Current Events > A fan in the stands at the cubs game just hit by a ball

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Hard to tell whats going on but everyone is on their knees in the field ready to cry so it must be pretty bad
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Was it a home run?
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I was at a baseball game recently and I actually wondered how that kind of thing didnt happen all the time.

Damn thats crazy

MrK3V posted...

Was it a home run?

Foul tip
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Keep your eye on the ball.....

When I was in high school a girl from my school got hit by a bat at a Dodger game. When she was well enough they invited her to the stadium and gave her autographed bats and balls. No pictures though - she had a broken jaw.
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Dont they had nets up behind the bases now?
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Per twitter it was a young kid. No other update
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People do get nailed sometimes. I remember Denard Span hitting his mom in the chest with one during a spring training game. He ran over right away. That was weird.
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Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.
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SaccharineSmile posted...

Dont they had nets up behind the bases now?

I think that just covers the area behind home plate. The areas up the baselines - line drive alley - aren't covered. At least not in any of the stadiums I've seen/been to.
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mustachedmystic posted...

Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.

Uh no it isnt. It literally just happened like I just said. Im watching it live lol
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mustachedmystic posted...

Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.

Articles dont tend to go up in 10 minutes. Try social media for that:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/1133901392781819905
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Mark_DeRosa posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.

Uh no it isnt. It literally just happened like I just said. Im watching it live lol

Did they stop the game?
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For like two mins
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Mark_DeRosa posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.

Uh no it isnt. It literally just happened like I just said. Im watching it live lol

So, this is the second time in a week?
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I mean I dont know what you are talking about Im just talking about this one
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In this case it was a kid so it's different. When it's an adult and you see them on TV texting/talking away behind homeplate or courtside at a basketball game it's annoying. You're at a fucking game. Put the damn cellphone away.
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mustachedmystic posted...

Mark_DeRosa posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.

Uh no it isnt. It literally just happened like I just said. Im watching it live lol

So, this is the second time in a week?

Apparently?

Jesus, dude, chill with the skepticism.
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Turned that boring shit off to watch the Stanley Cup Finals.
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I'm not skeptical, just surprised that it happened twice in a week in the same stadium.
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Wow
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I think last season or the season before Todd Frazier (when he was on the yankees) smoked some kid right in the face with a line drive. Really scary. He looked devastated. I think the kid was fine later on, but yeah, scary.
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The Popo posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.

Articles dont tend to go up in 10 minutes. Try social media for that:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/1133901392781819905

People love to shit on Twitter, but it's pretty fantastic for getting news as it happens.
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I know it came out a while ago that a woman was killed from being hit by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium last year.
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codey posted...

The Popo posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

Your topic title is misleading, the only article about a fan getting hit by a foul ball that I can find is from 6 days ago.

Articles dont tend to go up in 10 minutes. Try social media for that:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/1133901392781819905

People love to shit on Twitter, but it's pretty fantastic for getting news as it happens.

Im not in Twitter and think it can do a lot of bad, but its absolutely great for real time updates on live events. I cant dispute that.
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Dont they have signs up as you enter the stadium saying something along the lines of watch the ball, you may be hit, we arent liable now?
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SaccharineSmile posted...

Dont they have signs up as you enter the stadium saying something along the lines of watch the ball, you may be hit, we arent liable now?

The Dodgers have it on the back of the ticket.
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The person hit by the foul ball was a toddler-aged child. Those at the game say it's a girl who couldn't be older than 3.

Vid in story:

https://deadspin.com/foul-ball-appears-to-injure-young-child-at-astros-cubs-1835108857
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EnterTheTekken posted...

The person hit by the foul ball was a toddler-aged child. Those at the game say it's a girl who couldn't be older than 3.

That may be a little too young to be at a baseball game. I think I was 9 or 10 the first time I went.
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This was apparently on a reddit page:



https://mobile.twitter.com/dm5592/status/1133909117884600320
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The Popo posted...

This was apparently on a reddit page:



https://mobile.twitter.com/dm5592/status/1133909117884600320

That reads like a talktotransformer story

Don't take your toddlers to baseball
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Dont take toddlers anywhere

In general.

I will never understand why parents take kids that young to anything like a sports game. They're too young to understand or remember anything about it. They're nothing but a pain in the ass for the parent meaning they can't focus on whatever it is they're at. Then most times a kid that age is a pain in the ass to the people sitting nearby too. The waste of money that it is.

Games, nicer restaurants, movies not geared towards them. Even an amusement park at that age.
I've seen it at Dodger games and elsewhere. You're sitting there seeing this dope parent with this 3 year old. All of their attention is on the kid and not on the game. All the kid's attention is on the food the parent is trying to feed them or on a toy. Or whining because it's hot. Up and down, up and down constantly to get more things for the kid or to go change them. And the whole time I just wonder. Why the hell are you even here? You paid $30-40 per seat to sit there and do this? Up close we're talking $180-$300 per seat. All the added expenses, the drive, the hauling all this kid's crap across the burning hot parking lot.
Should try and sell volcano insurance to people like that as they're clearly the dopes that would buy it.
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LordFarquad1312 posted...

Don't take your toddlers to baseball

I mean a toddler hasn't got the attention span to follow the game or the understanding to know what's going on. If adults get hit by the ball, a toddler doesn't stand a chance.
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brestugo posted...

Keep your eye on the ball.....

When I was in high school a girl from my school got hit by a bat at a Dodger game. When she was well enough they invited her to the stadium and gave her autographed bats and balls. No pictures though - she had a broken jaw.

there are line drives coming off the bat at 100 MPH or more

shut the fuck up
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Delirious_Beard posted...

brestugo posted...

Keep your eye on the ball.....

When I was in high school a girl from my school got hit by a bat at a Dodger game. When she was well enough they invited her to the stadium and gave her autographed bats and balls. No pictures though - she had a broken jaw.

there are line drives coming off the bat at 100 MPH or more

No shit, and if youre actually paying attention to the game while in the stands you can duck out of the way

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26851025/child-struck-line-drive-cubs-astros-game

Damn, the players were crying after this happened. Feel terrible for everyone here.
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I was watching live and I commend the AT&T SportsNet crew for never cutting to the fan and sensationalizing this unfortunate event.
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I got drilled in the shin with a foul ball at a minor league game one time. I was limping for days and it left a mark.
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Delirious_Beard posted...

brestugo posted...

Keep your eye on the ball.....

When I was in high school a girl from my school got hit by a bat at a Dodger game. When she was well enough they invited her to the stadium and gave her autographed bats and balls. No pictures though - she had a broken jaw.

there are line drives coming off the bat at 100 MPH or more

shut the fuck up

What's setting you off?
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EternalDivide posted...

In general.

I will never understand why parents take kids that young to anything like a sports game. They're too young to understand or remember anything about it. They're nothing but a pain in the ass for the parent meaning they can't focus on whatever it is they're at. Then most times a kid that age is a pain in the ass to the people sitting nearby too. The waste of money that it is.

Games, nicer restaurants, movies not geared towards them. Even an amusement park at that age.
I've seen it at Dodger games and elsewhere. You're sitting there seeing this dope parent with this 3 year old. All of their attention is on the kid and not on the game. All the kid's attention is on the food the parent is trying to feed them or on a toy. Or whining because it's hot. Up and down, up and down constantly to get more things for the kid or to go change them. And the whole time I just wonder. Why the hell are you even here? You paid $30-40 per seat to sit there and do this? Up close we're talking $180-$300 per seat. All the added expenses, the drive, the hauling all this kid's crap across the burning hot parking lot.
Should try and sell volcano insurance to people like that as they're clearly the dopes that would buy it.

Baseball is the one sport where you dont need a great attention span, theres so little gong on and multiple play stoppages between pitches and/or hits. Outside of soccer its probably a game thats most connected to kids than any other. I get that you and others are overly emotional, but I bet you didnt have these same opinions before this child got hit with a baseball yesterday, no reason kids shouldnt be brought to any sports game, let alone baseball.
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Freeney posted...

EternalDivide posted...

In general.

I will never understand why parents take kids that young to anything like a sports game. They're too young to understand or remember anything about it. They're nothing but a pain in the ass for the parent meaning they can't focus on whatever it is they're at. Then most times a kid that age is a pain in the ass to the people sitting nearby too. The waste of money that it is.

Games, nicer restaurants, movies not geared towards them. Even an amusement park at that age.
I've seen it at Dodger games and elsewhere. You're sitting there seeing this dope parent with this 3 year old. All of their attention is on the kid and not on the game. All the kid's attention is on the food the parent is trying to feed them or on a toy. Or whining because it's hot. Up and down, up and down constantly to get more things for the kid or to go change them. And the whole time I just wonder. Why the hell are you even here? You paid $30-40 per seat to sit there and do this? Up close we're talking $180-$300 per seat. All the added expenses, the drive, the hauling all this kid's crap across the burning hot parking lot.
Should try and sell volcano insurance to people like that as they're clearly the dopes that would buy it.

Baseball is the one sport where you dont need a great attention span, theres so little gong on and multiple play stoppages between pitches and/or hits. Outside of soccer its probably a game thats most connected to kids than any other. I get that you and others are overly emotional, but I bet you didnt have these same opinions before this child got hit with a baseball yesterday, no reason kids shouldnt be brought to any sports game, let alone baseball.

Not looking for an argument but I held that opinion well before this incident. A coworker took his 4 year old son to a game and complained that he ran up and down the stairs with other kids, didn't focus on the game, and then fell asleep. I told her "WTF? Did you expect otherwise?"

I don't want to blame anyone in this case, but to my mind between 8 & 10 is when you take a kid to a major sporting event or amusement park. They're too young to appreciate it before then and for a sporting event it may even put them at risk of injury.
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Why do they have to appreciate it though? Cant it just be an afternoon or evening out with the family? Again, baseball is a kids game, its much more affordable for a family of four or five to go to one as opposed to other sports.

Most baseball stadiums are outfitted with kids sections where they can get their face painted, slides, sandboxes etc. You dont find these things at NBA, NHL or NFL stadiums where theyre of course much more expensive to attend. One freak accident should change if you bring your child to a game or not. What they need to do (and should have years ago) is put up netting down either baseline to avoid liners entering foul territory at 100+ mph.
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Freeney posted...

What they need to do (and should have years ago) is put up netting down either baseline to avoid liners entering foul territory at 100+ mph.

bull shit instead of worrying about netting they need to ban those stupid blue jerseys that they wear every fucking road game

Mark_DeRosa posted...

MrK3V posted...

Was it a home run?

Foul tip

Man those come at you so fast along the baseline.
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EternalDivide posted...

In general.

I will never understand why parents take kids that young to anything like a sports game. They're too young to understand or remember anything about it. They're nothing but a pain in the ass for the parent meaning they can't focus on whatever it is they're at. Then most times a kid that age is a pain in the ass to the people sitting nearby too. The waste of money that it is.

Games, nicer restaurants, movies not geared towards them. Even an amusement park at that age.
I've seen it at Dodger games and elsewhere. You're sitting there seeing this dope parent with this 3 year old. All of their attention is on the kid and not on the game. All the kid's attention is on the food the parent is trying to feed them or on a toy. Or whining because it's hot. Up and down, up and down constantly to get more things for the kid or to go change them. And the whole time I just wonder. Why the hell are you even here? You paid $30-40 per seat to sit there and do this? Up close we're talking $180-$300 per seat. All the added expenses, the drive, the hauling all this kid's crap across the burning hot parking lot.
Should try and sell volcano insurance to people like that as they're clearly the dopes that would buy it.

I like to do the things I enjoy with my kids and i like to expose my kids to new things that they can enjoy.
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brestugo posted...

Freeney posted...

EternalDivide posted...

In general.

I will never understand why parents take kids that young to anything like a sports game. They're too young to understand or remember anything about it. They're nothing but a pain in the ass for the parent meaning they can't focus on whatever it is they're at. Then most times a kid that age is a pain in the ass to the people sitting nearby too. The waste of money that it is.

Games, nicer restaurants, movies not geared towards them. Even an amusement park at that age.
I've seen it at Dodger games and elsewhere. You're sitting there seeing this dope parent with this 3 year old. All of their attention is on the kid and not on the game. All the kid's attention is on the food the parent is trying to feed them or on a toy. Or whining because it's hot. Up and down, up and down constantly to get more things for the kid or to go change them. And the whole time I just wonder. Why the hell are you even here? You paid $30-40 per seat to sit there and do this? Up close we're talking $180-$300 per seat. All the added expenses, the drive, the hauling all this kid's crap across the burning hot parking lot.
Should try and sell volcano insurance to people like that as they're clearly the dopes that would buy it.

Baseball is the one sport where you dont need a great attention span, theres so little gong on and multiple play stoppages between pitches and/or hits. Outside of soccer its probably a game thats most connected to kids than any other. I get that you and others are overly emotional, but I bet you didnt have these same opinions before this child got hit with a baseball yesterday, no reason kids shouldnt be brought to any sports game, let alone baseball.

Not looking for an argument but I held that opinion well before this incident. A coworker took his 4 year old son to a game and complained that he ran up and down the stairs with other kids, didn't focus on the game, and then fell asleep. I told her "WTF? Did you expect otherwise?"

I don't want to blame anyone in this case, but to my mind between 8 & 10 is when you take a kid to a major sporting event or amusement park. They're too young to appreciate it before then and for a sporting event it may even put them at risk of injury.

You clearly dont actually know anything about kids.
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Oh shit. my dads probably at that game.
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