Horrible Collision In Baseball!

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

I hope everything is well with them....

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050811&content_id=1166603&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

(click 56k or 350k for the vid)

Reminds me of the Byrd injury with the Jets a few years back....

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

holy shit!

 

[mjbailey21 10+ year member]

sucks to happen to anybody, but especially two respectable players.

 

[RangerMan Premium Member]

Thats what happens when you have two natural centerfielders in the outfield at one time. That happened when I was playing high school ball more than once...not that bad though.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

dayum.. concussion?

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Mike Cameron and Carlos Beltran sprinted toward the sinking liner, both outfielders watching the ball and diving toward the same spot.
They didn't see each other and smashed face-to-face in what many of their New York teammates said was one of the scariest collisions they've ever seen. The Mets who ran to the fallen pair during the seventh inning of the 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday said Cameron was dazed and bleeding from the mouth.

Cameron was taken off the field on a stretcher, his body immobilized and his neck in a brace. He was taken to Mercy Hospital, where he underwent two CT scans. Cameron broke his nose, had multiple fractures of both cheekbones and a slight concussion, and was to be hospitalized overnight, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. Cameron was placed on the disabled list.

Beltran had a sore left shoulder and a cut near his left temple. He was to have a CT scan and then possibly head to Los Angeles to rejoin the Mets, who open a series against the Dodgers on Friday night.

``I don't remember anything of what happened,'' Beltran said. ``I don't remember how it happened, I know we got hit. I feel like I got hit by a train.''

Beltran said he felt lucky.

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[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

Man...I hope Cammy gets well soon

Beltran had it...

like what was said before by Ranger.....thats what happens when 2 CFers are in the outfield

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

I don't care who you are or what team you play for ... when you're a natural center fielder and you're playing LF or RF, generally you're just asking for trouble. It's tough to get out of the CF mentality ... unlike moving from 3B to 1B.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

i just saw that about an hour ago when i was at the gym. crazy collision!

 

[mjbailey21 10+ year member]

Jmac is right... although they are both "natural CFs" the coach should have helped the transition for either and or both of them.

Also, when I played baseball, even the CF had to call for ball... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

Regardless, this sucks to happen to them. Maybe if it were sheffield and bonds no matter would feel so bad! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Expy2000]

The average major league baseball player only has an IQ of 93

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[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

what ever happend to calling out

I GOT IT ?

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

my guess was there was a miscommunication between the two. Like the other called it or something but the other player didn;t hear him. My guess is that they were a good 50 feet away from each other and chances are they didn't hear each other call it.

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

HA HA the mets ****

 

[Damaso87 10+ year member]

They were moving pretty fast there too...theyll feel that one in the morning