Oblivious fan nearly struck in face by line-drive foul ball (VIDEO)

During Tuesday night's Orioles-Rays game, Steve Pearce ripped a pitch foul into the seats that just misses hitting an oblivious fan along the third-base line at Tropicana Field.

As you can see in the video, the gabbing guy in the white shirt was just inches from getting a free facial — and possibly killed.

There something to be said when a gorilla in the stands is the voice of reason and seems to tell the lucky guy, "Pay attention!"