Hoaxed: The Home Run Derby injury that wasn’t

At first, it felt like a good, human hard luck story.

A fan up in the Target Field nosebleed seats gets an unlikely chance to catch a baseball during the All-Star Game Home Run Derby after Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton hits a moonshot into the stands.

But the ball hits off the kid’s hand, leaving him with nothing more than a massive bruise.

Then some national sports media pick up the story and before you know it, Stanton is tweeting an apology and offering to send the kid some sweet souvenirs.

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This morning, though, the young man was the one apologizing.

Stanton’s home run did not cause the discoloration on Jordan Jacobson’s hand.

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