disturb the rest
I do not blame the babies when they start crying aboard an airplane. I too have many a time wanted to cry under the third class level of service. It is natural to expect the baby to cry, therefore it should be taken into account in airplanes to games that need concentration. If that baby was located outside the hearing range of that tennis player, that baby would not have been an irritant.
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:07pmLooks like it was as a souvenir to me. A quick lob.
Report Post »FEDUPPAWPAW
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:01pmOne shot ruined his future.Cry baby
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:48pmone ? who is the grown up at the tennis match
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:32pmwho was the moron taking a baby to a tennis match to begin with.
Report Post »who GOES to watch tennis but the democrat elite vacationing in FL to begin with, TOO.
mrsmileyface
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:32pmTennis is sooooooo boooooring that I was even falling asleep reading this post. Yawn!!!
Report Post »Blazeanswerman
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:28pmGet over it! Although I don’t agree what he did, I don’t really see a problem. In the mindset of an athlete, winning is everything. A baby crying is a distraction just like a child screaming in the background of your phone call to a bill collector could be. Really? Did so called child abuser aim at the child? Why did the father of the child bring him to the match anyway? Let’s focus on real scary stuff and not a puffy green ball.
Report Post »canuck44
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:24pmParents like this are obnoxious when they feel their brat can not only disturb an event participant but also those other people that have paid good money to attend that event. When I attend a match I don’t need to hear some kid screaming his head off, but I really get pissed at supposed adults who are so arrogant to think the rest of us want to hear their kid screaming. Get a babysitter.
Report Post »The referee should have stepped in before it got here and asked them to leave. If I had been yelling at one player or the other or my family I would have been ejected and this crowd needs to be treated equally…this is not a hockey game.
LadyIzShy
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:17pmis he gonna face charges?
Report Post »beenaroundyaknow
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:16pmAnd he was fined……….How much? Wait for it, wait for it.
Report Post »Bill Wallace
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:11pmAs a parent, I would have handed the baby off to mom and jumped the stands, taken that racket and proceeded to instruct the stadium on how NOT to give a rectal exam.
Report Post »rlo
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:06pmwasn’t even that serious…. just the lame stream media making something out of nothing…
Report Post »beenaroundyaknow
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:17pmAnd you are a jackass
Report Post »BubbaT
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:59pmI would outlaw tennis if I could. People make fun of soccer but tennis in my opinion has got to be the most boring sport on the planet. Back & forth, back & forth. I’d rather watch paint dry.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:59pmHe’s completely out of line to do that, at the same time, he should’ve stopped and asked the referee to ask the parents to go somewhere else to sooth the baby. Bad planning on both sides.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:51pmHe was wrong to do that but so were the parents who brought a baby to a tennis tournament. One of my pet peeves is to go to a restaurant or a movie theater and have small child crying and screaming. I think that it is extremely discourteous and shows a complete lack of consideration for others. If your kid is crying or screaming the parent should immediately take said child out of the area until they are quiet. Better yet, don’t take them there in the first place. Get a babysitter. If you can‘t afford one then don’t go to those type of functions.
Report Post »210Texas
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:51pmGood thing this was not a soccer game and the baby is not an owl.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:42pmindigestion, what the heck did he eat???? to bad the parent of that crying baby did not a diaper full of well you know back at him,that would have really gave in indigestion,or at least woffed up and then he might have felt better, glade to sdee him lose,to mister fish.
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:38pmGo to a basketball or a football game and no one will care
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:34pmuh, what insensitive goof-ball would bring a baby to a tennis match (sun, noise, length of time) and/or NOT get up and leave the instant the child began to cry. Or are you one of the masses who think these professionals have to take anything you dish out because you bought a ticket? Clods do that.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:32pmHere’s a thought. If your baby is bawling at a sporting event and interrupting concentration…get up and LEAVE!! How rude and inconsiderate can people be? Now I like babies and all, but there are times and places that squalling children should be removed. Parents FAIL here.
Report Post »Anteraan
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:16pmBingo!!!
Report Post »KOCHLEFFEL
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:32pmThe baby stopped crying ,so it was a success !
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:31pmThis “fake” story was OLD yesterday — I guess we are not allowed to hear REAL NEWS for some reason! Slow news day for Blaze – no mention of the ongoing Tea Party protests, instead we get 14 year old’s murder, feces urine fused chair death, porno condom fines, and other SHINY objects. What happened to caring about JOBS?
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:39pmSleazy-baby-hippo is crying again. Anyone have a tennis ball to throw?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:48pmJOBS? BARRY?
JOBS? BARRY?
JOBS?? Barry??
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:06pmSleaze, can’t you at least make your complaints FUNNY? Get a life! Go to Huff Post, fer cryin’ out loud!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:30pmFerrer was out of line but, why bring an infant to a tennis match? Are there no baby sitters in Florida?
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:17pmLOL….. I say that all the about Wal-Mart…..if your kids can not behave out in public then leave them at home
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:26pmI agree. I don’t really see why you have to maintain absolute silence at tennis matches while you can scream your head of at a basketball player at the free throw line, but that’s the way it is. Tennis is a no yelling sport, and everybody knows it. Don’t bring a baby.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:26pmThey are mostly a bunch of spoiled primadonnas! That‘s why I don’t watch tennis.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:30pmAgreed.
Report Post »YellowFin
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:32pmNo big deal here. Lets move on folks.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:33pmYou can say that about any pro sport these days. Golfers go balistic if you blink within a hundred yards of them yet, you can scream your head off at batter swinging at a 100 MPH fast ball.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:33pmSo this is News? What about ongoing Tea Party protests in DC? Blaze gives us tennis bully, 14 year old’s murder, feces urine fused chair death, porno condom fines, and other SHINY objects. What happened to caring about JOBS? What about Beck?
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:37pmPersonally it does not matter about one thing, they are suppose to be PROFESSIONAL players and keep things such as – temperment – in check.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:44pmDumb move, this isn’t golf.
Report Post »vic138
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:45pmI hope it was a white baby, otherwise this could be a hate crime!
13th Imam
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:47pmJOBS< JOBS<< JOBS
Hows that sleazy?? Jobs are created by risk takers in the private sector, with their own or investors money. Your boy Barry has never created a PRIVATE sector job in his life. as a matter of fact he has never HAD a real job in his life. If you are so concerned about JOBS why don't you say something about your vaunted paragon of PUBLIC sector jobs, Barry Soetoro??
JOBS JOBS JOBS
Report Post »The only jobbing he has done is job AMERICA(Broad Grin)
Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:58pm@Gonzo
Report Post »Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:33pm
You can say that about any pro sport these days. Golfers go balistic if you blink within a hundred yards of them yet, you can scream your head off at batter swinging at a 100 MPH fast ball.
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variable51
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:13pmI’m not a professional tennis player, but I can’t imagine trying to play with a baby crying in the stands. Think about this Rightpolitically, when was the last time you saw a tennis player shooting someone in front of a club, being arrested for dog fighting, or any other of the nefarious activities of other professional athletes. It is for that reason that the only sport I watch, is tennis. ;-)
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:09pmVARIABLE51 agree…… haven’t we all wanted to launch something at a kid in a restaurant?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:56pmThis article and the CBS story are a piece of crap. It is nothing but bseless conjecture. “Apparently” is the description. The reporters are reading his mind and intentions, even though the ball didn’t come near the infant and looked to me like anything but an aimed shot.
Crap reporting through and through.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:16pmdo you have any idea how annoying a crying rug rat is…..
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:29pmIf he aimed the shot at the baby, shame on him. I have been to many Pro.Tennis matches and you don’t talk. I have never seen a baby at a match probably for that reason.. The parents should have taken the baby outside.Maybe something was wrong with the baby and they needed to take care of it. The other people did not pay that kind of money to listen to a baby cry.!!!!!!!!!! I am sure the one PLAYING for that kind of money didn’t want to hear it. I love babies but there some places they don’t need to go. TENNIS MATCHES, GOLF GAMES, THEATERS, CHURCHES, etc.
Report Post »Czar Casm
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:32pmMaybe he thought he’d give the baby a ball to play with. He did lob it. Should of autographed it. Dunno, just sayin.
Report Post »arx
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:31pmWhile I agree that dad should have taken the little one out…if that punk had hit the ball any harder toward my 11 month old I would have thumped his head on the court once or twice to teach him some manners. You never make a physical threat of any kind towards a baby.
Report Post »arx
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:33pmChurches? Babies belong in church more than anyone! “let the little ones come to Me…”
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:51pmHopefully the tennis ball hit the idiot parent who decided to bring a baby to a tennis match. It would be the same thing if a crying baby was on the 18th hole during a major golf event.
Some parents are just DUMB.
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