Truth is stranger than fiction – On August 17, 1957 as the Phillies were hosting the New York Giants, Phillies legend Richie Ashburn fouled off a pitch that landed in the stands breaking the nose of a woman spectator. The woman, Alice Roth, wife of Philadelphia Bulletin Sports Editor Earl Roth, was hit again on the very next pitch as she was being carried off on a stretcher.

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