Fan Seriously Hurt at a Major League Baseball Game
There is one young man in Illinois today that might not be making plans anytime soon to go to a major league baseball game. There is a good reason why and the young man in question still remains in serious condition at a Illinois hospital. On Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Cubs were hosting the Cincinatti Reds in a typical day game for the Chicago Cubs. A 7 year-old boy that was attending his first MLB game ever was sitting right behind the Cub’s dugout and those are great seats for your first baseball game. Along with having great seats does mean you’re close to the action and this young man was too close to the action. The Reds were in the field and they threw a pitch to the Chicago Cub’s Ted Lilly who was the opposing pitcher in Thursday’s game. Lilly struck the ball from home plate and drove the ball in foul territory where the ball zoomed into the crowd. You see things like this a lot at major league baseball games, but many times the fans are fine or only suffer a minor blow from the ball. This was not the case for this 7 year-old and the ball from Lilly’s bat went right into the head of this poor boy. Doctors and medical staff was quickly on the scene and was later taken to the hospital. The boy stayed unconscious until Friday and it was then when he finally came out of it. The doctors now believe the boy will survive, but he is still in bad condition. I’m not sure what actions major league baseball will take from this horrible incident, but you can be sure they will look into this matter with great concern. If your a fan that plans to attend a major league baseball game soon, be sure you pay attention to the game and keep up with where the baseball is. If you bring kids to the park with you, make sure you look after them too and maybe it will be a long time before we ever see someone else like this, have to suffer through a devastating blow like this 7 year-old did in the Cubs and Reds game.
