softgabby
Gear Empress
I'm currently sitting underneath a pavilion between games writing this. I saw two scary scenes in our local round robin tournament games today.
The first scary scene happened when we were in between games. Our team was sitting underneath a pavilion near the field we were supposed to play our second game of the day. We were watching a game between two teams in the other bracket. In the top of the third inning, two outs, runners on second and third, home team winning 4-3. The batter hit a 2-1 pitch to right center. The runner at third scored. The runner at second was coming around to score. The ball in right center was coming in. She hit her cutoff man at second and the ball was coming in to home when the runner was coming around to score. Both the runner and the catcher had a major collision at the plate (catcher wasn't wearing her mask, she did have her helmet on since she wears a two piece). Runner was called out but both players were injured. We watched in shock as both players were taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Second scene happened in our next game. The team we were playing against didn't get much of a break between games to give their players a chance to cool off and get something in them. In the fifth inning and temps around 90, game tied at 5, two out and no one on, I saw the next batter come up to bat. Just before she got into the batters box, I saw her just fall over because of the heat. I tried to do what I could to help her until paramedics arrived. I yelled for someone to bring one of my spare togs soaked in our drinking water. I wrung it, snapped it and put it on her head trying to help her out. Paramedics came and eventually helped get her cooled down again.
Please keep these people in your thoughts.
The first scary scene happened when we were in between games. Our team was sitting underneath a pavilion near the field we were supposed to play our second game of the day. We were watching a game between two teams in the other bracket. In the top of the third inning, two outs, runners on second and third, home team winning 4-3. The batter hit a 2-1 pitch to right center. The runner at third scored. The runner at second was coming around to score. The ball in right center was coming in. She hit her cutoff man at second and the ball was coming in to home when the runner was coming around to score. Both the runner and the catcher had a major collision at the plate (catcher wasn't wearing her mask, she did have her helmet on since she wears a two piece). Runner was called out but both players were injured. We watched in shock as both players were taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Second scene happened in our next game. The team we were playing against didn't get much of a break between games to give their players a chance to cool off and get something in them. In the fifth inning and temps around 90, game tied at 5, two out and no one on, I saw the next batter come up to bat. Just before she got into the batters box, I saw her just fall over because of the heat. I tried to do what I could to help her until paramedics arrived. I yelled for someone to bring one of my spare togs soaked in our drinking water. I wrung it, snapped it and put it on her head trying to help her out. Paramedics came and eventually helped get her cooled down again.
Please keep these people in your thoughts.