History Main / TakeMeOutAtTheBallGame

* In the ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' mission "The Finish Line", the two targets to be eliminated are a race car driver and her brother during the former's big race.

* In ''Literature/TriggerMortis'', James Bond is tasked with preventing the death of famed British racing driver Lancy Smith during a race at the Nurburgring. In the unpublished Creator/IanFleming manuscript on which the novel was partiallly based, the driver 007 was asked to protect was real life racing legend Stirling Moss.

* ''Film/BlackSunday'' is about a terrorist plot to set off a bomb at the Super Bowl.

Title is a reference to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game unofficial anthem of baseball]]. The quote is SilentHunter's re-write of the lyrics of the chorus.

* The trope gets a direct TitleDrop in the WhatsNewScoobyDoo episode, "The Unnatural," said by Shaggy after the chase song.

* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': A visiting fan is found beaten to death during an Orioles/Yankees game.

* The main plot of ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'' culminates with BruceWillis and Damon Wayans trying to stop a corrupt senator from getting assassinated at a football game. In addition, the movie starts with a player Billy Cole (portrayed by Billy Blanks), high on PCP, bringing a gun onto the field and shooting the opposing defense's players on the way to the end-zone, shortly before killing himself.

Title is a reference to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_To_The_Ball_Game unofficial anthem of baseball]]. The quote is SilentHunter's re-write of the lyrics of the chorus.

* The first reimagined ''PinkPanther'' film has the owner of the titular gem being killed at a soccer game.

* The infamous ''[[ECComics Haunt of Fear]]'' story "Foul Play!" has a dirty baseball player kill a member of the opposing team by spiking him with poisoned shoe spikes. The victim's team takes a [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/foulplay5.jpg memorably gory revenge]]-- so much so that this was one of the stories specifically cited by [[MoralGuardians Fredric Wertham]] in his book ''Seduction of the Innocent'' (which would ultimately lead to Senate hearings and UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode).

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* ''CSINewYork'': A man dies after winning a million dollars via a basketball shot.
* ''HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': A visiting fan is found beaten to death during an Orioles/Yankees game.

* In the ''BurkesLaw'' episode "Who Killed the Man on the White Horse?", a cowboy star falls off his horse at a rodeo, dead of a broken neck -- sustained ''before'' he went out into the arena.

* A 1939 episode of ''TheJackBennyProgram'' featured a sketch called "Murder on the Gridiron".

* A boy is cut in half with a chainsaw just outside a baseball field in ''Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness''.

* In one [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ''CaptainAmerica'' story, a player is murdered on field during a baseball game. Somewhat unbelievably, the game continues with Cap and Bucky subbing.

* ''[[Film/TheThinMan Shadow of the Thin Man]]''. Although it's with a horse race. Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a relaxing day at a racetrack, but when a jockey accused of throwing a race is found shot to death, Police Lieutenant Abrams requests Nick's help.

* The opening fight of the ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' adventure "Murderer's Row" in the supplement ''In Your Face Again'' has the [=PCs=] trying to stop a hit attempt on a young girl by the Lotus at a baseball game. The girl turns out to be a MacGuffinGirl whose powers a whole lot of people (those who don't want her dead anyway) want to use for their own ends.

* ''SnakeEyes'' opens with an assassination at a high-profile Atlantic City boxing match.
* ''SuddenDeath'' is a terrorist thriller set in UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}'s Mellon Arena during Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.

* One episode of ''{{Golgo 13}}'' has the title character killing a star football player in the middle of a game. It's implied (but never directly stated) that the hit was ordered by the guy behind him on the depth chart.
* One of the first chapters of ''CityHunter'' involves Ryo shooting a boxer during a match. Notable as it's one of the very rare cases where Ryo kills a target.

* [[KingOfTheHill Cotton Hill]] attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro while he was visiting New York and decided to take in an American Baseball game, a ballgame Hank wound up being born during in the women's restroom.