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Ump was less than an inch away from losing an eye. But the injury lawyer ad is pretty funny



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RubinRock said:
Ump was less than an inch away from losing an eye. But the injury lawyer ad is pretty funny




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That’s actually scarier than it even looked. Very damn close to the eyes. Just that tiny opening at the eyes and it got right in there. To be fair though….we probably don’t see something like this again.
 
DragonFromTo said:
I wasn't alive when Steve Yeager was impaled and it made me uncomfortable just thinking about it every time I would read about it. Anyone remember it?

September 6, 1976: Dodgers’ Steve Yeager suffers near-fatal on-field accident – Society for American Baseball Research

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Wouldn’t make me uncomfortable. I don’t consider Dodger players or fans to be people.

But wasn’t there an NHL player that nearly bled out on the ice after getting a neck artery severed by another player’s skate?
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Wouldn’t make me uncomfortable. I don’t consider Dodger players or fans to be people.

But wasn’t there an NHL player that nearly bled out on the ice after getting a neck artery severed by another player’s skate?
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Yep, that one I had to watch. Clint Malarchuk.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Wouldn’t make me uncomfortable. I don’t consider Dodger players or fans to be people.

But wasn’t there an NHL player that nearly bled out on the ice after getting a neck artery severed by another player’s skate?
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I mean, I don't think I get uncomfortable because I am sad for Steve or sympathizing with Dodgers or their fans :noidea: :wink:
 
Luckily, in the 150 year historynf the Major Leagues, only one player has ever died as a direct result of an on-field incident…

August 16, 1920: Ray Chapman suffers fatal blow to his skull on pitch from Carl Mays – Society for American Baseball Research

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MLB required umpires to replace balls when they became dirty after this incident. No clue how a dirty ball had anything to do with his death, but there you have it…


Edit: Maybe I should have read my own damned link…. Mays claimed the ball was wet and slipped out of his hand, despite claims from multiple players across the league that he hit Chapman deliberately.
 
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Illustrious Potentate said:
Wouldn’t make me uncomfortable. I don’t consider Dodger players or fans to be people.

But wasn’t there an NHL player that nearly bled out on the ice after getting a neck artery severed by another player’s skate?
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There was a hockey player who died on the bench and still tried to play in the game.

Rich Peverley.

Baddest mother fucker in sports history.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Wouldn’t make me uncomfortable. I don’t consider Dodger players or fans to be people.

But wasn’t there an NHL player that nearly bled out on the ice after getting a neck artery severed by another player’s skate?
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DragonFromTo said:
Yep, that one I had to watch. Clint Malarchuk.
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I don’t recall ever hearing about the Dodgers catcher before, also just before my time of awareness.

But, I do recall Malarchuk. Shocking. I don’t get too shaken about most injuries I’ve seen on the field of play, Theisman, Willis McGahee, etc.

But, this one was gruesome and shocking. About the closest we will ever be to a slasher film playing out in game.
 
Orlando_Eagles said:
I don’t recall ever hearing about the Dodgers catcher before, also just before my time of awareness.

But, I do recall Malarchuk. Shocking. I don’t get too shaken about most injuries I’ve seen on the field of play, Theisman, Willis McGahee, etc.

But, this one was gruesome and shocking. About the closest we will ever be to a slasher film playing out in game.
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It takes a lot to make me queasy. Blood and broken bones don’t really bother me. Even though you top levels of auto racing are more safe now than they’ve ever been, when a car bursts into flames it always makes my heart drop until I see the driver get out. The cars are designed to protect the drivers from hard impacts now, but flames surrounding a strapped in driver scare the hell out of me
 
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