photo credit Daily Mail London: Tampa Bay Rays hitter Steven Souza Jr checks on fan in the stands after a hitting foul liner that hit her in the left side of the face on Friday at Tropicana Field

On the MLB podcast the Tampa Bay Rays have some netting concerns to straighten out after a gap in the netting that leaves four to five inches open was the way a wayward baseball got in to hit a female fan on the left side of her face and she had to be carted off on a mobile stretcher and off to the hospital. It’s also concern for Rays hitter Steven Souza Jr who made his way to the stands where the fan was and wanted an update on her condition. The Rays as of press time had no name or status update on the injured fan but Souza said he wanted to be kept posted out of concern for the fan.

It was Jackie Robinson day at all Major League parks, since 1947 when Robinson broke the color bearer it was a long time coning when baseball would honor baseball’s first black player until 1997. All players on Friday wore Jackie’s famous number 42. The Boston Red Sox Pablo Sandoval is on the shelf. First the Sox were using another third baseman and benched Sandoval. Sandoval is likely going to have surgery on his shoulder. The other concern was his diet and the Sox are planning to get Pablo to drop weight and tighten up his work regiment.

Matt Harrington does the MLB podcast on Sundays for http://www.sportsradioservice.com