Put them all together and what have you got?  A nearly blind Royals fan who’s suing the team.

Hey, when you’re at a ballgame, you have to be on the lookout for a wayward foul ball heading your way–but having to keep an eye out for flying hot dogs tossed by a guy dressed as a lion, umm yeah, not so much.

Unless you’re at a Royals game.

John Coomer, an admitted Royals fan, is suing the team, claiming that a flying bun-covered weiner like object, thrown by none other than Sluggerrr, the Kansas City mascot, struck him in the left eye.  The offending sausage allegedly caused Mr. Coomer’s retina to detach, which led to cataracts forming in the damaged eye.

While doing so, (Sluggerrr) attempted to throw a hotdog into the stands with a throw behind his back,” the lawsuit alleged. “Instead of throwing the hotdog at an arch high into the stands, (Sluggerrr) lost control of his throw, or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hotdog directly into plaintiff, who was sitting a few feet away.

On the surface, this story is pretty freaking funny.  But when you look at it a little more closely, yeah, it’s still damn funny.  But think about poor Mr. Coomer, who first had to sit and watch the hapless Royals play, only to suffer the indignity of being injured by a flying hot dog.

Coomer’s lawsuit is seeking over $25,000 in damages from the Royals organization, claiming they “failed to adequately train its agents … in the proper method in which to throw hot dogs into the stands at Kauffman Stadium.”

Because with wiener tossing, like anything else, it’s always safety first.

[KansasCity.com, Image via Wikipedia]