A piece of the Wrigley Field scoreboard fell onto a bucket a man was using for a hat, which might have saved him from serious injury during a Chicago Cubs game.
Cubs spokesman Julian Green tells the Chicago Tribune that the 19-year-old man was hit by a 6- to 8-inch pin during Tuesday night's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, The Associated Press. Green says the man received five staples to close a cut on his head, but that the bucket apparently helped shield him.
Green said team officials were investigating whether the pin used to attach the scoreboard's metal numbered tiles was dislodged or a worker dropped it. The scoreboard is manually operated, with workers inside hanging the tiles.
Green says the team hasn't had similar problems before.
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