black_floyd, I generally agree that the guy is not the worst guy ever for doing what he didn't do, but let's be serious for a minute: everyone is gonna react in a different way in a situation like that. Say for example you are driving 70 MPH on the highway and the guy in front of you suddenly slams on the breaks, you and your g/f are in the car, and even though you are slamming on your brakes, you know there is no way you are not gonna slam into him at a high speed, are you gonna take the "I will brace for the impact myself and screw my g/f, she can take care of herself" approach? I know that many of us would brace for the impact while at the same time throw our right arm in front of our g/f merely as a reactionary, impulsive move. It is not a well-thought thing; it is just your split second reaction. Same thing with the guy and his girl at the baseball game. Many of us would duck out of the way like he did; many of us would protect her if we saw the ball going straight at her. Neither way is necessarily wrong. That is why this is not black and white. Like I said, we can all sit here all day saying what we would have done, but until you are in that actual situation, you really do not know.