The glorious union of baseball and beer was almost dealt a serious blow yesterday, when newly elected MLB All-Star Corey Hart’s Milwaukee Brewers teammates crashed his press conference to spray beer all over him. Problem was, Hart’s young daughter was sitting on his lap at the time. The video is posted below:

Luckily, Hart sprang into action, covering the girl’s eyes and shielding her from beer with his body, and she reportedly turned out to be fine. But the whole experience could have been much worse, if the girl had been sprayed in the eyes or accidentally swallowed or choked on any beer.

But it wasn’t much worse, which is incredible in and of itself. Though not often, because life is generally pretty unforgiving, but there are occasions when you do something incredibly stupid, yet face no consequences. And that, my friends, is fucking sweet. It’s like a gift from the gods, a Presidential pardon, or a “different area code” exemption from your girlfriend. There is nothing better in life than making a mistake and getting away with it.

That is, as long as you learn from it. Again, we’re all adults here, so we need to grow from these things, right? So, to those baseball men of Milwaukee we say learn from this experience, and go on out and live up to the proud Brewers name…shit, never mind. Okay, well anyway, be sure to act like a professional when you step into an environment like…jesus, you’ve got to be kidding me…Miller Park.

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I don’t want to be a total square here, but I do feel the need to have a little discussion about responsibility right about now, since beer and baseball seem to be conjoined twins that share a heart. The fact is, we are talking about indulging in something that, although quite enjoyable, impairs judgment and, frankly, makes you kind of an asshole.

So, go ahead; be a baseball player. But do so responsibly. That’s all we ask.