A Cubs fan put on his rally bucket. A half-inning later a metal pin fell on his head.
"It definitely could have been fatal."
CHICAGO (AP) — A man, who was wearing a plastic bucket on his head when a large metal pin fell from Wrigley Field’s centerfield scoreboard during a Chicago Cubs game, said he feels lucky to be alive.
Kyle McAleer was sitting with his family and friends under the manual scoreboard when he was hit by a 6- to 8-inch pin during last week’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The 20-year-old Iowa man said he began wearing the bucket with his family as a “rally cap” after he saw former Cubs player Starlin Castro wear one a few years ago.
McAleer said he put the bucket on his head about a half-inning before his injury. He said he believes he might have been killed without it.
Kyle McAleer, left, credits the Cubs’ late comeback with saving his life when scoreboard debris fell on his head at Wrigley Field last week.
“If the Cubs weren’t losing I would not have been wearing that bucket. … It definitely could’ve been fatal.” https://t.co/crPMmWKeMR pic.twitter.com/NPacTs3CSQ
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) July 30, 2018
