​If there's one place you really cannot afford to fall asleep, it's at the ball park. Baseball coming off the bat of professional hitters, especially Kyle Schwarber, make them some of the more dangerous projectiles we see in sports today. Fans have to be on high alert at all times in order to ensure their safety. However, even though one fan was not, the man sitting just in front of him was eager enough to catch a home run ball that saved him from going to the hospital.

What's more impressive: Schwarber's missile getting out in roughly .5 seconds or this fan's barehanded snag? #Cubs pic.twitter.com/5EvDNLuNiQ — Josh Frydman (@Josh_Frydman) May 20, 2018

​​The man in the yellow hat didn't know where that ball was coming from, and judging by the point at which the fan in from of him caught the ball, it might've been a direct hit if the guy didn't snag it.





Thankfully, in the end, his face was saved and the fan in front of him got to go home with a great souvenir from Schwarber. Everybody wins.

The #Cubs tack on a pair of runs in the 7th and lead the #Reds 6-1. #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/ttcgljyA5f — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 20, 2018

Did I say, everybody wins? Everybody except for the Reds, actually. ​They lost. Badly.





Sorry, it can't go everyone's way!