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Sure-Oz
07-26-2005, 06:24 PM
he hasnt moved in like 10 min, being carried off by stretcher, ball was hit by carl crawford.
Pants
07-26-2005, 06:25 PM
he hasnt moved in like 10 min, being carried off by stretcher, ball was hit by carl crawford.

Shit.
VonneMarie
07-26-2005, 06:27 PM
Dang.
Ultra Peanut
07-26-2005, 06:28 PM
:(

Hope he's okay...
Miles
07-26-2005, 06:30 PM
Damn that sucks. Hopefully the stretcher was just one of those precautionary things like it usually is.
Frazod
07-26-2005, 06:31 PM
Hope he's okay.
Sure-Oz
07-26-2005, 06:38 PM
ESPN.COM
Updated: July 26, 2005, 8:37 PM ET
Crawford's line drive strikes Clement in thirdAssociated Press
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Clement was hit in the right side of the head by Carl Crawford's line drive Tuesday night and carried from the field on a stretcher.

Clement remained on the ground and barely moved for about five minutes before he was lifted onto a stretcher and immobilized with a neck brace. Replays showed the force of Crawford's liner knocked the All-Star pitcher completely off his feet.

The ball caromed off the back of Clement's head, just behind his right ear, into short left field for an RBI single. Concerned teammates gathered around the fallen pitcher as medical personnel attended to him on the mound. The crowd cheered as he was carried off, but his arms remained strapped across his chest.

Chad Bradford replaced Clement with Boston leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-1.

Five years ago, Red Sox pitcher Bryce Florie was hit in the right eye by a ball hit by Ryan Thompson of the New York Yankees. The line drive broke several bones in Florie's face and left his vision impaired.

The right-hander tried to come back with Boston the next season but didn't last long and was out of the major leagues by the end of the season. He has not been back since.
Frazod
07-26-2005, 06:38 PM
Just saw the replay. OUCH. Looked like it got him right in the temple.

He could be seriously f#cked up.
Amnorix
07-26-2005, 07:31 PM
Very ugly play. Let's hope he's okay.
NaptownChief
07-26-2005, 07:51 PM
Oz,

Make me a trade offer for him in the Planet league....he is currently on sale. :D
Frazod
07-26-2005, 07:53 PM
From the team doctor: Cat scan negative. Clement never lost consciousness. Is in good spirits.
leviw
07-26-2005, 07:54 PM
Looks lifeless...

http://espn.starwave.com/media/mlb/2005/0726/photo/a_clement_275.jpg

Scary.
Frazod
07-26-2005, 07:55 PM
He'll also be kept in a local hospital overnight.
NaptownChief
07-26-2005, 07:56 PM
Is in good spirits.


That right there tells you something is wrong with him. Ever been hit in the head real hard and been in "good spirits" about it?
Frazod
07-26-2005, 07:57 PM
That right there tells you something is wrong with him. Ever been hit in the head real hard and been in "good spirits" about it?

I doubt if it's true, but that's what the Red Sox official statement said.
the Talking Can
07-26-2005, 07:57 PM
****....that's why I was a shitty little league pitcher, I was more concerned with getting hit than throwing strikes....I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often...hope he's ok
Bill Lundberg
07-26-2005, 08:10 PM
Oz,

Make me a trade offer for him in the Planet league....he is currently on sale. :D


Heh, I'll give you Kerry Wood for him! :banghead:
NaptownChief
07-26-2005, 08:13 PM
Heh, I'll give you Kerry Wood for him! :banghead:


Throw in a Kevin Brown and we might have a deal. :D
WilliamTheIrish
07-26-2005, 08:19 PM
Jesus Tap Dancing Christ!!!!

That was a frapping bb shot right in the coconut.

I thought he was friggin dead.

When I was 17 playing at Lake Shawnee in Topeka, a kid hit a screaming line drive at me that just out of lucky reaction, I got my glove up in time to catch.
But the ball went through the webbing of my glove and hit me right between the eyes.
It landed on my chest and I caught it, but I had stitch marks on my forehead for a week.
Sure-Oz
07-26-2005, 08:41 PM
I bet hes done for the year wtih this, that can **** him over, i hope he is ok first and foremost.

haha @ the trade
Frazod
07-26-2005, 08:42 PM
This is doubly cruel, considering that the poor bastard is an ex-Cub. You'd think he'd suffered enough.... :D
Coach
07-26-2005, 10:12 PM
Ah, that brought back memories of Steve Carlton getting hit right in the middle of the forehead. Carlton was laying on the mound with blood squirting out of his forehead. It wasn't pretty.

Hope Matt is ok.
BigMeatballDave
07-27-2005, 01:50 AM
Well, atleast he had his head in the game...
Phobia
07-27-2005, 06:30 AM
Jesus Tap Dancing Christ!!!!

That was a frapping bb shot right in the coconut.

I thought he was friggin dead.

When I was 17 playing at Lake Shawnee in Topeka, a kid hit a screaming line drive at me that just out of lucky reaction, I got my glove up in time to catch.
But the ball went through the webbing of my glove and hit me right between the eyes.
It landed on my chest and I caught it, but I had stitch marks on my forehead for a week.


I'll bet that story gets better and better with each telling.