There haven’t been many firsts at Wrigley Field since the Cubs won the World series, but Tuesday night proved different.
CHICAGO (CBS)–There haven’t been many firsts at Wrigley Field since the Cubs won the World series, but Tuesday night proved different.
A piece of metal fell from the scoreboard and hit a fan smack-dab in the head, but he was apparently saved from serious injury because of a bucket he was wearing on his head.
An 8-inch metal pin fell from the centerfield scoreboard around 8:50 p.m. Tuesday as the Cubs were playing the Arizona Diamondbacks, striking a 19-year-old man. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center and received five staples to close a cut on his head, according to the AP.
The pin that hit the man somehow came loose from the scoreboard’s metal numbered tiles was dislodged or a worker dropped it.
Part of Wrigley Field’s old-school charm, the scoreboard is manually operated, with workers inside hanging the tiles.
