Yankee Victory Becomes Footnote After Girl Is Struck by Line Drive
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Yankee Victory Becomes Footnote After Girl Is Struck by Line Drive
“We have been waiting to hear from the Yankees on their plans on how they will move forward
and urge them to let the public know as soon as possible where they stand.”
According to a Yankee Stadium paramedic, who was not authorized to publicly discuss fan injuries, the girl appeared to have been struck by the ball in the nose
and right eye and was bleeding when she was carried by her grandfather to a first aid station behind the stands.
The episode was at least the third time this season
that a fan at Yankee Stadium had been struck by either a foul ball or a shattered bat during a game, and each instance has added to the debate about what Major League Baseball should do to better protect its fans.
The Yankees easily completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday and bolstered their bid for a postseason berth, but all of
that was overshadowed by an unsettling incident in the fifth inning, when a line drive off the bat of Todd Frazier appeared to hit the face of a young girl who was seated directly behind the third-base dugout.
In the stands behind third base, stadium staff members hurried to the scene,
and the girl, who was bleeding, was carried to an exit by a person later identified as her grandfather.
If Yankee Stadium had netting in place that did stretch to the far end of the third-base
dugout, Frazier’s line drive, in all likelihood, would not have reached the stands.
“We have been waiting to hear from the Yankees on their plans on how they will move forward
and urge them to let the public know as soon as possible where they stand.”
According to a Yankee Stadium paramedic, who was not authorized to publicly discuss fan injuries, the girl appeared to have been struck by the ball in the nose
and right eye and was bleeding when she was carried by her grandfather to a first aid station behind the stands.
The episode was at least the third time this season
that a fan at Yankee Stadium had been struck by either a foul ball or a shattered bat during a game, and each instance has added to the debate about what Major League Baseball should do to better protect its fans.
The Yankees easily completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday and bolstered their bid for a postseason berth, but all of
that was overshadowed by an unsettling incident in the fifth inning, when a line drive off the bat of Todd Frazier appeared to hit the face of a young girl who was seated directly behind the third-base dugout.
In the stands behind third base, stadium staff members hurried to the scene,
and the girl, who was bleeding, was carried to an exit by a person later identified as her grandfather.
If Yankee Stadium had netting in place that did stretch to the far end of the third-base
dugout, Frazier’s line drive, in all likelihood, would not have reached the stands.