Simon fined for hitting costumed sausage, but won't charged

MILWAUKEE - One of the more bizarre scenes at a baseball game this year is going to cost former Atlanta Brave Randall Simon some money, but that&#39;s it. <br> <br> Prosecutors in Milwaukee have decided not to file criminal charges against the Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman, who took a swing with his bat at a woman wearing a giant Italian sausage outfit at Milwaukee&#39;s Miller Park last night. <br> <br> He has been fined $432 by the local sheriff&#39;s department for disorderly conduct. <br> <br> It happened during the stadium&#39;s popular costumed races, which feature people dressed as a bratwurst, a hot dog and Italian and Polish sausages. <br> <br> They were running by the Pirates dugout when Simon bopped the Italian sausage. The 18-year-old inside the outfit fell down, along with the woman playing the giant hot dog. <br> <br> Prosecutors say the women don&#39;t think Simon was trying to hurt them. He says he was just trying to have fun with them and didn&#39;t mean to knock them over.

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