Car Tire Mistakes Cub Fan for Mark Prior

Courtesy of nbcchicago.com:

A man wearing a Chicago Cubs t-shirt was injured Tuesday after being struck by a tire that came off a car in Wrigleyville.

Emergency crews were sent to Sheffield Avenue and Clark Street about 5:15 p.m. on reports that a man was hit by a "flying tire," Fire Media Affairs Chief Kevin MacGregor said.

"It got airborne, and as it flew, it flew and it hit him in the head," said a witness, Anthony Knox.

At a nearby barber shop, Cheyenne Webb said he was casually looking at a magazine when he looked out the window and saw the man sitting on the curb with a group of people around him. He was talking on his cell phone, Webb said.

"There was blood all around him, I was worried because I thought he was dead. Then I saw him blink and I said, 'Thank God he was OK.'"

Thank God he blinked or else he never would have been able to tell that the guy talking on his cell phone wasn't dead.