[P.O.E.]

August 17, 1957

Richie Ashburn hits fan twice with foul ball

Richie Ashburn hit Phillies fan, Alice Roth, with two foul balls in the same at bat. The first broke her nose and the second hit her when she was being carted off on a stretcher

https://www.phillysportpast.com/event/richie-ashburn-hits-fan-twice-with-foul-ball

[Hebrews 11:6]

Richie visited her in the hospital after the game, and they became life-long friends.

[tenger]

I knew someone who was hit by Richie Zisk's broken bat once in the late 1970s. I think he broke a tooth. All part of the game and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I think he was on the 3rd base side of Three Rivers.

why stop at a net? Why not plexiglass walls like they have in hockey?