A fan ran onto the field during the MLB All-Star Game at Citi Field on Tuesday night, and he was absolutely leveled by security on a takedown in the infield. The best part — aside from the sick tackle — is the awesome moment would not have been possible without the magic of Twitter.
Fan Dylan Masone sent a tweet about 15 minutes before the All-Star Game began saying he would run onto the field during the game if his tweet got 1,000 retweets.
1000 RT's and ill run across the field.. #ASG #CitiField
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 16, 2013
About an hour later, his tweet had been retweeted 380 times, making Masone somewhat nervous:
holy tuck 380 lmao
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
Masone went from talking boldly to quaking in his boots as soon as it looked like he was going to have to live up to the challenge:
lmao this is gonna be terrible
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
i hate all of you
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
But wait, not only was he getting nervous, next thing we knew his mother was getting involved and texting him not to do it!
WHO SNITCHED?! pic.twitter.com/6Rqw9YxCQa
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
ma stop yelling at me… pic.twitter.com/a2ly1HFxs7
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
if i actually get on the field pray for me cause my moms gonna kill me
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
Despite his mother’s pleading, Masone decide he was going to make a run for it. He tweeted about his plans along the way:
alright.. i guess have no choice.. gonna try to get out by left field
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
blame it on social media, love you all
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
snuck up, just gathering the balls pic.twitter.com/Zk4ozfNAWW
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
next inning
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
im going for 2nd
— dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013
And the rest is history. Masone probably was arrested, ran out of juice on his cellphone battery, and hasn’t tweeted since. Solid effort, but that was nowhere near as good as what happened with the ladies at the College World Series.
H/T Deadspin, Jimmy Traina
Image via Twitter/Joey Gomes
