{"id":186625,"date":"2026-05-14T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=186625"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:32:11","slug":"186625","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=186625","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: WHITE SOX FAN INJURED \u2014 A fan at a Chicago White Sox game was hospitalized after falling into the bullpen while trying to celebrate. \u201cHe jumped up to celebrate and fell over,\u201d witnesses say, turning what should have been a joyful moment into a frightening incident."},"content":{"rendered":"
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A fan fell more than ten feet into the visiting team\u2019s bullpen at the Chicago White Sox game on Wednesday, sending him to the hospital.<\/p>\n

According to a report shared from Rate Field in Chicago by ABC 7 News<\/em> on Wednesday night, stadium personnel appeared to carry the fan out of the bullpen area behind the right field wall on a stretcher.<\/p>\n

\u201cA rather scary incident happened where, apparently, a fan fell from the stands right into the Kansas City bullpen,\u201d ABC 7 News<\/em> reporter Ravi Baichwal said in a video from the stadium. \u201cThis, during the fourth inning, and Kansas City All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt was at the plate at the time. That game had to be delayed for some time while this incident was attended to. This person perhaps has sustained some sort of an injury because the fall was, we understand, some 10 to 12 feet. So that\u2019s quite substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporters asked Kansas City Royals players about the incident<\/h2>\n

\u201cFrom what I\u2019ve heard, the fan was kind of standing up on the edge of the bullpen and kind of just went over. And then (we) saw him lying there,\u201d Royals reliever Nick Mears told the Kansas City Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came up here (to the locker room) for a second and a paramedic was trying to get down,\u201d Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino said. \u201cThey had heard it was happening in the dugout, like there was a miscommunication of something happening in the dugout.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday morning, ABC 7 News<\/em> filed another report on the incident with a fan falling into the Royals\u2019 bullpen during Wednesday night\u2019s White Sox game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game was briefly paused as the medical team tended to that fan. Now, this all unfolded during the bottom of the third inning,\u201d according to reporter Lissette Nunez. \u201cThe White Sox were at home playing against the Kansas City Royals when a fan fell into the visitors bullpen in Rate Field last night. The game was paused during the top of the fourth inning. Medics were called to the visitors bullpen to provide treatment while White Sox officials were briefed on the medical emergency. A fan who was at the game described the moment this all unfolded.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were behind the plate, so it was kind of difficult to see,\u201d a fan who was at the game told Nunez. \u201cYou didn\u2019t see any medical staff or anyone rush out, so it didn\u2019t look like a major event, and they got it under control pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure the people that were close and saw it were pretty frightened. That\u2019s probably like a 12-13 foot drop, so, but from our perspective, it was a mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n

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