The Day Baseball Fans Became Human Pinballs

History is full of grand battles and political shifts, but sometimes it’s the small, bizarre moments that truly stick. On August 17, 1957, the Philadelphia Phillies were playing a game that turned into a slapstick comedy routine for one unlucky fan named Alice. During the game, she was struck by foul balls not once, not twice, but three separate times! While most fans hope to catch a souvenir ball, Alice likely just wanted to survive the afternoon without needing a helmet. It remains one of the most hilariously unlucky statistics in baseball history [20].