LOS ANGELES -- A lifelong Dodger fan died four days after being struck by a batted ball in 2018, according to a Los Angeles County coroner's report.Linda Goldbloom, a mother of three and grandmother of seven, attended the Aug. 25 game last season against the San Diego Padres. The 79-year-old was also celebrating her birthday and 59th wedding anniversary with her husband, Erwin.According to ESPN's Outside The Lines , Goldbloom was sitting on the first-base side of home plate, in the loge level, third row. During the game, the 93-mph foul ball went over the protective netting and struck her in the head. She was rushed to the hospital.It was unclear who was batting when Goldbloom was hit.The coroner's report stated Goldbloom died on Aug. 29, 2018 and that her death was caused by acute intracranial hemorrhage and history of blunt force trauma.Eyewitness News contacted the Dodgers Monday and they provided a statement."Mr. and Mrs. Goldbloom were great Dodgers fans who regularly attended games. We were deeply saddened by this tragic accident and the passing of Mrs. Goldbloom. The matter has been resolved between the Dodgers and the Goldbloom family. We cannot comment further on this matter," it said.The Goldbloom family wouldn't comment to Outside The Lines if any agreement with the Dodgers or possible legal action was taken.The only other time this has happened at Dodger Stadium was in 1970. A 14-year-old boy was struck in the head by a foul ball and later died.<doc-sep>The Los Angeles County coroner has determined that a 79-year old woman was killed by a foul ball at a game at Dodger Stadium in August, The Associated Press reports. Linda Goldbloom, who ESPN reports was seated in the ballpark's loge level — one section above the field's protective netting — with her husband, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law, was struck in the head by a ball hit by a San Diego Padres batter in the top of the ninth inning. She was rushed to a hospital for emergency brain surgery, but remained largely unresponsive until her death on Aug. 29. The coroner's report, obtained by ESPN, described Goldbloom's cause of death as "acute intracranial hemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma." The death, which The Washington Post says is the first such fatality at a Major League Baseball game in almost 50 years, came in the first season in which MLB teams expanded their ballparks' protective netting, a response to a 2017 incident in which a two-year-old girl was struck in the face by a foul ball at Yankee Stadium. ESPN notes that the reverse side of baseball tickets contain language that has generally protected teams from legal exposure in such cases; Goldbloom's daughter, Jana Brody, would not comment to ESPN on any legal action the family might yet take, but said that a fund may be created for future such victims in her mother's memory. "My mom went to the game and never came home," she added. "People need to be aware, and we'd really like them to be protected in the future." A Dodgers spokesman told ESPN that Goldbloom and her husband "were great Dodgers fans" and said the matter of the "tragic accident ... has been resolved between the Dodgers and the Goldbloom family."<doc-sep>But it wasn’t until 1913 that courts had to decide whether fans deserved money when injured by a line drive or wayward bat. In that case, a man named S.J. Crane sued the minor league Kansas City Blues after getting nailed with a foul ball several years earlier. But the courts found he had no cause for action because his 50-cent ticket gave him the choice of sitting behind the home-plate screen, and he had decided to sit in an unprotected area instead, according to the William & Mary paper.<doc-sep>Does MLB need even more netting to protect fans from foul balls? (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images) A 79-year-old woman died last August after being struck in the head by a foul ball during a game at Dodger Stadium, ESPN Outside the Lines reports. Per a coroner’s report, Linda Goldbloom died of “acute intracranial hemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma,” stemming from a line drive during a game between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 25. The foul ball reportedly came in the ninth inning off the bat of a Padres player during a plate appearance against Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen. Goldbloom had been sitting in the stadium’s Loge Level, the level above field level, just above the area protected by netting on the first-base side. Per the story, Goldbloom was not on her phone. [Batter up: Join or create a 2019 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball league for free today] No media outlet reported on the event, and the Dodgers stayed silent about it. Both the team and Goldbloom’s family would not tell ESPN if any legal action or agreement had been struck in the aftermath of the incident. Third documented case of fan dying after being hit by ball Per ESPN, this is the third reported case of a fan in the stands dying after being hit in the head with a foul ball, and the first such case in nearly 50 years. The other two cases are: Clarence Stagemyer, who died at 32 after being hit in the head by a ball accidentally thrown into the stands by a Washington Senators third baseman at Griffith Stadium on Sept. 29, 1943. Alan Fish, who died at 14 after being struck by a foul line drive near the first-base dugout at Dodger Stadium during a game against the San Francisco Giants on May 16, 1970. Even more protective netting at games? Goldbloom’s death occurred during the first season in which all 30 MLB teams were required to use extended netting to protect fans from dangerous foul balls, a development that came after a 2-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by a foul line drive at Yankee Stadium. This incident will undoubtedly lead to calls to raise and extend the nets even more for 2019 and beyond. Goldbloom’s daughter, Jana Brody, suggested to ESPN that a possible solution could be the system used in Japan, where nets extend all the way to the foul pole, and raising the nets even higher: Story continues “I’d love to see the netting extended vertically, and we know it doesn’t block the view,” said Brody. “Raise it a little higher — what’s the hurt in that?” More from Yahoo Sports: • Schwab: The nightmare game that ‘kills’ Rams’ Goff • A giant mess on TV as CBS tries to interview Brady • Another Super Bowl, another Pats locker-room crasher • Rams coach after loss: ‘Definitely, I got outcoached’<doc-sep>
A 79-year-old woman died last August after being struck in the head by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium, reports ESPN's William Weinbaum. Linda Goldbloom was at the game celebrating her recent birthday and 59th wedding anniversary, her daughter told ESPN. According to Weinbaum, on Aug. 25 a foul ball sailed to the first base side of home plate and over the protective netting into the Loge Level, where it struck Goldbloom. She was immediately rushed to the hospital. Here are more details from Weinbaum: For three days, Goldbloom was unresponsive, said (daughter Jana) Brody, except when a nurse saw her move one finger one time upon being asked if her name was Linda. Her eyes never opened at the hospital and a ventilator kept her breathing. On the night of Aug. 28, Goldbloom's whole family and a rabbi gathered around her to share memories and say goodbye, before abiding by her wish that she wouldn't be kept alive by machines if doctors deemed it impossible to restore her quality of life. The coroner's report lists the cause of death as "acute intracranial hemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma." The Dodgers made no public comments in the days following Goldbloom's death. They issued the following statement when contacts by ESPN: "Mr. and Mrs. Goldbloom were great Dodgers fans who regularly attended games. We were deeply saddened by this tragic accident and the passing of Mrs. Goldbloom. The matter has been resolved between the Dodgers and the Goldbloom family. We cannot comment further on this matter." All 30 MLB teams expanded netting at their ballparks following an incident at Yankee Stadium in 2017, when a young girl was hit in the head by a foul ball. She suffered life-threatening injuries but did survive. Most clubs expanded netting to the end of the dugout. In this case, Goldbloom was struck by a foul ball hit over the netting. Goldbloom's family declined to reveal whether legal action would be taken against the Dodgers or if an agreement had been reached with the club. They did tell Weinbaum they hope her death would lead to netting being increased even further at ballparks. This is the third recorded instance of a fan dying after being struck by a ball leaving the field of play. Clarence Stagemyer, 32, died after being hit by a thrown ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1943. Alan Fish, 14, died after being hit by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium in 1970.