Skydiver takes out baseball player while delivering game ball to local match Missouri baseball player Mattingly Romanin had no idea what hit him when a skydiver landed on him out of the blue. Mattingly was not seriously injured, and joked on twitter about it the next day. Credit: LiveLeak GETTING a skydiver to deliver the game ball to a hometown baseball game seemed like a great idea, until he took out the team's starting short stop. Mattingly Romanin, who plays for the Hannibal Cavemen in Missouri, copped a kick to the face as one of three skydivers delivering baseballs to the game landed on the field. The skydiver takes out Romanin as he waits for the game to begin. Picture: Live Leak Source: Supplied Romanin was laid out flat on his face after the skydiver's wayward landing. The skydiver rushes to check if Romanin is OK. Despite the hit he recovered to play the game, later tweeting his disbelief at the pre-game events. Still in disbelief that actually happened &mdash; Mattingly Romanin (@MRomanin2) July 21, 2013