I was reading an article on the internet yesterday regarding professional athlete career ending injuries. If I read the article correctly, there were at least two MLB athletes that ended their professional careers due to pitched baseballs striking them in the unprotected face. Kirby Puckett was one of the athletes that I read about and there was another player, which I hadn't heard about, named Tony Conigliaro. Both players left MLB because they couldn't see well enough to bat after the injuries to the face by a pitched baseball.
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