GullyShotta t1_ishm8uo wrote on October 16, 2022 at 1:27 AM

Jesus Christ. I've never heard this before but yeah, it makes sense

JJohnston015 t1_ishrm21 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 2:10 AM

TIL that Yeager wasn't catching at the time of the mishap, he was on deck! I was in 5th grade when this happened, and it was the talk of the schoolyard, but I didn't see it.

So my question is this: how would a throat guard on a catcher's mask have protected him if he was on deck?

jjrrad t1_ishsow9 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 2:18 AM

To protect him in the future from errant foul balls while he’s catching.

JJohnston015 t1_ishyxzm wrote on October 16, 2022 at 3:09 AM

So, it wouldn't.

darth_molasses t1_isi3oq9 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 3:50 AM

If it could happen to you on deck, it could definitely happen to the two people right behind you when you’re batting. But I agree, the implementation of this rule has some holes in it.

vulger4540 t1_ishmcch wrote on October 16, 2022 at 1:28 AM

games too soft now adays. (joking that's awful)

RedSonGamble t1_isioi89 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 7:48 AM

I bet he was like ahhhhh!!

Scaphidura t1_isiavo5 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:02 AM

Bill Russell played for the Dodgers, not the Padres.

[deleted] t1_isipfzo wrote on October 16, 2022 at 8:01 AM

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Redbulldildo t1_isprjqc wrote on October 17, 2022 at 8:03 PM

The only photos seem to lack detail. If you don't want to see something similar in another sport you could look up Clint Malarchuck or Richard Zednik, two hockey players that had their throats cut on TV.

drygnfyre t1_ismxj9d wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:23 AM

A lot of safety equipment wasn't mandated in sports leagues until it was too late. Batting helmets were actually one of the last bits of required equipment in the majors. I believe as recently as the 60s, there were still some players who didn't wear them because they were grandfathered in.

Apprehensive_Tea_106 t1_isize09 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:21 AM

Holy shit. I have never heard of this before. Can you imagine being a kid enjoying your first baseball game and seeing a guy spurting blood out of his neck on a fluke?

snowpirate45 t1_isnke2v wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:24 AM

Impaled

[deleted] t1_isvfftt wrote on October 19, 2022 at 12:00 AM

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HPmoni t1_ishqcbr wrote on October 16, 2022 at 1:59 AM

Maybe it was a failed tracheotomy?

TIL in 1976 , LA Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager was impailed in the throat by San Diego Padre's Bill Russell's broken bat, resulting the the MLB issuing a throat guard rule for catchers.

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