The Cardinals broadcast has said that the pitcher, Young, suffered a laceration on the nose. The Padres medical staff took him to the hospital for observation according to the broadcast.
You could see Albert was upset when it happened..
It didn't look to me like Pujols really hit that ball all that hard- he certainly didn't put a full 'Pujols' on it. The ball just jumped, and Young maybe didn't read it well. Hope he's OK, and the same for Bard. Man, the baseball gods can be awfully cruel sometimes.
It also occurs to me that a man that size has a lot further to go when moving the glove into position to field. What is he 6'10"? Must be hard to get that much body out of the way.
We have seen injuries with both metal and wood bats. While our hearts go out to the accident victims after all it was a unpredicted incident and is after all an Accident.
Heck lets sue Rawlings too it's the ball that hits you, not the bat. Maybe the baseball are just to hard.
Heck lets sue Rawlings too it's the ball that hits you, not the bat. Maybe the baseball are just to hard.
lefty - I kind of look at the world the way you do too. I'm no lawyer...just an engineer. I've never filed any kind of lawsuit about anything nor ever even thought about it. In fact, I've never even hired a lawyer for anything. But I work in the aerospace industry and if I ignore, hide or deny a risk I know about and that risk ulitmately contributes to an accident...I am in deep doo-doo.
I know of no airplance "accident" that is really an "accident." They are always the coming-together of several risk factors, human errors and/or equipment failures at once, in sequence. And if one of the risk factors is one that some engineer knew about or ignored or denied...that can and does cause him/her or their company to pay.
If a certain baseball bat has a known increased risk but the manufacturer continues to sell it and an "accident" occurs, then it is reasonable to me that a lawsuit could be filed that alleges the risk was willfully ignored, was too high and contributed to the "accident."
The jury or judge then gets to decide. I have no problem with that.
Bottom line...the word "accident" is really just a label for the confluence of multiple ignored/denied risks asserting themselves in one tragic event. Its a word my kids have often used in their younger years to describe a goof-up they made. Not many events are ever really an "accident."
I know of no airplance "accident" that is really an "accident." They are always the coming-together of several risk factors, human errors and/or equipment failures at once, in sequence. And if one of the risk factors is one that some engineer knew about or ignored or denied...that can and does cause him/her or their company to pay.
If a certain baseball bat has a known increased risk but the manufacturer continues to sell it and an "accident" occurs, then it is reasonable to me that a lawsuit could be filed that alleges the risk was willfully ignored, was too high and contributed to the "accident."
The jury or judge then gets to decide. I have no problem with that.
Bottom line...the word "accident" is really just a label for the confluence of multiple ignored/denied risks asserting themselves in one tragic event. Its a word my kids have often used in their younger years to describe a goof-up they made. Not many events are ever really an "accident."
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I agree jbb...not many...not many at all.
quote:Originally posted by justbaseball:
Not many events are ever really an "accident."
I agree jbb...not many...not many at all.
Uuuhhhh uuummmmm. 
Thanks for the 'correction' Woody!
Thanks for the 'correction' Woody!
Interesting!
Have you read the recent best selling novel by John Grisham. "The Appeal".
The final chapters involve a aluminum bat and a lawyer's son.
This story will never end until high schools and colleges return to wood bats. Several years ago in Japan during our Goodwill Series, our hitters nearly killed a Japanese pitcher in BP. He was hit on the temple with a batted ball using the Japanese aluminum bat [approved by MIT]. The Japanese HS baseball officials were proud of their decision to have BP pitchers use "boxers" style helmets to pitch BP. The dent in this padded object was "scary". Later I learned two Japanese HS pitchers were killed by batted balls in a game.
This is why we will not allow metal bats in our International Goodwill Series events.
Bob Williams
Have you read the recent best selling novel by John Grisham. "The Appeal".
The final chapters involve a aluminum bat and a lawyer's son.
This story will never end until high schools and colleges return to wood bats. Several years ago in Japan during our Goodwill Series, our hitters nearly killed a Japanese pitcher in BP. He was hit on the temple with a batted ball using the Japanese aluminum bat [approved by MIT]. The Japanese HS baseball officials were proud of their decision to have BP pitchers use "boxers" style helmets to pitch BP. The dent in this padded object was "scary". Later I learned two Japanese HS pitchers were killed by batted balls in a game.
This is why we will not allow metal bats in our International Goodwill Series events.
Bob Williams
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You're welcome jbb!
quote:Originally posted by justbaseball:
Thanks for the 'correction' Woody!
You're welcome jbb!
quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
.quote:Originally posted by justbaseball:
Not many events are ever really an "accident."
I agree jbb...not many...not many at all.
hmmmmmmmmm!
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Don't worry Coach...my comment to jbb had more to do with Detroit's pitchers inability to field the ball and make a play than the Cards' playing ability.
I couldn't find a similar banner touting the Tiger's second place finish...evidently those don't sell too well and therefore I think none were printed. I could be in error, but I don't think so.
Don't worry Coach...my comment to jbb had more to do with Detroit's pitchers inability to field the ball and make a play than the Cards' playing ability.
I couldn't find a similar banner touting the Tiger's second place finish...evidently those don't sell too well and therefore I think none were printed. I could be in error, but I don't think so.
here is the NCAA's opinion. I know many of you will hold that is high regard.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/1083780.html
Every player? Really? Perhaps he means every American born player?
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/1083780.html
quote:"There's such a misconception from a safety standpoint and the nature of the game itself," said Jim Darby, a former University of California Berkeley pitcher and current vice president of promotions for Easton Sports.
Darby noted that in the history of Little League, which uses metal and wooden bats, there have been eight fatalities from hit balls -- with six from wooden bats.
"I also hear people talk about non-wooden bats not being good for development of players," Darby noted. "Every player in the major leagues today grew up using metal bats."
Every player? Really? Perhaps he means every American born player?