whats the significance of angry fans throwing batteries during a baseball game?

Because people are dumb and they don't care about each other as a general rule.

maybe cuz the team needs a bit more power?

Because they are moron's looking to hurt someone!

batteries are small and concealable...and with that size...and the lil weight they have on em...can be hurled pretty good...some fans are just a*s holes :D

I've never understood that one. Who carries batteries casually? They are not a common in-pocket item, so there must be deliberate intent.

Weird.

Batteries are generally heavy, but easy to throw and conceal from security. When thrown, they can inflict damage on a players head when it lands. Morons that throw them should be charged w/ attempted murder, since this can happen if hit in the temple.

batteries hurt if you get hit with one in the dome piece ... they're angry fans, trying to get a point across and maybe knock some sense into the players to get them to play better ... though i don't know how much a concussion will help someone hit or pitch better

for excitement

For no other reason than to hurt someone, idiots!

Have someone hit you in the head with a battery and you'll figure it out much quicker.

It started when Phillies fans did it to JD Drew just because he would not sign with them. JD is a punk but Phillies fans are the lowest.

the significance of people throwing things at players is that these people are not fans. they are hoodlums who should be prosecuted and banned from attending games. anyone who attempts to injure another does not have any business going out in public without their probation officer watching them.

because John Rocker was pitching

and everyone hates John Rocker

it was battery night one night (of all the promo ideas) at i believe Shea stadium, and this was when Rocker had made comments about the Mets and so fans threw batteries at him

Because they are all a bunch of idiots that want to cause problems.

Not only are batteries easy to conceal, but many fans bring radios to the game to listen to the broadcasts, and thus batteries are even more readily available.

Having said that, throwing anything harder than a "Yo' Mama" insult at a player is wrong and should result in immediate ejection from a stadium. A second such offense should result in permanent banishment, including revoking of season tickets if the perpetrator has them.

Yo' Mama's so dumb, she roots for the Mets! Yo' Mama's so fat, David Ortiz told her she should go on a diet! Yo' Mama's so country, she still thinks the Braves were the Team of the '90s! (Can you guess which team I root for?)

They did that in Philadelphia to JD Drew, because the fans in Philly just think that is appropriate. The fans there have always been tough...they even booed Santa Claus one year.

Not sure why they chose batteries, but they probably knew if one hit JD, they would hurt him...and that is how they felt when he refused to sign with Philly out of college and decided to sign with the Cardinals instead.

idk.its stupid

because thier parents droped them on thier heads when they were little babys