CINCINNATI – Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki quickly learned Wednesday evening in Pittsburgh that ski goggles aren’t effective protection against champagne.
As the Cubs celebrated punching their ticket to the playoffs, the liquid seeped through the foam in the behind the lenses and rolled down into his eyes.
“I learned that it hurts that badly for the first time,” Suzuki said before the Cubs opened a series against the Reds on Thursday, recalling the sting. “... It was fine in the beginning, but then somebody sprayed champagne in my eyes and my contacts flew out.