Boy, 7, recovering after being hit by ball at 1st Cubs game

By James Janega | Chicago Tribune reporter Dominic DiAngi, 7, of Frankfort, with his sister Cecelia, 4, in a 2007 photo. (Family photo / July 11, 2008) Dominic DiAngi woke up early Thursday, put on his Aramis Ramirez jersey and Cubs cap, and asked his father how many hours were left before he and his big brother would be sitting in the Wrigley Field stands. It was Dominic's first baseball game, though he'd been a fan forever, at least as far as a 7-year-old is concerned. Peter DiAngi brought his sons to the ballpark early, and they found their seats behind the Cubs' on-deck circle, where the boys could see everything if they squatted on their seats. Which might have been why Dominic got so badly hurt. The frozen rope off Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly's bat in the bottom of the second inning was a few feet away when Peter DiAngi saw... [read full story]