# Getting hit by a baseball

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-hit-by-a-baseball/536088>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 14, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-hit-by-a-baseball/536088 "2010-04-14T17:47:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![cepuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@cepuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cepuck)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-hit-by-a-baseball/536088/1 "2010-04-14T17:47:08Z")

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You are forgetting. The chances of getting hit depend on where you sit. The chances increase when sitting where most foul balls are hit…which would be foul balls down the line just past first or third base.