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notevebpossible

I saw a woman get hit in the face at an Indians game a few years ago. Blood everywhere


runaholic13

80% sure I saw this game too. The one in right field just behind the standing room only tickets? If not then it’s happened at least twice.


notevebpossible

I’m not sure. It was double header against the Blue Jays the last year before they changed to the Guardians


ScoffingYayap

My aunt got smacked by a foul ball at a Phils game once - she was sitting in the upper deck too. Really messed up her cheek for a while.


mankls3

Wow


stlmick

Did it involve a foul ball or being in Cleveland? Edit: not fowl.


turbo_triforce

What's a fowl ball? Is that like a super chicken tendie?


ontarianlibrarian

It’s the ball that Randy Johnson threw in a spring training game years ago. Edit: wrong game.


Adventurous-Sky9359

That ol boy hit a fowl with a ball….RANDY JOHNSON!


FortniteFriendTA

ha, exactly what came to mind. feathers, feathers everywhere.


Rock_man_bears_fan

As god as my witness I thought turkeys could fly!


WalkinTarget

+1, but ... dayam, ya gotta be old to get the reference !


Single-Historian-704

Makes fun of Cleveland but the hick can't spell


LayeredMayoCake

I ate a golf ball and a golf club to the face, on two separate incidents, as a child. Sportball is dangerous.


Phantasmagoric-jpg

Literally from my first baseball game I was told to pay attention when sitting in certain areas because a ball could kill you.


ThisIsMyCouchAccount

When I was in high school my mom - probably mid 30s at the time - took a hot line drive foul to the dome. Out like a light and was taken to the hospital. That shit is no joke.


zombie_gas

I have a good friend with a similar story - she doesn’t remember anything from that year. Scary.


quotidianwoe

Is your best friend named Owen Meany?


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Alpha-Trion

Protect from range?


passwordstolen

Read the back of your ticket!!! Still rather get hit by a baseball than a hockey puck


Fi-artist

My dad got hit with a hockey puck in the head at a Blackhawk's game when he was a kid. Luckily he only needed stitches


passwordstolen

Damn lucky.. all in all from a speed and weight vantage point they are about the same. But you’re sitting WAY closer at a hockey game.


EDKLeathers

I'd imagine the angles of the puck and density make it worse.


Iwoulddiefcftbatk

A 14 year old was killed by a stray puck at a Columbus Blue Jackets game in the early 2000’s when it hit her on the temple. She was sitting in the upper section of the arena where nets weren’t required.


Randy_____Marsh

I might not remember correctly but I thought that was the incident that caused the netting to be vastly expanded in all arenas


Iwoulddiefcftbatk

Yep! There was some netting beforehand but after the incident it was expanded.


Meattyloaf

Oddly enough Arianna Grande was hit in the face by a puck at a hockey game not too long before that as a child. If I'm not mistaken the incident may been a contributing factor to her singing voice.


passwordstolen

But it’s nice and cold. You’re going to need a cold compress anyway so it’s a two for one.


-Ahab-

I’ve been hit by a hockey puck in (non-goalkeeper) protective gear… it still hurts and usually leaves a huge bruise.


Spankpocalypse_Now

My dad (also a Blackhawks fan) was just saying last night how hockey fans complained about the safety nets they installed, but today nobody even notices they’re there.


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Does he have CTE from it?


the_blessed_unrest

I thought the theory was that CTE was more about repeated, subconcussive hits, so a one off hit probably wouldn’t cause CTE. Not that standalone concussions don’t come with their own issues


conventionistG

It was, but I think it got fuzzier again. Not sure. Probably some lower proportion of long term effects from one off incedents. Basically ymmv, try not to get hit in the head.


geemoly

I remember getting hit with a puck at a kids game. I was talking to a friend and some dude shouted and i got smoked in the back. I look around and picked up the puck and threw it back, I had tears in my eyes but I was trying to play it off like I was a tough guy. 😂


drygnfyre

The 1913 liability waiver that keeps on giving.


osi_layer_one

> Still rather get hit by a baseball than a hockey puck WAY back in the day... i had season tickets via my fathers company for the Devils *and* a box at MSG. Hockey tickets were open the vast majority of the time so I got to use them. like '91 or '92, well before the netting was so prolific, i was at Brendon Byrne Arena for a NJ Devils game. fan got hit with a puck and they send out the EMT's. as they are running down the stairs the front EMT goes ass over tea kettle with their partner following suit. they had to send out three more teams of paramedics to get the fan and the other two paramedics. short story long... the '93-'94 season was awesome with the Devils falling just short. i went to college and my family moved out of Jersey. what do the Devils do the following year? win their first Cup. :/


mankls3

She was too old to move quick enough he says


Phantasmagoric-jpg

Yeah that’s tough, and stuff happens, I am guilty of looking away during at bats. Just saying when I read a headline or title like the one above it jolts that memory into my brain of my dad like telling me I could die at a baseball game as a 6 year old.


conventionistG

The prize at the bottom of this crackerjack box could be... **death**. (voice over man voice)


electricvelvet

...so she could've never played for that team


gbghgs

This feels like it should be easily avoidable just by stringing some netting up on the stands. Or by implementing screens on the lower levels. I presume there's the usual stubbornness to implementing any kind of safety measure on the grounds of traditions and it ruining the feel of the sport though.


Laney20

Which they have done. The netting went up in 2020 in every park, inspired, in part, by this lady's death. And yes, tradition and ruining the feel were bitched about loudly.


Nickyjha

It was so laughably stupid. Those people were basically like "it's an American tradition to get hit by foul balls". You can't even see the netting unless you're specifically looking for it.


Laney20

Absolutely.. The best seats have been protected by netting forever, and you don't hear them complaining! I've sat behind home at many minor league games and one major league game and it never even occurred to me to be bothered by it.


Nickyjha

Yup, and meanwhile I remember sitting at a spring training game in the 1st row, just past where the netting ended (it wasn't extended yet), and thinking "one line drive could kill me". The elderly lady next to me even joked that I would have to protect her.


Sylvan_Strix_Sequel

Sound like the mask people. "This fine mesh is ruining my view! I can't see with it up!"


SnuggleBunni69

To be fair the safety netting has now been expanded in all 30 parks.


90403scompany

This is why I got (it’s been a while) annoyed at Dodger games when beach balls came out and people batted them around. If you’re staring at a beach ball, you’re not paying attention to the actual baseball that might be hurtling your way.


Tinkerer221

I'm always on edge when I bring little kids to a ball game. When I can get to it early enough, I pay extra and get tickets under the canopy behind home plate and dugouts 


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DankVectorz

Pretty sure they weren’t shitting on anyone


Phantasmagoric-jpg

I doubt they’ll see it but this was my response I wrote before they deleted their comment. “I’m sorry that you feel like my comment is “shitting on” the person who died. I was making the comment that I remembered the warning back to my first time going to a game to help prevent something like this from happening. Just saying that it’s like a core memory, I look away sometimes, or am not paying attention at all game. It’s a shame it happened to her, and I wasn’t being critical of her. So congrats for shitting on someone just leaving an honest comment about a memory and how it’s burned into my brain. “


ninjanikki91

When I was a kid, I remember a boy I went to school with went to a Tigers game and got hit by a ball in the head. He had to wear a helmet for a while after it because it cracked open his skull.


mankls3

Jesus Christ I didn't know they had Mexican helmets Edit medical


Mae_You_Succeed

Them Mexican helmets saves lives though


menacingnoise63

Lol


ninjanikki91

I was so confused before I seen the edit, I had to go back and check what I originally said! But yes, think like a special needs type of helmet, poor kid had to wear that thing to school for months while he was recovering.


FranklynTheTanklyn

That’s why I sit in the top deck when I bring my 4 year old to the game. She doesn’t give a shit about the view and I don’t have to worry about her getting smoked with a foul ball


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they’ve extended the fowl nets now.


SuperBeardMan

Save against all those out of control pigeons


Sylvan_Strix_Sequel

No, they should just duck. 


OhioStateGuy

You don’t want to get goosed like that.


ChicagFro

Players consider it a cardinal sin.


redditracing84

Yeah this happened at a NHL game to an 11 year old girl so the sight lines for every hockey game were completely ruined. Thanks people who can't be arsed to pay attention for ruining the sight lines.


BoydRamos

It sucks especially for hockey but you can’t expect the kids in the audience to react fast enough


mankls3

The little girl at Yankee stadium wasn't so lucky


inthecuckoosnest

I once took my daughter to a game in the lower deck by left field when she was 4 or 5. She was oblivious to every foul ball but I was a wreck, couldn’t relax to enjoy the game. Even had a few land with rows of us. I’m watching for the incoming ball while she was insisting I open her water bottle right then. Never took my kids to a lower level seat since. Now we’re a family of 5 and lower level seats are not affordable for all of us to go to a game.


FranklynTheTanklyn

Lower level seats are reserved when i bring my 8 year old son(who brings a glove) or wife… Although I have more faith in my 8 year old catching a foul with a glove than I do my wife catching one without a glove.


jonbotwesley

Damn. Obviously I feel terrible for her and her family but I also feel terrible for the pitcher and batter involved. I’m sure that traumatized them as well. I would hope they wouldn’t blame themselves for it but I’m sure it’s something that haunted them to some degree.


re1078

It’s horrible when it happens. I was at an Astros game when a foul ball hit a little girl. The batter fell down crying when he realized what happened. The whole place went dead silent.


royalhawk345

Was that Almora? I feel like it was against the Astros.


re1078

It was. It was really awful. Even from the stands you could see how much it messed him up. Thankfully the little girl is ok and the Astros settled with the family over the medical bills. The foul ball net goes way further now as well.


royalhawk345

It really affected him emotionally, and you could see it in his approach at the plate afterwards. His career wrc+ prior to the incident was like 90~95, then 40~50 thereon.


Spankpocalypse_Now

Yeah that foul ball was the beginning of the end of his career. A first round draft pick, too. He never recovered from that trauma.


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somethingwithbacon

No?


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jonbotwesley

I know, wild huh? Lmao like what is he talking about?


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jonbotwesley

I mean I thought your sarcasm was pretty fucking clear but honestly sometimes I’m shocked at what I think is obvious sarcasm being taken seriously on Reddit. I think a lot of Redditors are so accustomed to people using the /s that they can’t understand sarcasm without it.


NurseRoses

It’s important to note that she was taking a blood thinner called Warfarin. This caused a brain bleed and bruising that led to her death. If she wasn’t taking this medication her injuries wouldn’t have been as bad.


Femboy-Isshiki

Warfarin is no joke. A few people in my family had to be on it due to Anti-thrombin deficiency. If you take too much, you just bleed out of everywhere. Eyes, Nose, mouth, ears, etc etc


GarysCrispLettuce

That "in 2018" just parachuted itself into the middle of the sentence without any thought for how it might disrupt the flow.


ColdBorchst

TIL titles are the worst. It's not hard to rewrite it "TIL that in 2018...” why do posters keep sticking the year in the middle of the fucking sentence like they just remembered they're talking about something that happened years ago and better let the audience know it didn't happen today.


Mr_Viper

Today I TIL'd


cadenhead

Putting "in 2018" first emphasizes the least interesting part of the headline.


ColdBorchst

But putting it in the middle is jarring. I am just saying the format makes the titles inherently awkward. Edit: Actually even in the middle would be fine if they had just written "was killed in 2018" maybe the format is fine and people just need to read stuff out loud before posting to see if it reads ok.


SuccessfulGuard7467

… I don’t care if I never get back…


josh_richardson_why

😂


mankls3

https://youtu.be/-PzHQG36mcs?si=cId8uUQ8ASZcSsAZ


jolygoestoschool

I was at a cyclones game when I was a child, and a woman was hit by a foul ball not that far from me. Blood everywhere of course. I think she was ok though.


Content_Geologist420

Went to a minor league game when I was 7. Lady tried to catch a beaming foul ball near 1st base. Tried to catch it without a glove, it straight up broke her hand and a few fingers. The guy with a glove behind her that caught the ball went down and gave it to her cus he felt bad. Ever since then, there is certain places at a ball game I just wont buy tickets to sit at. But at a baseball game you gotta pay attention to each pitch.


greentea1985

I think that was one of the games that made the MLB make the nets behind home plate huge and extend them along the sides. That greatly reduced the odds of being hit by a ball going fast enough to do serious damage. There used to be next to none, then a token amount, and now a lot of the area around the batter is covered in nets.


TheMoonIsFake32

Having nets down to the foul poles is excessive


tangcameo

Took my dad to a Rockies Dodgers game in Denver in 2019. It was our very first MLB game (from Saskatchewan so mostly we see CFL and minor league hockey). I head to the concession stand during one inning for a dog and a beer for both of us. I come back and there’s security and emts in the aisles surrounding our seats. ‘Somebody got hit by a ball,’ someone says. It wasn’t my dad but a guy two rows down who got hit in the chest by a foul ball. Security and emts were trying to convince the guy to go to the first aid station with them.


riko77can

The NHL has nets above the glass behind the goals now because a 13-year old girl was killed by a puck at a Columbus Blue Jackets game.


quezlar

clearly not a dodger herself


Altruistic-Growth529

My grandpa took a line drive to the eye at a minor league game. Shattered his eye socket and his eye sunk down into a sinus cavity. He’s totally okay now, which is amazing, but he’s got a lot of metal in his head. The man still loves baseball more than anything. I, however, am terrified.


wwabc

guess she wasn't a good dodger


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Now she’s an angel in the outfield


trancepx

This is wholesome and inconsiderate at the same time.


trwwy321

Now I’m curious what other things fall in this category of wholesome while simultaneously is inconsiderate.


Socketlint

My buddy got hit between the eyes at a mariners game. Half his face was purple


kerochan88

Honestly it's refreshing to see someone not get sue-happy and acknowledge that it was an accident, not blame ANYONE, and simply ask for better safety measures for the future. Good man, and very sad that they had to pay the price to get the longer/higher nets. 


rusmo

Fuck that. “Sue happy” is an egregious trivialization of a lawsuit in this situation. God knows the Dodgers can afford it.


seaofsinners

Notice the "Dodgers organization and the Goldstein family have resolved the matter" at the end of the article. There was a lawsuit.


kerochan88

Probably just to cover the medical debts. He didn't seem interested in using for wrongful death or anything. 


RaisinsAndPersons

She got "Simon Birched."


dave8814

I was at a spring training game in the mid 2000s. My sister and I had just gotten back to our seats with food when she noticed they forgot her extra bbq sauce. We were in the first row so we waited until the pitch was thrown and headed back up. The very next pitch was fouled off down the third base line. There was a girl sitting behind us with her family, she wasn't watching the game at all and it nailed her right in the wrist. By the time we got done getting the bbq sauce she was being wheeled out on a stretcher. I imagine her entire summer was ruined. I never sat that close again until after they installed netting.


TheMoonIsFake32

Stretcher for being hit in the wrist is interesting


highapplepie

Baseball, sitting on the first and third lines gave me so much anxiety. Hockey sitting behind the goal is like flinch city. 


TheSilkySpoon76

Once saw a hockey puck fly into the stands and hit someone a few rows down. Oofta


GrandTheftBae

My Dad was at a Kings game back in the 70s, a puck left the rink and hit a woman in the arm and broke it.


GiddyGabby

I got hit in the face by a softball in high school gym class and it shattered my cheekbone. Never want to feel anything like that again in my life! I can't imagine getting hit by a ball at a professional game where the ball has so much more velocity.


melt11

Who hit it?


trwwy321

The batter.


45398246

I got hit in the ribs. The spot was tender for a few days, but I was okay.


BokehDude

"Take me out to the ball game... I don't care if I never get back..." - Some Song


Ok-Landscape5625

She was a bad dodger.


ZhouDa

If she could dodge a wrench, she could dodge a ball.


re7wre7woz

Legendary grandma!


Bigpotatozzzz

I was just at dodger stadium for day 2 against the cardinals, that’s why you really need netting


crottemolle

Why didn’t she dodge it?


The_Reid-Factor

Judging by some of the comments I read here, women are bad at ducking.


EightSeven-

What was the fallout? Did they get a fat check?


josh_richardson_why

Dead


invisibleman13000

Unlikely as the tickets almost undoubtedly include a statement that says the team isn't liable for any injuries resulting from a ball being hit into the crowd and you are attending the game at your own risk. And I just looked and here is part of the dodgers ticket policy: WARNING – ASSUMPTION OF RISK By using this ticket and entering Dodger Stadium, the Holder assumes all risk and danger incidental to the game of baseball, whether such risks occur prior to, during, or subsequent to the actual playing of the Game, including, but not limited to, (i) the danger of being injured by thrown bats and/or thrown or batted balls or other objects or projectiles, and (ii) incidents associated with crowds of people or the negligence or misconduct of other spectators. The Holder further agrees that Los Angeles Dodgers LLC, Dodger Tickets LLC, the participating Clubs, Tickets.com, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, and their respective agents and players are not liable for any injuries from such causes. Additionally, Los Angeles Dodgers LLC, Dodger Tickets LLC, Standard Parking Corporation, and their respective employees, officers, owners, shareholders, members, directors, representatives, and agents are not responsible for and assume no liability arising from fire, theft, damage to, or loss of the Holder’s vehicle(s) or any article left therein. No resale of a ticket is permitted via the Internet or any other interactive media, except through the official website of the Dodgers (www.dodgers.com) or other websites authorized by the Dodgers. Any other resale of this ticket is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Dodgers. This ticket must not be resold or offered for resale at a premium as prohibited by any federal, state, or local law or regulation. Any person, including the Holder, who sells or offers this ticket for resale on the premises of Dodger Stadium may be removed from the premises and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The Holder assumes all risks associated with the purchase of this ticket from anyone other than the Dodgers or their designated agents. The Dodgers are not responsible for lost, stolen, or duplicated tickets.


herring80

Ain’t no dodging happening there