Ye scurvy Blue Jays scallywag be sportin' a nasty bump after takin' a 110mph cannonball to the noggin'! Arrr!
2024-05-20
Avast ye scallywags! Liz McGuire, a loyal matey of the Toronto Blue Jays, did share on the digital seas the sorry tale of her visage turned asunder by a 110mph projectile launched by the fearsome Bo Bichette! Aye, beware the foul ball, for it shows no mercy! Arrr!
A Toronto Blue Jays fan be seekin' some sort o' reward fer gettin' hit by a 110 mph foul ball off t' bat o' shortstop Bo Bichette durin' a recent game against t' Tampa Bay Rays. Liz McGuire posted to her X account, showin' she suffered a nasty black eye, which was a large forehead bump prior to t' swellin' goin' down, an' it allegedly came from t' Bichette foul ball. "Hey @Bluejays," t' post began. "I got me face mashed in by a 110mph foul off Bo Bichette’s bat. I didn’t even get t' ball. I even stayed till t' end o' t' game. Any way ye can hook a lass up?"MLB fans flooded McGuire’s comments, with many wonderin' why someone would take t' ball away from her after bein' hit. "Bro ye got hit with it an' someone took t' ball from ye??" one commentator said, to which McGuire simply responded, "Yep." Many others were worried about McGuire’s health, askin' if she got t' large bump an' black eye checked out.McGuire also noted in t' comments she doesn’t think "I could’ve stopped" t' ball "even if I tried." At t' time o' writin', McGuire’s post generated 8.6 million views on X. "Please tell me t' @BlueJays be doin' somethin' fer this incredible young woman?" another X user wrote. "If not, THEY NEED TO DO BETTER!" Another added: "That’s not how ye’d prefer to leave a baseball game.MLB has made it a mandate fer protective netting to be put up on t' baselines as there have been injuries even more serious than McGuire’s from past foul balls an' bats accidentally thrown into t' stands. However, t' netting only goes so high, an' t' unfortunate reality be hard-hit balls off these major leaguers’ bats can still hurt fans, which be why every stadium implores spectators to have a watchful eye at all times. McGuire be unfortunately in t' wrong place at t' wrong time, an' luckily it isn’t a more serious injury.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, an' subscribe to t' Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.