holy sht! A's pitcher takes a screaming line drive off his head. skull fracture

[zoo youk]

brain contussion ect

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120905&content_id=37940042&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

very scary

[Dutch]

Had to have surgery, might be a career ender.

[Chi_archie]

kids are weak now, 40 years ago it woulda been

"take two tylenols and keep loose we might need ya out of the pen tomorrow"

[zoo youk]

40 years ago balls werent hit that hard lol

[Chi_archie]

40 years ago balls werent hit that hard lol

easy easy

you are gonna get that "you angry brother" poster in here all riled up

[iifold]

Who hit the ball?

[InTheDrink]

kids are weak now, 40 years ago it woulda been

"take two tylenols and keep loose we might need ya out of the pen tomorrow"

O RLY?

ask herb score about that

oh wait nevermind...he's dead

anyway im pretty sure youre being sarcastic

[CanuckG]

Who hit the ball?

Aybar

[DiggityDaggityDo]

What happened? I missed it. I thought athletes were hard headed. Is he ok???

[InTheDrink]

put the fukkin bottle down driggity drunker you fuk!

the look on mccarthy's face when he first got hit made my stomach turn....fukkin horrible...could have died very easily

[El Nino]

Has to be the sickest sound in sports. Echoed throughout the field after the ball hit his skull. Hopefully he recovers.