An ice cream vendor in Oakland got hit square in the butt with a foul ball

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Selling ice cream at a baseball stadium is not without its hazards.
During Tuesday night’s A’s-Astros game in Oakland, a vendor down the leftfield line was searching for people who might want some ice cream when a Marwin Gonzalez line drive hit him square in the tuckus.
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You have to admire this guy for being a gamer, though. He took a pretty solid knock but he stayed in the game and kept hawking frozen treats.

Dan Gartland writes Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, and is the host of the “Stadium Wonders” video series. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).