ARLINGTON, Texas-as a fan of Club-level seats at Rangers Ballpark fell in the attempt, a foul ball catch in July of last year, assessing the team immediately the railings around the stadium.

The railing international and local exceeded as building codes and other accident was while the ballpark was the first game in 1994, has found that everything was sufficient. Although it already noted were open fans signs out against leaning or sitting on the tracks, the team was ensured that such characters in each section.

Traps you in following a eerily similar to a year and a day later this one fatal, are the Rangers again facing questions about the security at the stadium and evaluate what they can do.

Rangers President Nolan Ryan says that the team is evaluating security in the stadium (AP) Find funeral services Monday for Shannon stone, a firefighter Brownwood less than an hour after he rushed the game Thursday night on a track from the seats in left field upside down during a late. He fell on concrete behind the outfield wall about 20 meters.

The Rangers were already in contact with officials of the town, as well as rough contractors and architects, to ensure games to the safety for fans like you played in the champion of the American League Stadium.

"More meetings will take place early in the week" team spokesman John Blake said on Saturday. "The security of the Rangers fans is our top priority and we will do a thorough review to address this in a timely manner."

The protective railing in left field where stone fell is at least 33 cm high.

Arlington building officials in the course of the stone's fatal fall Stadium Friday and again found that anything up to code was reviewed. City-building requirements are that the crash barriers must be at least 26 cm high.

President Nolan Ryan team "To examine what we can do to make our Stadium for our fans, more secure," said. "We are going to do a study on this, and we do not know what, if it something that we can do." "But we are certainly open to all we can do."

Stone's funeral will be on the first United Methodist in Brownwood, a town about 240 km will be held by Arlington. A firefighter was the 39-year-old stone for 18 years.

Visitation is planned Sunday night Davis Morris funeral home in Brownwood.

Stone was on the Thursday night game with his 6-year-old son, Cooper.

During the second inning, all-star outfielder is calling Josh Hamilton out someone for a ball to him. He turned to stone and see his son in the first row of seats, then responded to the couple with a nod. The boy favorite player is the reigning AL MVP.

A few plots Oaklands Conor Jackson hit and later another foul ball, which bounced into left field. Hamilton drew the ball and threw it their way.

As Shannon stone reached out and caught the ball, slid across the track and fell when his son watched and close to unsuccessfully fan to take the man.

Fire officials said stone, witnesses said, was aware of after the fall, "went in full arrest" was pronounced dead at the hospital and the ambulance. Authorities said Friday that he caused by a case of trauma died on the head, from a height of blunt force.

Stone fell through a gap of several feet between the first row of seats and the 14-foot-high outfield wall, which has a video scoreboard on it.

Electronics Board prior to the season 2009 replace a hand-operated scoreboard, which there have been, because the stadium had opened has been installed.

In the context of these changes was deck-like cover, been away over the gap. That the partially protected workers the old scoreboard from falling objects such as baseball and elements, which from the stands from deleted.

Ryan said that base created also a security risk, when was baseball, not far away from fans in the seats.

"What we found was that it asked people if a ball there was below to jump to the surface and the ball", Ryan said. "And we felt like that it higher risk, and so we tried not, people encourage it away."

In July of last year, an upper deck along the first side of base survived a man after tumbling out when he tried to catch a foul ball.

Tyler Morris, a firefighter from the fire brigade cities Lake near the city of Dallas, suffered a skull fracture and sprained ankle when he fell over a rail and put on places where other fans sat.

Morris then called the incident a "100 percent, total accident that could happen to anyone." He said that he the Rangers or the stadium debt does not.

In 1994, a Plano woman was multiple injuries when she about 35 feet fell as she posed for a picture after the Rangers first game at the stadium.

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