Randall Simon
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Randall Simon (born May 26, 1975 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a player in Major League Baseball. After his professional debut season for the Atlanta Braves in 1997 (until 1999), he played for the Detroit Tigers (2001, 2002) and for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in 2003.
One of the most memorable events of the 2003 season occurred at Miller Park on July 10. During the Brewers' "Sausage Race," in which four contestants wearing sausage costumes have a footrace on the field, Simon leaned over the dugout railing and hit college student Mandy Block with a bat. Block suffered only a scraped knee. Simon was arrested, charged, and fined for disorderly conduct. He was also suspended by Major League Baseball, and would issue an apology to Block.
Simon was later traded by Pittsburgh to the Chicago Cubs, where he had a productive postseason, helping the Cubs to the 2003 National League Championship Series.