Some teams pay attention to it. I live in Austin and was at a Round Rock Express game (AAA team for the Rangers) and my friends were there with their then 1-yr old down the third base line and up about 2o rows and an usher came up to them before the game and moved them behind home plate where the net was so they…

Which is why I say nets are inevitable.

If you’re paying attention on this play, you’re watching the ball and can miss seeing the bat. From her seat, batter’s back is to her, the bat went up in the air, and probably tomahawked onto her head. I wish her well and a full recovery, there was probably little she could have done differently.

If you really think you can just duck out of the way of something traveling about 100 miles per hour, think again. There isn’t even time to THINK “Damn, I should duck,” before it hits.

With respect, the ball was in play. So maybe she was hit because she was, y’know, watching every play. With respect.

What a bad ass..

The NHL fan died. And man, sports can move really fast. It only takes one quick glance left and you can get blindsided from the right.

Wow, quick on the blame considering how fast that freaking bat is moving.

People have been seriously injured many, many times, and they haven’t done it yet. I met a young man in the hospital once who’d been hit by a ball at a Red Sox game. He lost his eye and had to have all of the bone around its orbit, his cheekbone, his jaw, and most of his teeth replaced with metal and whatever else…

With respect, you could have your eyes glued to home plate, but if you think you could dodge a bat flying at you at that speed, you are fucking kidding yourself.

Even if you are paying attention, there’s always a chance for disaster. The Pirates had a coach, Don Long, who was seriously injured from a broken bat, and he was also watching the batter swing. Stuff happens sometimes

And this one’s awesome, too-

Gene Clark with his great voice.

The faithfulness of Tom Petty’s cover always amazed me. Different guitar tone, different mix, a less-intrusive tambourine pattern, but still it’s incredibly close in every other way. It seems weird and admirable for someone as big a Petty was then to say, “Hey, this song was already perfect, we just really like to…

This will always be awesome

Ruben and Cherise.

Lip synch fetish? Lots o lip synchs when I look for live Byrds....(sigh)

Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow with “Since You’ve Been Gone”.