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Ouch! Twins’ Span hits mother with foul ball

In a shocking split-second, Span hit a hard foul ball that struck his mom in the upper chest Wednesday. She was treated by paramedics and back in the stands minutes later.

OMG, what a story... Denard Span hits his own mother! And in the chest, no less... yikes. Thank God she is alright.

Yes, some of these ball-hit incidents do take place in a "shocking split-second", or even outside of the ballpark (see my post 163 above). Bringing a glove to the game doesn't always do the trick in cases like this.

Yes, some of these ball-hit incidents do take place in a "shocking split-second",

Many years ago I was at the old Tiger Stadium in Detroit when a little girl in the first row behind home plate had her hands in the netting and her face as well and took a foul tip right in her face.......

OMG, what a story... Denard Span hits his own mother! And in the chest, no less... yikes. Thank God she is alright.

Span struck out. I wonder why?

Yes, some of these ball-hit incidents do take place in a "shocking split-second", or even outside of the ballpark (see my post 163 above).

Approximately 25 years ago, maybe more, a Red Sox batter hit a screaming line drive into the stands along the first base line. The ball hit a little boy in the head. Blood was streaming down his head and the kid was screaming. The father was stunned. Jim Rice jumped into the stands scooped up the kid and sprinted into the the Red Sox training room with the team trainer right behind. The kid was eventually OK. He was interviewed years later while a teenager in college.

I was also at a UConn baseball game this spring at Storrs. A young mother and her infant child were playing in a sand trap adjacent to a putting green about 30 feet from a fence parallel to the first base foul line. I thought she is oblivious to what was happening at the plate. Sure enough the Rutgers batter hits a foul ball over the fence, bouncing twice before grazing the little girl's arm. Fortunately she only had a surprised look on her face and the mother had no idea what happened. The father was a few feet away and let them continue playing in the sand trap. I just shook my head.