White Sox Fan Saves Baby From Flying Bat With One-Handed Catch

UPI ^ | May 27, 2014 | Kate Stanton

[muir_redwoods]

Courts have consistently found that attending a baseball game constitutes an assumption of risk since balls (and bats) coming into the stands are an expected part of the game.

[SamAdams76]

The back of every MLB baseball ticket should have the following disclaimer: “THE HOLDER ASSUMES ALL RISK AND DANGERS INCIDENTAL TO THE GAME OF BASEBALL INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE DANGER OF BEING INJURED BY THROWN OR BATTED BALLS.”

[Mears]

That disclaimer is already there-—at least on the ticket I have in my hand. Sox,of course.

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[MediaMole]

Why do people with small children get tickets in the lower deck near the dugouts? Get upper deck seats, kids can’t pay attention to the game well enough to safely sit in expensive seats close to the field — especially babies.

[logitech]

What a lie! She had no thought of a baby behind her.

[ladyjane]

Interesting. The team owners don’t want to be liable.

I know someone who took a boy scout troop to a hockey game. She got hit in the face with a hockey puck. Not one person from the hockey team came to help her to try to get the scouts home. They didn’t want to show that they had any liability. She had to get the scouts home and went to the hospital to get medical care. She needed a lot of surgery and dental care.

[Jeff Chandler]

A baby should not be that close to the field between the baselines.

I don't get why people bring babies to such events. The baby can't appreciate it. It certainly can't enhance the experience for the adults. And I question the wisdom of bringing a baby into the midst of tens of thousands of disease vectors.

But that's just me. If any Freepers like that sort of thing, who am I to judge?

[henkster]

The seminal case was Ingersoll v. Onondaga Hockey Club in 1938. I still remember that one from my Torts class in 1981.

[GJones2]

Here's a longer version of the event seen from a distance -- YouTube. From this angle it appears that the man may have shielded his head and leaned in front of the woman. He may have been trying to protect her. I can't tell for sure, but it's possible. The bat appeared to be coming low, but it bounced off the dugout and went above him.

[nickcarraway]

Your a mind reader?

[boop]

So seeing the video, the reporter doesn't know anything.

The bat hit the dugout on the first base side.

Newsflash: that is not LEFT field, nor is it any field.

At BEST it would be right field, which it is certainly NOT.

Technically, it's in foul territory, first base side.