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Published May 21, 2024 • Last updated 4days ago • 2 minute read
If there’s such thing as a happy ending to getting smoked in the face by a ball while watching a game, this is it.
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The Blue Jays have offered tickets and a signed baseball to a fan who said she was struck in the face by a Bo Bichette foul ball — a “110-m.p.h. bullet” — during Friday’s game at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
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Liz McGuire on Sunday posted a photo on X of herself sporting a major league-sized welt on her forehead and subsequent black eye.
She tagged the Jays in her post and the incident went viral.
Hey @BlueJays I got my face mashed in by a 110mph foul off Bo Bichette's bat. I didn't even get the ball. I even stayed till the end of the game. Any way you can hook a girl up? #tothecore #bluejays pic.twitter.com/uXJqXenVLm
— Liz McGuire (@lizzzzzzzzzzy) May 19, 2024
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“Hey @BlueJays I got my face mashed in by a 110mph foul off Bo Bichette’s bat,” she wrote in a post on X.
“I didn’t even get the ball. I even stayed till the end of the game. Any way you can hook a girl up?”
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The post garnered some 13 million views and attracted the attention of trading card company Topps, which announced it had made a special card commemorating McGuire.
“We made a custom Topps Now trading card of Liz McGuire: the fan who took a 110MPH Bo Bichette foul ball to the head and STAYED AT THE GAME,” the company wrote in a post on X, adding that all 110 copies of the card would be gifted to McGuire.
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— Topps (@Topps) May 20, 2024𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: We made a custom Topps Now trading card of Liz McGuire: the fan who took a 110MPH Bo Bichette foul ball to the head and STAYED AT THE GAME.
We produced exactly 110 copies, and we’re gifting them all to @lizzzzzzzzzzy.
Liz, you’re a champ! 👑❤️ pic.twitter.com/7B9eKyharg
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On Tuesday, McGuire confirmed in a post on X that the team reached out with a signed ball from Bichette, a pair of tickets in the 200 level and an invite to batting practice.
Update: The @BlueJays reached out with a signed Bo Bichette ball ⚾️💕, a pair of 200 level tickets and an invite to BP. 🚨ALSO I WILL BE AUCTIONING OFF A FEW @Topps cards this week with partial proceeds going to @HBKidsHospital Concussion Centre #bluejays #tothecore https://t.co/Nh4fuMppPD
— Liz McGuire (@lizzzzzzzzzzy) May 22, 2024
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She also said that she would be auctioning off a few of the cards from Topps with a portion of the proceeds going to Holland Bloorview Hospital Concussion Centre.
CTV reported on Monday, via a Blue Jays statement, that medics assessed McGuire immediately after the incident.
“The Blue Jays followed up with the fan and invited her to be our guest at an upcoming game and offered her a signed ball from Bo Bichette,” a spokesperson wrote in an email to CTV.
As of late Monday afternoon, McGuire had not yet spoken directly to Toronto media outlets.
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