Selfie video captures scary moment baseball fan at Mariners game gets hit in the skull by foul ball

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Rule No. 1 of attending a Major League Baseball 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.

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 San Diego Padres 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.

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An aerial view at T-Mobile Park before Opening Day between the Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland Guardians on March 26, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Quickly, and out of nowhere, the moment went from fun to incredibly painful for Golla.

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.

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.

Fans stand for the national anthem during opening day between the Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland Guardians at T-Mobile Park on March 26, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty ImagesSteph Chambers/Getty Images)

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