cool

ow

So that's why they wear helmets!

Boobies...holy shiat..it exploded!

If the source pic were bigger, this would make a good Photoshop thread.

That was no accident

SEE! Baseball is dangerous. That's why I stick to playing with loaded firearms as a sport...

"but neurological tests were negative." could they have worded that better? It sounds like he has no brain. . .

7th inning stretch. "Take me out......"

That'll learn you to crowd the plate....

I run with scissors, Spaceclown.

OUCHIE!

That's probably the most amazing baseball photo I've seen to date.

We need video.

Give new meaning to "slammin' Sammy Sosa"

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http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030420/capt.1050871701.cubs_pirate s_gjp101.jpg

bigger pic

I play with bottle rockets Spaceclown

it's funny because it's not me

For a moment there, it looked like the end of his bat was a second baseball-- I had to do a double-take there..

I was watching the game, and Sammy wasn't "clutching at his broken helmet" like the article says. His broken helmet was blown off his head and he was clutching at the side of his head. I took it as a good sign that he glared out at the pitcher very shortly after it happened.

I've never seen a helmet come apart like that. Insert Audie Murphy Platoon photo here.

And Maid, Sammy doesn't crowd the plate, that fastball just got away from the pitcher. He didn't really react to it, the TV guys were speculating that he didn't see it.

Ksdanj, not only do you need video, hehe, you need audio. My roomie wasn't looking and thought he hit one out ... sounded like a bat hitting a ball

It's an inside job! Someone wants Sosa dead! DEAD, you hear me!?

wow

Can you say, "dain bramage?"

And had this been Gary Gaetti, he would be dead by now.

(if anyone knows what I'm talking about, you get a cookie)

Good thing it wasn't a cell phone, or the pitcher would be charged with a felony.

Yeah, but Gaetti's head was super-hard. The last dude who could legally wear a helmet w/o ear flaps.
Choco-chip, dude, NOW.

Skinink,

The helmet, I think, did exactly what is was supposed to do - dissipate the kinetic energy of the ball hitting his melon, and keep that energy from injuring him. In other words - ball hit helmet, helmet go boom, head no go boom.

Joseph

that would freak the bejeesus out of me... baseballs move fast as hell, and if one hit me in the head... man. lol

JosephFinn same reason race cars are blown to bits and the driver walks away (usually) unharmed


woohoo for kinetic energy dissipation


time for bed!

That's a damn good picture.

What was that shot where that pitcher got hit?

Yeah, if that's not a screen cap from a video, then it's amazing how they actually got a picture of that.

DAAAAAAAAYYYYYUMMM!
I'm glad I'm not skilled enough to play baseball. That could have been me.

Ya just gotta bruush 'em back once in a while.....yikes!

I first read it as this...

And I tuned into the game just after it happened. I always miss the good stuff, like when that one guy died and that other guy pulled an AK-47 out and started shooting into the crowd. You know, good stuff like that.

I hope he did not go into a roid rage right after that.

I really liked him but then I heard that he was the most fake person in all of baseball and was really a nasty dude.

Did anyone else get the Orbitz baseball popunder from that article?

The worst thing about it was the sound. I was watching the caps lose to tampa bay and in the sports show during one of the intermissions they played the clip. Jesus Friggin Christ! It sounded like he had hit the ball with the bat not with his head.

One of the sickest things I have ever seen.

For once I even felt a little empathy, weird.

Daaaaaaaaayamn!

Is there a video that doesn't just show every 180th frame?

NCC_Dave, thanks, man!

Damn...just damn...
Thats gotta hurt.

When I was like 9 I was sitting at a ballgame and a line drive smacked me in the eye and knocked me out cold.
good times good times

/drools on himself from brain damage...

Who cares about these overpaid crybabies all they do is run around in capri pants all day and spit out sunflower seeds.

Anti_Freak_Machine, I always wonder how often someone gets popped with a baseball. It seems like more people should die from attending baseball games.

Juuuust a bit inside!

Jeez, Copenhagen -
Where did you get that pic? It looks almost too real - you can see teeth, tongue, everything! Is it from "Carrie?" I hope I hope hopehopehope it isn't real...*shudder*...

This reminds me of the time Dickie Thon got beaned by Mike Torrez:

In a 31 loss to the Mets, Astros SS Dickie Thon is hit in the face by a Mike Torrez pitch that breaks the orbital bone around his eye. Thon will be operated on April 11, but will miss the rest of the season. When he returns, the All-Star SS will be plagued with blurred vision and be relegated to a backup role.

He eventually came back but was never the same. Anybody who has the nads to do that is alright by me.