Twins’ Span hits mother with foul ball
March 31, 2010
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Minnesota Twins leadoff man Denard Span(notes) hit a hard foul ballthat struck his mom in the chest during Wednesday’s game. She was treated byparamedics and back in the stands minutes later.
Wanda Wilson was wearing a Span jersey and sitting with about 20 familymembers and friends near the third-base dugout. Span took a defensive swing inthe first inning and hit a liner right at her in the box seats.
A stunned Span sprinted into the stands and stayed with his mother while shewas treated. The split-squad game against the New York Yankees was delayed for afew minutes as she walked to first aid, and the Twins said she was sore but OK.
Span returned to the plate and struck out on the next pitch. The Twinsoriginally said Span would leave the game, but his mother was sitting in adifferent seat by the bottom of the first inning and he went to play centerfield.
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 motherspent time together after he departed.
The AL co-leader in triples last season was born and raised in Tampa. Spanregularly volunteers to make the long trip from the Twins’ spring training homein Fort Myers when Minnesota visits the Yankees so he can see his family.
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