A Fenway Park fan was critically injured by a broken bat

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A woman was struck in the face by a shard from a broken bat at Boston's Fenway Park on Friday night, the Boston Globe reports. Oakland Athletics batter Brett Lawrie broke his bat in the second inning. The barrel flew near the visitor's dugout, hitting the unidentified woman.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.