Man hit in face with hot dog is suing Royals. Don't blame the hot dog.

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a...wiener?

Baseball teams may have to amend their disclaimer advising fans to be on the look out for foul balls or bats that could fly into the stands. Apparently flying food has become an issue as well.

In a story I recently saw on SI.com, a man is currently in a legal battle with Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals after being hit in the face with a hot dog thrown by the team's mascot back in 2009. John Coomer is that man and according the story he was blasted in the eye with "a 4-ounce, foil-wrapped wiener" which required him to have two surgeries to repair damage done to his eye. He should really be thanking his lucky stars that the hot dog was not fired from one of those t-shirt cannons.

It has become quite a heated argument in the courts. Should teams be responsible for food items, t-shirts, or other souvenirs tossed into the stands by team personnel such as mascots? Or should fans always be aware of their surroundings and as long as some sort of prior notice is given that "foil-wrapped wieners" are going to be tossed in or around your section, does that clear the team of any legal liability?

I have no idea. It seems to me the fan should be paying more attention, unless the Royals mascot just went rogue firing random hot dogs into the crowd.

Whatever the verdict happens to be, just remember not to blame this one on hot dogs. Hot dogs don't put eyes out. Giant Lion mascots with crown heads do.

Sluggerrr was the perp.