During a game at Fenway Park on August 7, 1982, a hard-hit foul ball struck a four-year-old boy named Jonathan Keane in the head.
The Action: Seeing the child in danger, Rice immediately vaulted out of the dugout, scooped up the bleeding boy, and sprinted through the Red Sox clubhouse to rush him to a waiting ambulance.
The Aftermath: Doctors credited Rice’s split-second reaction with saving the boy's life