Merritt Riley

I was scared.

At this point, all hell breaks loose.

Yankee Stadium security, the guys in suits and ties, are out on the field.

And one of them comes up behind the umpire and swipes the bat out of the umpire's hand and makes a beeline for the dugout.

At which point, a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, Gaylord Perry, sneaks up behind the Yankee Stadium security and swipes the bat out of his hand.

It was somewhat of a movie.

It really was.

It kept getting worse for me.

It was like a bad nightmare.

It kept getting worse.

The umpires are gone.

The whole swarm of people is gone.

I'm in the dugout by myself.

One of the clubhouse managers comes down and says, you don't want to go up into that locker room right now.

The Kansas City Royals don't want to see you.

They're pissed off at you.

At that point, I thought it was the end of the world.

This is the biggest thing ever that's happened to me.

The manager of the clubhouse, where the Royals were, came down and said, look, it's safe to go back down to the locker room.

The guys that were angry had gone.