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Explosive situation Boy suffers burns when another fan throws 'cherry bomb'Posted: Wednesday July 09, 2003 1:46 AMUpdated: Wednesday July 09, 2003 5:05 PM OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A man accused of throwing a powerful firecracker that burned the leg of an 8-year-old boy at an Oakland Athletics game was questioned by police Wednesday. Travares Moore, 21, was arrested without incident Tuesday night, Oakland Police spokeswoman Danielle Ashford said. Witnesses saw Moore throw the explosive device from the third deck to the first tier of bleachers in left field during the third inning of the game, Ashford said. Moore was being held in lieu of $25,000 bail. He faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon and explosion of a destructive device, police said. No court date had been set. The boy and his father were taken to Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in nearby Berkeley, where they were treated and released, A's spokesman Jim Young said Wednesday. The boy had first-degree burns on one of his legs and his father complained of ringing in his ears, Young said. Their names and hometown were not released. The device, commonly known as a cherry bomb, made a loud boom as it fell into the bleachers during the A's game Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Players turned to look, causing a short delay in the game. "This was not really a lapse in security that led to this incident," Young said. "It was a lapse in judgment by a patron who had more in mind than enjoying a baseball game." It was the latest in a string of problems with fans this season at the Coliseum.
On April 19, a fan threw a cell phone at Texas Rangers outfielder Carl Everett. The phone was tossed from the second deck of the Coliseum, said David Rinetti, the A's vice president of stadium operations. The person arrested for throwing the phone was intoxicated, he said. Security was heightened for the following day's game. Rinetti said staffing was increased and a uniformed police officer was stationed at the visitor's bullpen. In addition, an in-house video monitoring system was being used to monitor the right-field area. Everett was hit four days after umpire Laz Diaz was attacked by a fan at U.S. Cellular field in Chicago during a White Sox-Royals game. Later in April, a man at an A's game nearly bit off a police officer's pinkie finger when the officer tried to help Coliseum security break up an argument between fans.
In response to the recent fan violence, a bar at the Coliseum
was forced to stop serving drinks after the seventh inning of
Athletics' games. The West Side Club now follows the same alcohol
restrictions already in place in the stands.
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