Line Drive Kills Minor League Coach

My son is a catcher.. a very good one. So at least he's the one with all the gear on.

Yeah, he's fine. :)

Now we hear a 12year old girl is killed this same way???? The next day????

Michigan girl dies after being hit in head by softball | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4998561.html)

Now we hear a 12year old girl is killed this same way???? The next day????

Michigan girl dies after being hit in head by softball | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4998561.html)

Wow!

(I edited your post to put in a better link that goes directly to the story)

This is just so scary... unreal!

what a freak coincidence...quite tragic.

I read about a lacrosse player that got hit in a simliar fashion (ball to chest) where it stops their heart beat and they never recover. Crazy stuff.

Now we hear a 12year old girl is killed this same way???? The next day????

Michigan girl dies after being hit in head by softball | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4998561.html)
This one really freaks me out. I help my dad coach my little sister's softball team (6th & 7th graders) and we're always nervous that someone is going to get hurt because they aren't paying attention or the ball takes a weird bounce or whatever.
My other sister once broke a teammate's jaw at practice with a line drive, so these can happen. It's freaky but I don't think you can just give up altogether and go live in a bubble or something.

Why not have players wear helmets then? Seems reasonable.

what a freak coincidence...quite tragic.

I read about a lacrosse player that got hit in a simliar fashion (ball to chest) where it stops their heart beat and they never recover. Crazy stuff.
Yeah, that guy was from Cornell.

I had a teammate on my wrestling team in HS who broke his own strenum during a match once. He was pinning his oppenent but all of a sudden he just stopped, stood up, and then fell to his back and started yelling for help. I still don't really know what happened, something just snapped. Luckily he was okay in the long run, but it was sort of creepy at first.

Supposedly this is only the second time

Today's THV - KTHV Little Rock News Article (http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=49472)

Though this might just be pro baseball they're talking about

Thanks man.

Why not have players wear helmets then? Seems reasonable.

It would be REALLY distracting or the fielders. If this was a more common occurrence, we might see it, but it would be tough to adjust to. Batting helmets cut down on your peripheral vision and could cause more injuries.

There was a player I remember who wore a batting helmet without earflaps in the field. John Olerud.

Still, it's really not necessary. You can't prevent freak injuries. You could be hit in the throat or the kidney by a ball and die too. You just can't cover up every part of your body for a once in a million injury.

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