It finally happened: Broken Bat Impales Player
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BigDogsHuntNew MemberOPIt finally happened: Broken Bat Impales Player (Video)
Tyler Colvin of the Chicago Cubs was impaled by a broken bat in the bottom of the 2nd inning.
Chicago Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin has been transported to a Miami hospital after being struck in the chest by a piece of a bat. Colvin was standing on third base in the second inning when part of Welington Castillo's bat punctured his chest during Sunday's game against the Florida Marlins. Castillo doubled on the play and Colvin scored, but was replaced in the field in the bottom half. A spokesman for the Cubs says Colvin is in stable condition and there was minimal external bleeding.
I have watched the video, the bottom barrel end of the below shattered bat, stuck in Colvin's chest for a brief/split second as he was coming down the 3rd base line toward home plate, then it dislodged and fell to the ground, as Colvin paused, then continued toward the plate to score a run.
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
BlameItOnTheHenneforum_veteranIt shouldn't have came to this. Get rid of the maple bats already.
BigDogsHuntNew MemberYeah....was bound to happen....would like to think something will be done, but who knows anymore.
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
BigDogsHuntNew Memberclick on link at top of video:
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
BuckeyeKingNew MemberScary...... Thankfully it didn't hit higher.
BigDogsHuntNew MemberCubs OF Tyler Colvin is expected to miss the rest of the season after a sliver of Welington Castillo's maple bat punctured his chest Sunday at Florida. A Cubs spokesman said Colvin was in stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital and is expected to remain there for the next few days for observation.
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
gunn34New MemberNot to be insensitive, but he's really going to miss the rest of the season. It didn't look that bad.
Maybe I'm just a bad guy...Players are too soft now a days.
Skeet84New MemberGlad the guy is alright. Thats just something that is going to happen.
Getting hit by broken bat<Line drive off pitchers dome
Ray FinkleNew Member"gunn34 wrote:
Not to be insensitive, but he's really going to miss the rest of the season. It didn't look that bad.
Maybe I'm just a bad guy...Players are too soft now a days.
Well there's only two weeks left in the season, the Cubs have nothing to play for and the main thing is the guy is laying in a hospital bed right now with a tube inserted into his chest to allow air in because doctors don't want his lung to collapse. So I think calling this player soft in his specific situation is completely wrong.
gunsmithxforum_veteranHas this ever happened before? Or is this a once in a lifetime freak thing?
"gunsmithx wrote:
Has this ever happened before? Or is this a once in a lifetime freak thing?
bats break all the time; rarely do they hit the players though.
even rarer is people noticing that a baseball game is going on :lol:
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Ray FinkleNew Member"gunsmithx wrote:
Has this ever happened before? Or is this a once in a lifetime freak thing?
Other players (and fans) have been hit by broken bats before getting cuts etc but nothing this serious.
BigDogsHuntNew MemberThis will bring to light the Maple vs. Ash Bat debate....the economics involved will also play a roll supply and demand and the already more expensive cost of Ash...but these Maple bats shattering into shards is a big concern. Ash seems to lessen the chance and risk of projectile weapons...but its a concern. I just dont know if the Players Union will even get behind the issue and simply say its an acceptable risk to the sport....lots of players use Maple for a reason. Giving them up hurts "potentially" that production, but more importantly that Maple Bat industry and in this economy that has to play a roll too I wager.
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
"gunn34 wrote:
Not to be insensitive, but he's really going to miss the rest of the season. It didn't look that bad.
Maybe I'm just a bad guy...Players are too soft now a days.
It punctured and collapsed a lung. Plus there's like 10 games left.