I watched it live on NESN and I can’t get the scream out of my head. It was so awful. Hope she pulls through. Can’t even begin to imagine how her family and Brett Lawrie feel.

In case anybody is wondering, the pitcher must declare which hand he will be throwing with and must do that to the batter for the whole at bat. This matters most for switch hitters. I don’t know what the rule is if the batter is lifted for a pinch hitter in the middle of the at bat or even if the pitcher’s decision is…

Tyler Colvin suffered a pierced lung a few years back.

I came here to post a similar NHL comment — think about how unlikely it is that a game-projectile death has occurred at an NHL game, but not an MLB game. The types of people with the closest seats are often the ones half-paying attention. Someone is going to die instantly on national TV, and just like that, no more…

I’ve told this here before but I was at a Diamondbacks game in around ‘99 or so and saw almost the exact same happened. It was on the first base side and the woman was sitting probably 10 rows up. Can’t remember who it was but a lefty on the other team just lost his grip on a swing-and-miss and sent the bat flying…

It is only a matter of time and someone being seriously injured until they extend the nets, just like the NHL did.

With respect, those are the ‘heads up’ seats. You watch every play because it’s dangerous not to.

As Iverson is a public figure, it would be exceptionally difficult to win a libel case. Had the reporter said something like, “...Iverson, who appeared to some to be under the influence of alcohol/substance...” he’d easily be covered. Hell, if he’d said, “I thought he was bombed,” that’s opinion and it’s covered by…

John Smallwood, a Daily News columnist who was in attendance, was also quoted as saying: “He was lit. If he had been sober, he would have been able to get himself out of that. He never would’ve gone down that path. Maybe you had to have been around him all the time to know the difference, but we all knew.

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