Meredith/AP) – It was a flying frankfurter and not a foul ball that left a baseball fan with a black eye in Philadelphia.
Kathy McVay said she was at Monday night's Phillies game when the team's mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, rolled out his hot dog launcher.
McVay was sitting near home plate and, she said, all of a sudden a hot dog wrapped in duct tape struck her in the face.
"He shot it in our direction... and bam! It hit me like a ton of bricks," she told local outlet WPVI-TV. "I would understand a baseball, but not a hot dog."
McVay said she is suffering from a shoulder injury, so she was unable to swat the hot dog away. She left the game to get checked out and was diagnosed with a small hematoma.
She said she doesn't plan to take any legal action and understands if the freak accident makes some people giggle.
“It gives people a good laugh,” McVay told the station. “And if it makes somebody chuckle, then that’s fine.”
The Phillies apologized to McVay on Tuesday and the team has offered her tickets to any game.
Kathy McVay said she was at Monday night's Phillies game when the team's mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, rolled out his hot dog launcher.
McVay was sitting near home plate and, she said, all of a sudden a hot dog wrapped in duct tape struck her in the face.
"He shot it in our direction... and bam! It hit me like a ton of bricks," she told local outlet WPVI-TV. "I would understand a baseball, but not a hot dog."
McVay said she is suffering from a shoulder injury, so she was unable to swat the hot dog away. She left the game to get checked out and was diagnosed with a small hematoma.
She said she doesn't plan to take any legal action and understands if the freak accident makes some people giggle.
“It gives people a good laugh,” McVay told the station. “And if it makes somebody chuckle, then that’s fine.”
The Phillies apologized to McVay on Tuesday and the team has offered her tickets to any game.
