CHICAGO -- A 4-year-old fan was blinded during batting practice yesterday after a shard of glass was purposely thrown at him by an unknown Cubs player.
The victim, Gabriel Sanchez of Hyde Park, was catching batting practice balls on the street outside the right field wall when an unknown Hispanic player turned around and threw the chunk of glass over the fence. The shard landed in the child's right eyeball, severing his retina and optic nerve. Doctors say he will never see again. Several Cubs players apparently started "laughing" when they heard the boy scream.
Commissioner Elmo Wetstein has forced the Cubs organization to turn over all surveillance tapes. "We will absolutely get to the bottom of this nightmare soon. The culprit will be suspended the rest of the year. This is barbaric, nutcase behavior and it will not stand."
A Cubs official, speaking on the condition of anonimity, said the surveillance tapes would yield nothing because "all the pertinent footage has been mysteriously erased." Apparently someone in the Cubs front office sabotaged the tapes to protect the player.
Twenty fans claim they saw Moises Alou throw the glass. These fans have been informed that they have received a lifetime ban from Wrigley. We will keep you updated on this nightmarish story.
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