The Kid Who Didn't Die At Riverfront Stadium
by Dave McKenna from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#2Y5WZ)
On April 22, 1981, an Ohio teenager named Randy Kobman skipped school to go to Riverfront Stadium to see the Cincinnati Reds play the Atlanta Braves. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Reds slugger George Foster fouled a pitch from Gaylord Perry into the grandstands behind home plate. The ball caromed off the the press"