[ESPN] Denard Span's foul ball into the stands

kaleidosky · Mar 31, 2010

What are the odds?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2010/news/story?id=5043987.

Span's mother struck by line drive

TAMPA, Fla. -- Minnesota Twins outfielder Denard Span hit a foul ball that struck his mother in the chest in the first inning of Wednesday's spring training game against the New York Yankees.

Wanda Wilson was wearing a Span jersey and sitting with about 20 family members and friends near the third-base dugout. Span, batting leadoff, took a defensive swing against Yankees starter Phil Hughes in the first inning and hit a liner right at her in the box seats.

A stunned Span sprinted from the batters' box to the stands and stayed with his mother while paramedics treated her. The split-squad game was delayed for a few minutes as she was taken to first aid, and the Twins said she was sore but OK.

Span returned to the plate with the count 3-2 and struck out looking on the next pitch. The Twins originally said Span would leave the game, but his mother was sitting in a different seat by the bottom of the first inning and he went to center field.

She was treated by paramedics and back in the stands minutes later, but eventually went to a hospital after being convinced by medical personnel at the stadium.

Span flied out in the second inning, then left in the bottom of the third, telling a team official he wasn't mentally into the game. Span and his mother spent time together after he departed.

The AL co-leader in triples last season was born and raised in Tampa. Span regularly volunteers to make the long trip from the Twins' spring training home in Fort Myers when Minnesota visits the Yankees so he can see his family.
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moestavern19 · Mar 31, 2010

Wow.

That has got to be a player's worst nightmare.

Hopefully everything was ok with her.

B-Bob · Mar 31, 2010

I wish I knew if she was okay or not, b/c the jokes... the jokes... can't seem to...

FlyerFanatic · Mar 31, 2010

saw it, she was fine according to the announcers. think they even said she refused to go to the hospital. guess they convinced her just as a precaution

bobrek · Mar 31, 2010

kaleidosky said:

What are the odds?
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I'd say the odds are pretty good....

Mr. Brightside · Mar 31, 2010

This guy is a sick fudge. After all his mom has done for him, that is how he repays her? I'm glad he struck out.

moestavern19 · Mar 31, 2010

Mr. Brightside said:

This guy is a sick fudge. After all his mom has done for him, that is how he repays her? I'm glad he struck out.
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Oedipus complex.

Sooner or later he was going to have to come to grips with the fact that nailing his mother was an inevitability.

Amber Lamps · Mar 31, 2010

moestavern19 said:

Oedipus complex.

Sooner or later he was going to have to come to grips with the fact that nailing his mother was an inevitability.
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In the chest, no less.

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