Fans throwing a visiting player’s home run ball back onto the field is a common occurrence around Major League Baseball, normally resulting in nothing more than a slight delay.
On Sunday afternoon, there was an incident at Yankee Stadium that fortunately didn’t cause a serious injury.
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista crushed his 26th home run of the season deep into the left field stands to give his team a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning:
The fan who wound up with the ball decided to toss it back into the field of play—and right at Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner, hitting the first-time All-Star in the back of the head.
Gardner finished the game but did have a bruise on the back of his head afterward, according to David Lennon of Newsday:
The Blue Jays finished off the sweep of the Yankees with a 2-0 victory.
[MLB.com]
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