SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A fan seeking to catch Barry Bonds' historic 661st career home run fell about 20 feet from the right-field stands out of the stadium and was injured, a San Francisco Giants official said on Wednesday."He fell off the wall and landed on his wrists and also suffered a laceration to his head," spokesman Jim Moorehead said.
The man was in the right field stands when Bonds walloped his 661st career home run on Tuesday night, overtaking Hall of Famer Willie Mays for third place on the all time baseball homer list.
The fan apparently thought he had a chance to grab the ball, but fell from the back of the stadium, which is an open pedestrian area two floors above the ground level. The ball ended up splashing into the San Francisco Bay beyond the stadium, and in a remarkable coincidence, was recovered by the same fan who got Bonds's 660th home run on Monday.
One fan fell to his death off the right field wall last year, the only fatality since the stadium opened near central San Francisco in 2000, Moorehead said.
