Retro fifties baseball, MLB rarities. On 8-17-57 in a Phillies game against New York at Connie Mack Stadium, a foul ball off the bat of Richie Ashburn breaks the nose of Alice Roth, the wife of an editor for Philadelphia’s Bulletin. During the same at bat, the Phillies leadoff hitter nails her for a second time as she is being carried off on a stretcher
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