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A Justin Bieber fan gets more than she expected at the pop star’s Kansas City concert, and she’s thanking a baseball superstar who she says is now her hero.

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A Justin Bieber fan got more than she expected at the pop star’s Kansas City concert, and she’s thanking a baseball superstar who she said is now her hero.After Bieber got off the stage at Sprint Center, attention turned to a famous face in the crowd, the first baseman for the World Series Champion Kansas City Royals.“This girl screamed, ‘Eric Hosmer is here!’” said Olivia Overton. “Me and my mom started running toward him. I got on her back because I couldn’t see and then he started moving toward us.”Video tweeted by a concertgoer showed Hosmer getting mobbed by the crowd.“A bunch of girls knocked us down,” said Overton. “I was on my mom and I fell down and on the ground.”Like he’s done many times on the ball field, Hosmer did the right thing at the right time.“All these girls almost fell on me, but Hosmer, he moved them away from me,” she said. “Hosmer, he pretty much is my hero.”Overton said she’d like to express her gratitude to Hosmer in person.“Thank you for, like, saving me from getting squished by girls,” she said.Overton said she’s never been to Kauffman Stadium, but she’d like to go now.“I wish I can go to a Royals game and get his autograph,” she said.Hosmer was one of several current and former Royals at the concert Wednesday night, including outfielder Alex Gordon and former pitcher Jeremy Guthrie.