Liz McGuire is a 40-year-old Canadian and a big fan of the American Baseball-Teams Toronto Blue JaysNow a own trading card printed. The reason for this is completely painful – and McGuire would probably have preferred not to.
At almost 200 km/h right in the face
On May 16, McGuire attended the Blue Jays’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Just as she turned away from the field to talk to her friend, a baseball hit her square in the face – one Speed of 177 km/h. It was a so-called Foul Ballthrown by Bo Bichette, player of the Blue Jays. “I heard someone screaming and then it just hit me,” McGuire is told by the New York Times The 40-year-old wore a huge bump and a black eye of that.
McGuire received immediate medical attention at the scene but then returned to her seat to watch the game through. Because she was still suffering from headaches and nausea afterwards, she went to the emergency room, where a CT scan was performed concussion was diagnosed. No bone fractures were found.
Immortalized forever on a trading card
She was not allowed to keep the ball that hit McGuire. Instead, the baseball team invited her to one of their next games and she also received a ball signed by Bichette. The American trading card company Topps was more generous: After McGuire’s tweet showing photos of her after the accident went viral within a very short time, they dedicated a trading card, which just shows this exact photo (with permission from McGuire). The card is limited to 110 pieces, a reference to the speed of the baseball that hit it (the equivalent of 110 miles per hour). “Fan wears foul ball like a champ” is written on the card, referring to the baseball-sized bump on McGuire’s forehead.
McGuire herself takes the incident in good spirit and does not blame the team. “I know that you have to be careful with foul lines and I know better,” said the Canadian. The code of conduct for Blue Jay fans states: “Be vigilant! Baseballs, bats, bat fragments and other objects could be thrown or hit into the fan area before, during and after the event.” And further: Every fan who attends a game “voluntarily assumes all risks and dangers of any event by entering the stadium injury to yourself.”
2024-05-23 12:12:27
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