# Little League World Series player suffers serious head injury falling out of his bunk **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [August 17, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795 "2022-08-17T01:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/4 "2022-08-17T01:37:38Z")
Jim Rice saved a little boy 40 years ago. The kid may have died from a foul ball. It’s a nice story. > [@Today in History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/2440): > > Exactly 40 years ago today: 07 August 1982 — Jim Rice, right fielder for the Boston Red Sox, saved a 4 year old boy’s life when the boy was stuck in the head with a foul ball. The Chicago White Sox were visiting Boston’s Fenway Park. In the bottom of the 4th inning, with the score tied 2-2 and no outs, and Carney Langford on 2nd and Wade Boggs on 1st after back-to-back singles, Reds Sox shortstop Dave Stapleton was at the plate facing White Sox right handed starting pitcher Richard Dotson. Da… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795)._