Phillie Phanatic Shoots Baseball Fan In the Eye With Hot Dog
She might have gotten a bruising at the ballpark, but Philadelphia Phillies fan Kathy McVay is still true, even if she’s black and blue.
McVay has a black eye after being hit Monday night when her team’s mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, shot a frankfurter out of a hot dog-shaped cannon into the stands above home plate.
Sadly, McVay’s attempt to catch the flying wiener didn’t work, an error she blames on a shoulder injury that requires surgery.
“It came down with such force, like a ton of bricks,” she told “Inside Edition.” “My glasses flew off, and I started bleeding.”
McVay ended up in a hospital emergency room that night, where a scan confirmed she didn’t have a concussion.
But she does have one major league shiner on her right eye.
“Mostly, it’s going to get worse before it gets better,” she told WPVI-TV. “It’s going to go down the side of my face.”
Kathy McVay has a shiner after a friendly-fire hot dog. (Photo: Inside Edition)
McVay is trying to keep up her spirits despite the injury.
“At least it’s funny,” McVay told NBC Philadelphia. “It’s a story I can tell people. My only thing is just to warn people just to be careful.”
The Phillies apologized to McVay on Tuesday and offered her tickets to a future game. Luckily, her hot dog hematoma didn’t scare her off the offer.
“I love the Phillies. I would definitely go. I just have a story to tell,” she told the station.
However, McVay admits that next time she plans to sit in the nosebleed section.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
