The former MLB player in it sued Reds because of an injury caused by Tarp in 2023

The first Baseman of Milwaukee Brewers, calling it, sued the Cincinnati Reds for damage as a result of one that he described as a injury to the career when he bumped into a tarpaulin in the Great American Ball Park in the Great American Ball Park in 2023.

According to the Associated Press, the lawyer of Ruf filed a lawsuit in front of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, which accused the red for negligence in maintaining safe field conditions. In the lawsuit, a uncluded metal plane roller expressly quotes.

A spokesman for Cincinnati Reds said on Thursday evening that the team had no comment on the lawsuit.

On June 2, 2023, Ruf hunted in a game between Reds and Brewers after a Kevin Newman Foul Pop fly, but came into the tarpaulin when the ball fell down near the network that separates the field from the stands along the right field line. Call joined the Tarp and Tarp Roller, which was covered by an orange advertising for Gorilla glue.

Although call left the field under his own power, there was a visible blood stain on the right knee after running into the tarpaulin. The complaint claims that Ruf had suffered “permanent and considerable deformities on his knee”.

“This didn't have to happen,” said Ruf in an explanation according to the Associated Press. “I wish it hadn't happened. The players shouldn't have to worry about hidden dangers in a Major-League field.”

Ruf played seven games for the triple-A Nashville partner of the Brewers in September.

The injury occurred less than two months from the 37th birthday of Ruf. He was only in his 11th game with the brewers. Ruf was released by the New York Mets in April this year before signing the San Francisco Giants. He played nine games with the Giants before rejecting an order in the small leagues and granted a free action agency. In his 20 Big League games this season. In 2022 he scored with 11 Homeruns in 118 games with the Giants and Mets .204.

Ruf made their debut with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2012. The Phillies exchanged him to Los Angeles Dodgers after the 2016 season and sold his rights to the Samsung Lions of the Korea Base Ball Organization. After three seasons at the Lions, Ruf returned to the USA after signing a freedom contract with the Giants.

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