Minor league baseball team has postgame human cannonball act

A human cannonball is much better postgame entertainment than fireworks.
Minor league baseball team has postgame human cannonball act
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If I had to guess, I’d say probably two-thirds of minor baseball games have a postgame fireworks display. But what if they had something cooler instead. 

After Monday night’s Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs game, a guy fired himself out of a cannon toward home plate. It was much better than some colorful explosions off in the distance. 

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This should be a fixture in ballparks across the country. 


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Dan Gartland
DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).