5/29 Cubs (Kyle) @ Astros (Miley) NBCSCH/ESPN 7:10 Central

[Sammy Sofa]

Damn. I know PNC put netting up basically all the way down the line past the dugouts. Makes you wonder if all teams are going to go to that.

 

They all should have a while ago.

[Schwarber Fan]

Meanwhile the Cubs continue to just let chance after chance pass by.

[Derwood]

Damn. I know PNC put netting up basically all the way down the line past the dugouts. Makes you wonder if all teams are going to go to that.

 

They all should have a while ago.

 

Yes. This shouldn't be left up to the owners. And it shouldn't take someone dying to make it happen (I'm looking at you, NHL)

[UMFan83]

I’m sorry if something like that happens you have to delay the game for a bit. That’s devastating to see happen much less be the person that hit that ball

 

Really hope that kid is ok.

[Derwood]

I"m hping that the fact that the fans seem to be watching the game and aren't monitoring where that Almora foul hit means that things aren't dire

[Sammy Sofa]

Damn. I know PNC put netting up basically all the way down the line past the dugouts. Makes you wonder if all teams are going to go to that.

 

They all should have a while ago.

 

Yes. This shouldn't be left up to the owners. And it shouldn't take someone dying to make it happen (I'm looking at you, NHL)

 

People always argue it away with some variation of, "well, you should be paying attention to the game/stay off your phones/don't bring kids to those seats." Outside of the obvious reasons why the latter is beyond dumb for a sport that desperately needs kids to be into it, the whole "pay attention" way of blaming the victim is nonsense when the entire experience is designed by the teams to distract you. What, all the vendors and foods and drinks and scoreboard stuff aren't also competing for attention during the game? Come on.

Edited May 30, 2019 by Sammy Sofa

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Can’t post the tweet properly from my phone but this guy supposedly was a few rows behind them and said it didn’t look good.

[Derwood]

Michael Brantley can stop please

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Can’t post the tweet properly from my phone but this guy supposedly was a few rows behind them and said it didn’t look good.

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Can’t post the tweet properly from my phone but this guy supposedly was a few rows behind them and said it didn’t look good.

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Just saw a little toddler get hit with a foul ball at the Astros game 3 rows in front of me. It really did not lol good. They rushed her out of here. It is shocking.

 

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She went completely limp when the ball hit her. Is it scary quiet .

[Derwood]

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Can’t post the tweet properly from my phone but this guy supposedly was a few rows behind them and said it didn’t look good.

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[Schwarber Fan]

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Can’t post the tweet properly from my phone but this guy supposedly was a few rows behind them and said it didn’t look good.

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[Sammy Sofa]

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Can’t post the tweet properly from my phone but this guy supposedly was a few rows behind them and said it didn’t look good.

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Just saw a little toddler get hit with a foul ball at the Astros game 3 rows in front of me. It really did not lol good. They rushed her out of here. It is shocking.

 

Follow up tweet:

She went completely limp when the ball hit her. Is it scary quiet .

 

Oh, horsefeathers. This is horrible. That poor kid.

[UMFan83]

Baseball is secondary but since that happened the Cubs went from 1st and 2nd and 0 outs to Astros having runners on 1st and 3rd and 0 outs

[Sammy Sofa]

 

They all should have a while ago.

 

Yes. This shouldn't be left up to the owners. And it shouldn't take someone dying to make it happen (I'm looking at you, NHL)

 

People always argue it away with some variation of, "well, you should be paying attention to the game/stay off your phones/don't bring kids to those seats." Outside of the obvious reasons why the latter is beyond dumb for a sport that desperately needs kids to be into it, the whole "pay attention" way of blaming the victim is nonsense when the entire experience is designed by the teams to distract you. What, all the vendors and foods and drinks and scoreboard stuff aren't also competing for attention during the game? Come on.

 

Speak of the horsefeathering devil:

 

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horsefeathers you, dude.

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I can’t even focus on the game anymore.

[Derwood]

 

They all should have a while ago.

 

Yes. This shouldn't be left up to the owners. And it shouldn't take someone dying to make it happen (I'm looking at you, NHL)

 

People always argue it away with some variation of, "well, you should be paying attention to the game/stay off your phones/don't bring kids to those seats." Outside of the obvious reasons why the latter is beyond dumb for a sport that desperately needs kids to be into it, the whole "pay attention" way of blaming the victim is nonsense when the entire experience is designed by the teams to distract you. What, all the vendors and foods and drinks and scoreboard stuff aren't also competing for attention during the game? Come on.

 

Tangentially, people who say "real men don't bring baseball gloves to games" can pound sand. Having a glove on can save someone from serious injury.

[minnesotacubsfan]

that was horrible

[Irrelevant Dude]

I really hope the kids is going to be ok, primarily for her and her family, but also for Almora. Seeing how hard he is taking it, this could really mess someone up.

[Sammy Sofa]

[expletive], Almora's reaction was brutal. This sucks; who even cares about this game.

[Schwarber Fan]

Astros broadcast just showed Almora completely broken up between innings. They should have stopped the game.

[Derwood]

Unfortunately, the only way anyone hears an update about the kid is if something tragic happens. Unless the Houston newspaper prints a blurb about how the kid is doing okay, we're unlikely to hear anything

[SparkMark1]

I'm only listening on radio but even Pat's description made me cringe...

[CubInOK]

Astros broadcast just showed Almora completely broken up between innings. They should have stopped the game.

ESPN showed Almora in tears hugging a security guard. He was definitely in tears.

[Sammy Sofa]

Take it for what it's worth, but this is from the Astros' game thread on Reddit:

 

 

If the script doesn't work:

 

She is going be OK according to my mom. She was 4 rows away and just talked to security guard who said they are taking her to hospital for precautionary but early signs are good.

 

Edit: Little girl is 4. She is talking and awake. Security let Almora know too and he was emotional and thankful.

 

Really, really hope this is the case.