Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times attempted to liken an event during a Seattle Mariners baseball game to the infamous Steve Bartman incident. The former, which occurred on July 6th, 2010 in a game between the Mariners and Kansas City Royals, involved two teams with poor records and long shots to make the playoffs. Ichiro Suzuki was rounding second base on a ball hit by Russell Branyan down the right field line and into the corner. A fan reached over the low railing and scooped up the ball as it bounced his way. This led to the play becoming dead, and Ichiro not allowed to advance past third base. Had he scored, it would have tied the game in the eight inning.