- Feb 3, 2011
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The player who got hurt is fine.
Situation:
Bases loaded, 2 out, leading 3-2 in bottom of the 5th
Batter hits grounder to 2B, ball takes a bad hop and appears to catch fielder in the throat and/or clavicle.
Player goes down in obvious distress. The way that she fell to her bottom and then onto her side made it clear something was very wrong.
SS quickly recognizes what has happened, races to pick up ball, recognizes she doesn't have a play on go-ahead runner at home, and alertly fires to 3B to record the final out of the inning.
As I watched the play unfold in real time, the shot bounced hard off her body, but it also looked initially like she'd be able to gun the B-R at 1B. It was when she fell over that the moment became very scary, because this kid is hard, tough as nails, and she was out of it.
So, my question is whether older teams ever work on this or even talk about it. Or do people just accept it as the rare, freak play and deal with it when it happens? I suppose it's similar to seeing a pitcher get drilled in the shin, but there was something different about the way she fell that froze everyone a bit, I think. I've now watched the video at least 20 times and I don't see any way that her teammates could have reacted more quickly than they did to get the trailing runner at home. With SS and 1B covering bags, I think CF may have had the only shot, but she would have to have been charging 100% off the bat.
Fortunately, like I said, the player is ok. She doesn't remember getting hit, which is good, and after finding her wind and being iced down, she went back out to play defense and also batted in the top of the last.
Situation:
Bases loaded, 2 out, leading 3-2 in bottom of the 5th
Batter hits grounder to 2B, ball takes a bad hop and appears to catch fielder in the throat and/or clavicle.
Player goes down in obvious distress. The way that she fell to her bottom and then onto her side made it clear something was very wrong.
SS quickly recognizes what has happened, races to pick up ball, recognizes she doesn't have a play on go-ahead runner at home, and alertly fires to 3B to record the final out of the inning.
As I watched the play unfold in real time, the shot bounced hard off her body, but it also looked initially like she'd be able to gun the B-R at 1B. It was when she fell over that the moment became very scary, because this kid is hard, tough as nails, and she was out of it.
So, my question is whether older teams ever work on this or even talk about it. Or do people just accept it as the rare, freak play and deal with it when it happens? I suppose it's similar to seeing a pitcher get drilled in the shin, but there was something different about the way she fell that froze everyone a bit, I think. I've now watched the video at least 20 times and I don't see any way that her teammates could have reacted more quickly than they did to get the trailing runner at home. With SS and 1B covering bags, I think CF may have had the only shot, but she would have to have been charging 100% off the bat.
Fortunately, like I said, the player is ok. She doesn't remember getting hit, which is good, and after finding her wind and being iced down, she went back out to play defense and also batted in the top of the last.
