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White Sox Fan Saves Baby From Flying Bat With One-Handed Catch
UPI ^
| May 27, 2014
| Kate Stanton
Posted on 05/28/2014 4:41:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Eileen Depesa caught Tyler Flowers' rogue bat before it hit the infant behind her during a Memorial Day White Sox game.
Eileen Depesa's impressive reflexes saved a baby from a baseball bat at the Chicago White Sox's game against the Cleveland Indians.
When Chicago catcher Tyler Flowers lost his grip on his bat, it went flying into the stands above left field.
Depesa, of Naperville, Ill., reached out with one hand and caught the bat before it hit the infant seated behind her. The man seated to her right merely ducked.
"I was more concerned with protecting the baby seated behind me," she told the MLB's Cut 4.
She reportedly got to keep the bat, which was later signed by Flowers himself.
TOPICS: Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: mlb; rescue
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:44:04 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Great job on her part, is it only me or did it look like she laughed at the guy next to her and said “pussy!”.
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:46:27 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: nickcarraway
Did they check the flying bat for rabies?
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:47:07 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
To: Mastador1
The worst part of that is,he’s probably her husband or boyfriend.
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:49:31 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:50:15 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: nickcarraway
She reportedly got to keep the bat, which was later signed by Flowers himself. It was the VERY least they could do her. She saved them from a multi-million dollar lawsuit, had the bat hit the baby.
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:54:35 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Mastador1
To: Mastador1
LOL don’t know but he will NEVER live that one down!
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:56:02 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: Mastador1
Dunno, but here’s their conversation just before the incident:
GUY: “Did you know 15 minutes can save you 15% on car insurance?”
HERO LADY: “EVERYBODY knows that...”
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posted on
05/28/2014 4:57:57 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
("Did you know a bat was flying this way?")
To: nickcarraway
Looked more like luck than heroism to me. If she was “more concerned” with the baby behind me, she would heve had her whole body into it, instead of just throwing one arm up.
She got lucky, but all was well in the end.
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posted on
05/28/2014 5:04:49 PM PDT
by
Semper911
(When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
To: nickcarraway
Give him a Medal of Valor....
(Flame suit on...sheesh)
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posted on
05/28/2014 5:21:08 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Semper911
Yeah, I hate to say it but her saying LATER that all she wanted to do was save the baby is obviously wrong.
She's grinning ear to ear when she catches the bat.
So props to her for getting the bat, but don't sell me the "I'm a hero" stuff.
If OTHER people said it, that's fine.
And glad that the kid wasn't hit.
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posted on
05/28/2014 5:29:38 PM PDT
by
boop
(I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
To: nickcarraway
...Chicago catcher Tyler Flowers lost his grip on his bat, it went flying into the stands above left field.If this guy heaved a ball bat from home plate into the left field stands... my advice to you is to not try and steal second when he is catching.
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posted on
05/28/2014 5:43:09 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: nickcarraway
" UPI ^ | May 27, 2014 | Kate Stanton"
"Kate Stanton," after Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who wrote (along with her "Revising Committee") The Woman's Bible? Funny.
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posted on
05/28/2014 5:46:30 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: nickcarraway
The parents are nuts. A baby should not be that close to the field between the baselines. And, nice catch by the lady.
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posted on
05/28/2014 5:54:03 PM PDT
by
sharkhawk
(Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)
To: nickcarraway
Is it just me or does the "turtling" girly man look a lot like John Ritter? Or maybe John Elway.
To: Rodamala
Yes, I noticed that, too. The bat goes over the dugout/ camera pit. NOT left field!
I doubt even Babe Ruth could heave his bat into the outfield.
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posted on
05/28/2014 6:20:33 PM PDT
by
boop
(I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
To: nickcarraway
Looks like she pushed the guy next to her down before reaching up to catch the bat.
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posted on
05/28/2014 6:20:35 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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