There are certain stories in the world of sports that are heart-warming and send a chill down your preverbial spine.
Sadly, this is not one of them. Plantiff John Coomer is suing the Kansas City Royals based on the actions of mascot, Slugger the Lion. Commer claims that Slugger hit him with a hot dog which caused him to lose sight in his left eye.
We get more from TMZ:
It's all in a lawsuit filed in Jackson County, Missouri in which John Coomer claims he was just chillin' at a game on September 8, 2009 -- when Slugger "climbed atop the third base dugout and started shooting hotdogs into the stands from an air gun."This story might be a black-eye for the Kansas City Royals organization but there might be some good that comes from this story.
Coomer claims Slugger eventually put the air gun down -- and started firing off the wieners by hand ... when, according to the suit, things went horribly wrong.
In the docs, Coomer claims "Slugger lost control of his throw or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hotdog directly into the Plaintiff."
Coomer claims the dog hit him right in his left eye -- leaving him with a detached retina and the development of cataracts.
Coomer is now suing the Royals for more than $25k for negligence and battery -- claiming they "failed to adequately train its agents ... in the proper method in which to throw hotdogs into the stands at Kauffman Stadium."
At least they found, the 4th man in their starting rotation.
(Courtesy of TMZ)
