<p>Rule No. 1 of attending a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb">Major League Baseball</a> game as a fan is that you have to keep your head on a swivel at all times. One poor fan, and her head, paid the price over the weekend for forgetting that non-negotiable.</p><p>The fan, Jamie Golla, was sitting in the lower bowl down the third-base side at T-Mobile Park in Seattle for the Mariners' contest against the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb/san-diego-padres">San Diego Padres</a> on Friday night. Her friend just so happened to have her phone out to capture a selfie video of the two of them having fun at the ballpark, with San Diego's Sung-mun Song at the dish to lead off the fifth inning.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/shirtless-cardinals-fans-take-empty-section-electric-scene-walk-win-royals"><strong>SHIRTLESS CARDINALS FANS TAKE OVER EMPTY SECTION IN ELECTRIC SCENE DURING WALK-OFF WIN OVER THE ROYALS</strong></a></p><p>Quickly, and out of nowhere, the moment went from fun to incredibly painful for Golla.</p><p>The selfie video shows the exact moment a screaming foul ball caught Golla on the top of the head, and the sound the baseball made as it made contact with her skull is nightmare fuel.</p><p>The foul ball off of Song's bat wasn't a routine fly ball, either, hence the fact that fans sitting around Golla and her friend weren't trying to catch it for a souvenir.</p><p>It was one of those foul balls where, whether you're at the ballpark or watching at home, you hold your breath for a moment, hoping that the screamer doesn't catch a fan. Unfortunately, it did.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://link.podtrac.com/dmwdd_article"><strong>ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!</strong></a></p><p>According to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/foul-ball-cracking-skull-of-woman-at-padres-game-heard-around-the-world/">New York Post</a>, Golla was taken to nearby Harborview Medical Center for treatment shortly after the accident.</p><p>"I’m feeling a little better than yesterday. My head is still a bit swollen, and I’ve been getting minor headaches here and there, but overall I’m doing okay. I didn’t think this video was going to blow up. I appreciate the people who have been checking up on me," she told The Post.</p><p>Jamie also shared that a member of the Mariners staff followed up and checked on her after <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/college-baseball-delayed-umpire-takes-scary-foul-ball-straight-mask">the scary moment</a>, and offered her and her friends tickets to return for a future game.</p><p>The Mariners were shut out by the Padres on Friday night, 2-0.</p>
