This is why you really need to look up from your phone occasionally. Especially when there are flying balls and, sometimes, bats around.
A sports photographer managed to capture the exact moment a kid in the stands at a Pittsburgh Pirates Vs. Atlanta Braves baseball game almost took a bat to the face.
The boy, seemingly engrossed in his phone, was only saved by the quick thinking of the hero next to him, who deflects it with his outstretched arm.
Sports photojournalist Christopher Horner, who works for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, shared two images of the moment the kid’s life flashed before his eyes on Twitter.