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I was there
I happened to be sitting one row behind, and one seat to the right of, Josh Mandelbaum. I can say the following things with certainty:
1) The ball hit his hand. His hand was fairly red several minutes later.
2) He reached over the rail to grab the ball. He did not, as he told reporters, stop the ball from hitting his face.
3) I thought the ball had a good chance of glancing the foul side of the pole but for Josh's attempt to catch the ball.
4) Most of the folks around me thought the ball was headed foul, but they were almost exclusively Yankees fans. I'm agnostic.
5) Josh didn't have a cell phone. He was quickly swarmed by reporters and then left his seat. It was another guy talking on the phone.
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