被界外球打中的女孩腦部受到永久損傷 - 美國職棒

原文出處：
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/toddler-struck-albert-almora-jrs-foul-b
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原文：The 2-year-old girl struck by a foul ball hit by Albert Almora Jr. durin
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Cubs-Astros game last season has a permanent brain injury, her family’s
attorney said.

“She (the child) has an injury to a part of the brain, and it is permanent,”
attorney Richard Mithoff told the Houston Chronicle. “She remains subject
to seizures and is on medication and will be, perhaps, for the rest of her
life. That may or may not be resolved.”

Mithoff added doctors described the injury as affecting the girl’s central
nervous system like how a stroke would. Injuries to the affected areas of the
brain can lead to seizures, loss of sensation and spatial awareness, per
Mithoff. Other potential effects include periods of unresponsiveness,
frequent headaches and night terrors.

The Cubs and Astros squared off at Minute Maid Park in Houston last May 29.
In the fourth inning, Almora lined a foul into the third base line stands,
striking the young girl. He was immediately distraught, knowing where the
ball landed.

"That's probably what sucked the most," Almora said after the game. "It's
just the way life is. As soon as I hit it, the first person I locked eyes on
was her."

Almora reached out to the girl’s family afterwards, but they asked for
privacy on her condition.

"I hope this never happens again, so whatever the league has to do to make
that happen," Almora said on May 31 in St. Louis. "I don't think any kid that
goes to a baseball game with their parents or whoever should worry about
making it out unhealthy or whatever the case may be. I don't think that
should ever cross their mind.

"Whatever the league needs to do to do that, that should be in place."

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced last month extended netting is coming
to all 30 ballparks in 2020. How far the netting will extend at Wrigley Field
has yet to be announced.

No legal action has been filed, but Mithoff declined to comment on any
conversations he may have had with the Astros. The club has also declined
comment, citing concerns for the family.

去年5月29日小熊與太空人的比賽中，有位兩歲的小球迷被Albert Almora Jr.擊出的界外
強襲球打中頭部，隨後被檢查出腦部損傷。根據律師Richard Mithoff的說法，小球迷的
腦部
到現在還是會受到癲癇的影響，目前仍在接受治療。這個損傷影響中樞神經系統的程度類
似於中風，可能導致癲癇、感官神經功能喪失、空間感喪失等後遺症，而且這個損傷的影
響可能永久跟隨著這個小球迷。
Rob Manfred 曾公開表示將會於2020年延長所有MLB球場的保護網，希望MLB能保護好進場
看球的球迷，不要再讓這種可怕又遺憾的事情發生。

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