still just a rumor but i heard that the story is actually unimaginably worse.  as in the unidentified player who was batting is actually identified in the little blurb.  its pretty much the worst thing ever.

What a horrible thing to have happened.  That batter’s going to be haunted by this for the rest of his life.

I blame the pagans, feminists, abortionists and gays for this tragedy.

Craig, it hasn’t happened at the MLB level yet just by chance.  While seemingly rampant, diamond deaths are still pretty rare.  Now think about how many teams there are at the level where they are likely to have a hitter with the power to kill someone with a combacker.  This would include high school on up, so THOUSANDS of teams.  There are 30 MLB teams.  The odds are that it will happen eventually, but let’s be thankful that it doesn’t happen more often at any level, or in the majors at all.  A team mate of my son’s was the recipient of a fractured skull on a comebacke in a 14U game in North Texas last year.  Could have easily been fatal (several days in ICU, swelling of the brain, etc…).  He just got lucky (and no longer wants to pitch).

As for close calls, remember Jon Matlack?

I read this, then scrolled down and read last night’s game recaps - including the one about Uehara.  In that context, the Uehara jokes seem kind of inappropriate.  Just saying, might be worth editing

http://www.post-trib.com/sports/highschools/1543732,bport.article

Stuff like this happens at every level and we can’t just blame bats… The link is a story about a kid with 14 facial fractures due to a collision in the outfield. Luckily he’s going to be ok and may even return in late May.