MILWAUKEE — A Los Angeles sports reporter is recovering after he fractured bones in his wrist and cracked several ribs when he slid down a slide before a recent Major League Baseball game in Milwaukee.

Before the Dodgers and Brewers were set to play at American Family Field on Wednesday, SportsNet LA's David Vassegh wanted to slide down “Bernie’s Chalet,” which is used by Brewers mascot Bernie Brewer to celebrate home runs and victories.

Well, it didn't quite go as planned.

According to Vassegh, six of his ribs were cracked and two bones in his right wrist were broken when he crashed into padding after coming down the slide.

“Are you not entertained by me doing my own stunts? It just went a little sideways, as far as the last run down the slide, but I’m doing good,” said Vassegh to his colleague during an interview on Thursday, the Washington Post reported.

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According to the Associated Press, his first time down the slide went well.

But the news outlet reported that Vassegh wanted to go down a second time so he could be filmed by his camera crew coming down.

According to the news outlet, as Vassegh came down, the reporter went sideways, and his right arm crashed into the padding.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers say a man illegally entered Miller Park and caused minor damage to the playing field Tuesday morning.

Brewers officials say he was apprehended by law enforcement shortly after gaining access to the field.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Keyon A. Lambert attempted to write his name in cursive on the field with a stolen tractor, causing $40,000 in damages.

Milwaukee police say Lambert was arrested and that the incident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m.

Police say criminal charges will soon be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.

Don Sutton, who played for five Major League Baseball teams over more than two decades, passed away on Tuesday. He was 75.

Sutton's son, Daron, made the announcement on social media, writing that Don passed away in his sleep overnight.

"He worked as hard as anyone I’ve ever known and he treated those he encountered with great respect...and he took me to work a lot. For all these things, I am very grateful. Rest In Peace," Daron Sutton wrote.

Don Sutton first pitched for the L.A. Dodgers in 1966, and then joined the Astros in 1981. In 1982, Sutton was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers and then to the Oakland Athletics in 1985, before returning to the Dodgers in 1988.

Sutton retired in 1989 to start his broadcasting career as a commentator.

Jon Greenburg, the president of the Milwaukee Admirals Hockey Club and former media director for the Brewers, tweeted Tuesday that Don took him under his wing when he started as a batboy in 1984.

"I am deeply saddened by the news of Don Sutton's passing," Greenburg writes. "He took care of me and was always so kind to me. This one gets me. My deepest condolences to the Sutton family."

This story originally reported by Jackson Danbeck on TMJ4.com.

CEDARBURG, Wisc. — “I don’t even know where to start. Some of these are just unreal," Ben Nummerdor said as he gazes upon his enormous collection of autographed baseballs.

Ben Nummerdor has one of the ultimate Brewers memorabilia collections. Over the past 20 years or so, he has collected more than 910 Brewers signed baseballs. He is about 27 shy of getting every player who has ever played on the team since 1970.

“So I started probably about 20 years ago, trying to collect the 1982 team. I thought it would make a nice display piece in one of the rooms I had, and from there, it just got out of control," he said.

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He has everyone from Hank Aaron to Robin Yount to Christian Yelich and everyone in between. Ben has autographs from the players you never knew were on the team and all the owners.

How does he do it? Really, it's quite simple.

"You know things like Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, (and) the United States Postal Service," he said.

He reaches out to them, sends them a ball, and they return it. It's a matter of persistence and patience.

"And then it was just a bug that bit me, and I thought it was kind of cool. And I found events like Koos for Kids, Brewers on Deck, things like that where you can go and say hi to the players and get their autograph."

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Now, just 27 signatures away from completing his collection, he plans to give it all away.

"It's a little overwhelming. I mean, it's - the collection is bigger than I am, and that's why I want to do what I want to do with the collection. I want to give it back to the city of Milwaukee, the Brewer fans, and the people that are part of this great organization."

Nummerdor will donate all the signed baseballs to Children's Wisconsin. The hospital said it would go to their orthopedic and sports medicine clinic in Greenfield.

"The time spent there is usually for, you know, not the great reasons. And a lot of people, when they are in that kind of situation, if they could have a break and get away from it for just a few minutes, you know."

For some children at a sports medicine clinic, it could be inspiring to hear stories about local sports heroes.

"Talk about something different, and I thought this would be just something really cool for a family to sit down and somebody to tell stories about, you know, (Robin) Yount or (Ryan) Braun or (Christian) Yelich."

He said this collection is bigger than himself, and it shouldn't be sitting in his basement for just him and his friends and family to enjoy.

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Children's Wisconsin said that it wants to make the display available to the public but hasn't figured out exactly how it plans to display the collection or where it will be inside the clinic.

He doesn't have any more big-name players he needs to snag autographs from. However, a few deceased players are not sure of how to get signatures from.

As for the valuation, after a brief description over the phone to staff at AJ Collectables in Greenfield, a sports memorabilia store, they said the collection could be worth around $30,000.

It's not about the money, though.

"This is something that the fans should own. This is something that the City of Milwaukee should be able to get to, and it just shouldn’t be sitting in somebody’s basement," Ben said.

James Groh at TMJ4 first reported this story.