Friday, August 17, 2007

This Day in Baseball History

August 16, 1957: 50 Years Ago Today

The Philadelphia Phillies' Richie Ashburn, battling in an at-bat against the New York Giants--who were playing their last year in New York before relocating to San Francisco--hit spectator Alice Roth twice on foul pitches--once as she was watching the game, and a second time, on the very next pitch after play resumed, while she was being removed from her seat on a stretcher.

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