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Father's Quick Reflexes Save Son from Flying Baseball Bat

It was just another ordinary spring training game between the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates—until a rogue bat flew into the stands, heading straight for a young boy. In a moment that has now been forever captured in a reporter's photo, the boy's father reached out his arm to block the bat from hitting his son's face. "I didn't have a lot of time to think," the father said in an interview with the Today show. "Once I realized it was headed for my son, I just did anything I could to block it and deflect it." Both father and son are doing just fine, with the boy calling that game—his first major league baseball experience—"amazing."

Possible Preaching Angle:

This father's intervention in a potentially disastrous situation was impressive, but it's just a tiny reflection of God the Father's love for his children ().

Source:

Bill Chappell, “Father And Son Discuss The Near Miss With That Flying Baseball Bat,” NPR (3-8-16); Scott Stump, “Meet the hero dad who saved his son from being hit by a flying baseball bat,” Today (3-8-16)

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