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Pirates Fan Saves Kid in the Stands from Getting Hit in the Face with Bat

Bleacher Report | March 7, 2016

Related Topics: Pittsburgh Pirates, Save (baseball), The Stands, Spring training, Hit (baseball)

@BiertempfelTrib The two frames showing just how close the bat was to the boy's head. pic.twitter.com/7VwnfWp8L1

— Christopher Horner (@Hornerfoto1) March 6, 2016

Wow.

During a Pittsburgh Pirates spring training game Saturday in Kissimmee, Florida, one fan put on his Superman cape and saved the day.

An errant bat came within an outstretched hand of drilling a poor little kid in the head. Luckily, the guy to his right knocked it away.

Pittsburgh beat the Atlanta Braves, 9-6, but the bigger story was the kid's health.

Just…wow.

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