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Samantha Hayes ReportingA woman has 13 stitches in her head from an injury she received in an unlikely place. She was hit with a baseball bat while watching a game at the ball park. The league says it was an accident, but she doesn't agree.
Heather Kuehn and her husband Russ thought a baseball game was the perfect place to be, until she left the game last week in an ambulance. They were looking forward to everything that's fun about a night at the ball field. But when Heather and Russ Kuehn were sitting behind the opposing team's dugout last week, the crack of the bat was heard when it hit Heather's head.
Heather Kuehn: "All I knew was everything hurt. I felt pain in my neck and they took me in the ambulance. I was scared to death to get stitches."
She has 13 stitches and no desire to go to another baseball game.
Heather Kuehn: "I'm very upset. I didn't get an apology from the player, team, coach, nobody."
Kuehn was there with her husband and father; they say a fan sitting near them was heckling the New Orleans Zephyrs. It may have been coincidence, but the Kuehn's believe one of the players retaliated.
Tony Martinez, Father: "He swung at the bat, swung it up, turned around and let it go."
Russ Kuehn, Husband: "I'd seen that bat come flyin', had no idea how bad it was until I looked down at her."
The Pacific Coast League said it looked into the incident, but found it was not intentional and also found no cause for discipline.
Heather Kuehn: "I had an ambulance ride, CAT scan stitches, pain medication."
The insurance company of the Bee's Owner, Larry H. Miller, sent her a letter offering to pay up to one thousand dollars in medical bills. It also states some personal risk is assumed when attending baseball games.
Heather Kuehn: "But this wasn't an accident."
Kuehn was given a baseball bat from a representative of each team.
Heather Kuehn: "I thought, ‘Are they mocking me?' Because I don't find it funny to get a baseball bat after what happened."
The Kuehns want to hear from anyone in the stands at the time. The player was identified as Josh Labandeira. Again, the league says it was an accident.
