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- This video is truly a hard one to watch. The emotions exhibited by the players in pain is truly a terrible sight to see.
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PEDROIA LOOKS LIKE A BABY
Hi I wanted to know if I could get pinned
+Adrian Martinez lmao sure why not :)
Adrian Martinez you look like a baby.
you look like a wooly mammoth on a die hard diet
REKT!!!
It’s not just the physical agony, it’s the clear knowledge that their career is almost certainly over.
That's so true man.
Guess you never heard of Tommy John surgery, a lot of these guys are back in 9 months.
@@derrickennemer5050 you almost never come back the same
@@wyattsalas3901 no not the same, but you can still play. A lot of these guys go on to play for years, if they're able learn to pitch different, usually thier mechanics.
Derric Kennemer These are not ucl tears🤣. Most of the guys in this video are straight up breaking their arms.
Arm: turns into noodle
Announcers: this is a horrible injury so we’re only going to show it in 4K Q-Led from 14 different angles, all in slow motion.
SquirrelHater exactly, disgusted
Turns into noodle 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have tears in my eyes and have been gasping for 5 minutes
Thanks👍
Hugin Munin glad I made someone laugh!
@@huginmunin3746
Same lmaoo
@John Harlowe lightweights?
The Tony Saunders one always hurts to see. You can hear him cry in agony while on the ground. His arm broke again while in rehab a year after that injury and had to retire from MLB.
Give him credit for trying again. I never would throw a baseball after this.
Same happened to me 3 weeks ago, boy it hurts. Humeral fracture and damaged radial nerve. Hope nobody goes through this.
@@GL-vu1yt hope you get well
@@NoName-fo7mz 😑
@@NoName-fo7mz that's why nobody will remember you.
As an ex D1 pitcher with pro level potential and having this happen to my shoulder, yes the physical pain was there but knowing in that instant in my heart it was probably over was the most painful part. Still have a tinge of sadness when i reflect to this day.
I hear you man. Though different, I had a shoulder injury that ruined my stunt bike riding career. I was almost pro and was briefly featured in a professional video, plus live shows around my area before my injury. I think what hurts the most is those haunting “what ifs” if it didn’t happen. Hard to work so hard for something so awesome then have it taken away so easily.
🧢
@@angelnajar3455can you out pitch him?
Stop the 🧢
its ok dude .... u were never gonna make it anyways cus ur story is bullshit
I blew out my elbow in college. It hurt but not terribly. My catcher came out to me and said “you blew out your arm didn’t you?”
I said “it’s been fun playing with you brother”. The end
The difference with these men, is they're also feeling the pain of millions of dollars of salary, completely blowing away with the muscle.
Damn bro
I remember the time I tore Ligaments in both my kness, was the most painful thing I ever felt, injury wise that is,
@@megaxtrime3144 Fuckin ouch! Both knees tore at the same time? Fuck me sideways...
@@jonathanallard2128 bet
The Ramon Ortiz one hurts the worst, this man had a long and great career and he knew in that instance it was all over and it broke him more than injuring his arm.. gets me in my feels every time I see it :(
Yeah he was sad more than hurt. Terrible.
He still would have loved to play for a longer time
I started crying for him as he showed his frustration - he wants to play!!
It didn't even look like he was hurt. It was more of "Oh, I blew my arm. It's all over for me now"
@@jeffcarroll1990shock are you sure you watched the same video everyone else did? He blew his arm out and he knew it was the end of his career.. yeah he angrily threw his glove and hat but that just showed the passion he had for the game that he knew he would never play again.
So sorry for every single one of them. It's not just the physical pain but knowing that it's not going to be the same after that.
Man... A terrible injury is really hard to heal.
This happened to my grandfather who was being scouted for the Major Leagues. He went to warm up for pitching while it was cold and he also didn’t warm up he did it to himself. It is sad to see him now because he loves baseball and is involved in the community of baseball with the kids it’s just sad to me knowing that he probably misses it
God was an MLB prospect??
@@rykwon4535 son God isn’t my grandfather
Life is a series of catastrophes, but you know that already.
@@rykwon4535 gods dad was a MLB prospect, get it right.
@@rykwon4535🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Losing ur life dream in an instant must be horrible..
I feel for these guys
@Blake no but a lot have been
Blake it’s pretty obvious
@@UrMe666 John Lackey was able to come back.
Michael Terrell what drugs are you taking?
Matt Moore is back too
Ramon Ortiz is a real baseball player. He's mad that he can't play anymore and that is very sad. Respect to him
+Jake T That video was tough to watch. At his age, he knew that he was most likely not going to make a comeback, so it only made it that much worse for him.
JGart yeah, that's horrible
Jake T What did he tear? Did have tommy John?
I play video games He either broke a bone in his throwing arm or he tore a shoulder plate
it was just an elbow strain, but he ended up getting bumped to the minors shortly after. elbow injuries for pitchers are inevitably career ending
The one that sticks with me was Dave Dravecky when he was with the Giants in the late 80's. He was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in this left (pitching) arm, and missed about a year. When he came back...it think it was late in the '89 season, he won his first game, but then in his next start his humerus bone snapped halfway between his elbow and shoulder while delivering a pitch, because the tumor had returned. On a slo-mo replay, you can see his arm deform, just like the Joe Theisman injury, and it was reported that the sound of his bone snapping could be heard all over the stadium.
He had a couple more arm surgeries to try to remove the tumor, but in the end had to have the arm amputated.
Came here to say that. I remember seeing the highlights of that pitch. I felt so horrible for him not just because of the injury but also because of the cancer
Yeah Dave draveckys was the worst especially when it broke again pretty gruesome to watch in slo mo
@@bradoettel7355 me too, I remember that like yesterday. It was by far the worst pitching injury that I ever saw
Happened to a friend of mine.
The summer before our Senior year in HS- he grew five inches and developed a triple-digit fastball.
He threw 2 Perfect Games and 4 No-Hitters that Season- and every time he pitched, there were multiple Pro Scouts in the stands.
He was offered full ride Scholarships from _every_ Division I School on the West Coast- but chose to declare for the MLB Draft.
He was signed by Cleveland- but he blew out his elbow in Rookie League, and needed multiple surgeries to repair the damage.
He tried pitching in a Semi-Pro League for awhile, but he was done.
Now he coaches Baseball at our old High School, and runs a Pitching Camp every Summer.
yea this never happened .... wut his name ? go ahead u wouldnt be afraid to tell me if it wasnt bullshit right ?
i despise u
@@danny_karate Brandon Bluhm
@@brianknapp6215 didnt ask
@@danny_karateliterally asked but ok buck
ortiz didn’t even acknowledge that he was in that much pain, it was just he knew his career was over
Yeah
Was tough to watch. As a jays fans that was a tough year in general and that embodied it
Luckily for him he didn't tear his UCL so he didn't need Tommy John Surgery but yeah he was done after that.
He will be back in 10 month very likely
@@okamikitsunegaming it was in 2013 and he never played in the majors again
Ortiz had a really interesting reaction... It wasn't even pain, it was more like he immediately knew he couldn't pitch again.
And he never did in the MLB
Super sad man
Rob Gonz if you made it that far you don’t suck
@@Lavizh ya he used to be good then suddenly he was straight booty
Heartbreaking
My friend blew his arm out, the "hitting your elbow on a door knob sensation" the announcer mentioned is accurate, except it's that pain and numbness/pins and needle sensation but like 10x more intense.
My friend described it to me and said "it's an injury I'd never wish on anyone"
When I tore my UCL it immediately felt like my entire arm was on fire followed by pins and needles from my neck to my fingertips. I didn't have insurance and I didn't get it treated for 5 years. Just lived with no feeling in my outer half of my hand and intense elbow pain. After I had surgery I built up a lot of scar tissue around the nerve which forced me to have 2 more surgeries to fix that. Arm injuries are no joke. There's no going back to what you were before the injury. I used to get into the upper 80s, now I don't think I can top 60. Won't even try to throw anymore.
I was in the marines, I've experienced all kinds of major pain but I've never experienced more pain than when I blew out my arm from throwing. Even kidney stones weren't as bad.
That Saunders one is horrifying, watching him writhing on the ground with that arm flopping around. Ugh.
Moose004 happened to me worse pain in the world it is complete shock when it happens I thaught my career was over and I just finished my freshman here
It ended his career. Saunders missed the rest of the season and hurt it again in rehab and never really recovered. My heart aches for that guy.
Moose004 and the screaming
Moose004 the video where he blew it out again is harder to watch
No it didn't Malcolm
It's amazing how humans have figured out how to throw their own arms off... The power they generate is insane.
Aren't you aliens able to throw your arms off too? :)
@@SeenAGreatLight sometimes
Anyone can throw their arm out
@@chrisreynolds35 alright tough guy
@@jacksondill11 he's right though. He's not being a "tough guy."
I don’t watch baseball. I don’t know much about this aside from I have students going to college as pitchers. But watching the Ortiz clip was heartbreaking. The pain of losing his career and ending his love of life was more painful than the physical tear in his arm. That’s true pain.
I remember watching that game when Matt Moore got hurt. He was such a talented pitcher, an All Star, and probably could have been a Cy Young contender. Things were just never the same after that injury.
Lots of people say they’re weak, it’s actually insane how much it destroys their arms, the pain must be incredibly bad.
lmfao they pushed their arms to the limit, going beyond what the arm can handle, people saying that's weak need a backhand to the face
People saying its weak and its stupid, its like, if they are so weak how bout I screw up your arm and see how you feel
@@huntermitchell6335 sure do
@@theredhood028 It’s also risky because if they get an injury bad enough, their career is over in seconds.
They are weak.
I remember Ortiz - he had a long, difficult career, pitching in many different leagues in many different countries... and he was just beggining to get things together when, boom. Poor man. But kudos to the man's resilience.
Edit: For those saying "I mean he had a pretty solid career!" - I don't think you quite understand the difficult career Ortiz went through. I remember his underwhelming season here in Japan, 2008 - 4W, 5L, ERA 5.82. He was fired, and went to the minors with the San Franciso Giants in 2009. Couldn't make the cut there either. From there, he was fighting for survival - hopping from team to team, going back and forth between the majors, minors, AAA. I'd say he fought well to survive a rocky career.
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Poor Ortiz. All his dreams were shattered in less than a minute.
Well he had been in the bigs from 26-40, that is still a solid baseball career
Ortiz was almost 40 and had an ERA over 6 when he got injured...I liked the guy but cmon. And most of his career was in the MLB so not sure what you mean by many different leagues and countries
@@lennyhardoldson4093 He already had achieved his dreams, a pro career for almost 20 years. He was disappointed that his career was ending in that way but he only had a year or two left at max anyway
4:13 the most PG yet simultaneously gruesome looking injury ever. Holy shit, that looks painful. Bros elbow is sticking out of his elbow.
This makes me very sad. I've had two bone-related surgeries on my throwing elbow and have been lucky enough to fully recover and actually improve post-surgery both times. I know that feeling when you feel like you've thrown your last pitch. One moment you are in the game, the center of all that goes on on the field, and the next you are utterly isolated on the mound with the ball in your hand knowing that you cannot possibly throw it back. You are no longer a pitcher, but a bystander in that moment, and that is what kills me about watching this. It's not just injuries, its entire lives changing.
When the catcher grabbed his pitchers hand, that was touching. Good man.
W catcher fr fr
Tony Saunders arm literally snapped. He broke his humerus and tore ligaments and when he was rehabing it in A ball he snapped his humerus in the exact same spot. To make it to the MLB and have it all taken away in such a gruesome fashion is heartbreaking.
this one and the ramon ortiz one, i cry every single time. Saunders for the sheer agony he was in and Ortiz because you can just see and feel every emotion of a man who knows he's walking off the diamond for the last time.
Could you actually hear it snap in the ball game?
@@Cosmos6745 per some peoples accounts a few rows deep, it sounded like a watermelon was crushed when it snapped
Just seen him withering in pain was hard enough to watch
Looks exactly like Dave Draveski's injury
Had a shot of numbness go down my right arm when I through from my catcher position to second base. I was 17 then; almost 34 now. It was either a pull or partial tear, but I quit baseball after spring ball. Possibly the scariest feeling I had.
Man I feel for these guys. I had the same thing happen to me while pitching in college, my tendon popped with only 1 out left to get for a complete game shutout. They said they even heard it pop in the dugout. I tried to lob one in there to get the final out but it only made it about 55 ft to home plate. The relief pitcher threw one pitch and got the final out, hehe.
What tendon was it , im curious medically what injury is an “arm blowout”. Almost my condolences I have had the same season ending injuries in sports as well
You can hear Saunders screaming "My arm! My arm!" and then John Flaherty holding his fist, it's enough to bring a tear to the eye.
Seeing Saunders on the ground in pain like that was tough to watch.
@@davidv2700 I was at that game. You could hear it when he released the pitch. Sickening and it has stayed with me to this day.
@nashmalkin1371 Tampa Bay fans are notoriously bandwagon. But also The Trop is not in a really good spot. Also, not a Rays fan, just live in the area.
From what I remember he was doing a start in the minors afterward and his arm snapped again. Even worse.
@@jraymond1988 Yup. Unfortunately ended his career.
I remember when I broke my back in a soccer match.... Sprawling around on the ground in severe agony, not being able to walk for a year and a half.... Different injury, but we deal with the same adversity. I'm back playing soccer three years later, so respect to these dudes
How’d you manage to break your back in a soccer match? Cleat to the back?
Cryoxi _ haha Basically I got pinned between two players, one twisting me all the way back, the other twisting me all the way to the right, all at the same time. It broke both my lower two vertebrae and I couldn’t walk for quite a long time. Now it’s just a chronic back issue that I will have to deal with but ya there’s ur answer lol
@@dudeperson2037 I know I'm late but that sounds rough dude.
You, my guy needed a stretcher more than Saunders did. Who gets stretchered out with an elbow injury?
@@bk7064 it was but I try to think about people who have terminal cancer or something and how lucky I am. Could be a lot worse
What a man John Flaherty is, allows Saunders to grab his hand to squeeze to help relieve the pain.
That’s the right thing to do. You hate to see someone endure extreme pain and be helpless to do anything other than that.
@@assmane999As a former catcher, I couldn't agree more! The 1 and 2 relationship is a brotherhood, inside of a larger brotherhood...to reach down for your brother's hand, in Saunders situation, is automatic, you can't take his pain, and that kills you.
Man the Saunders clip is painful to watch. You can clearly see his pain. Damn
You can even hear him a bit. It’s a terrible thing to watch
Please tell me I wasn’t the only one when I saw Ortiz reaction I almost started crying
you're not alone
I was at that game and everyone in the crowd knew what was happening everyone felt bad
i teared up :(
Yes you're soft bltch
Christ you people are pathetic. No I didn’t cry. It happens
"This video is truly a hard one to watch. The emotions exhibited by the players in pain is truly a terrible sight to see."
title: 1080p HD
BoSS BaNAnA Lol.
BoSS BaNAnA that's how you see the emotion. Do you expect us viewers to empathize with the players in only 720p?
LOL Le Savaage
Kid Friendly most of them know their career is over after an arm blowout
Well some are in like 2008-2014
Blew out my arm in my junior year of high school. It's not something you forget. I remember that I was going for a classic curveball that I'd thrown a million and one times but this time I heard a pop. Felt super numb at first then like a hot scalpel going through my elbow. I was devastated for months, I couldn't imagine losing millions over it.
I don’t know what sucks more; seeing the injury or the agonizing pain of knowing their careers are done smh.. they’re team and staff are family and with them a lot, dude from braves walked over and when the MT came up he just falls down, that’s his comfort and knew he was there to help him endure that … a lot of things going on , I hope all these dudes bounced back both mentally and physically from these situations
The Ramon Ortiz one was brutal to watch he wants to keep competing but his body can’t anymore
I tore my UCL (Ulnar Collateral Ligament) and im only 18 years old. I remember tearing it and its excruciating, your arm goes numb and starts tingling from the elbow all the way down to your finger tips and the first thing that comes to mind is "my career is over" and its the scariest thing to happen. I still have yet to get Tommy John surgery so i can play college ball, as of right now im at OPSU and cant play until next January of 2019 (i tore it in october 2017) im hoping that this surgery will help. Gotta stay positive about these kinda things.
Alec Helms Hope it gets better, all the best.
Are blow elbows in baseball common? Or can a pitcher go his entire career and never have it happen to them.? I know they usually ice them after games because of the immense strain. Seems like I wouldn't want to pitch given the risks when I could play outfield
yes, they are a common injury in baseball, you just gotta be careful when throwing. if your arm starts hurting thats a big sign that your arm needs a break for a day or two, dont do anything other than ice and heat it when you're resting. I blew my arm out because i stopped throwing for a year and a half and i had 3 days to prepare myself for a showcase, so all 3 days i was constantly throwing and stressed my arm out so much that it tore my ucl. It hurts like no other, so my best advice is to just look after your arm. I was pitching one game in high school and mid inning i literally had to tell my coach that i couldnt pitch anymore because my arm started hurting and didnt want to risk the game (we won). But i didnt want to over work my arm and wanted to continue pitching in the future. Just make smart decisions and you'll be alright!
Infinity Gam3r thanks for the feed back. I wonder though if to these guys it just came suddenly. Or if there arm hurt and just ignored it until it was too late over pride or maybe it was there first time called up to pitch in a long time and they wanted to pitch as much as possible and didnt want to be benched again. Also would it be a career ending injury or maybe a season ending one
oscar it COULD be a career ending injury, but thats why they have Tommy John Surgery. Its suppose to reconstruct the Ligament in your elbow, which takes 10 months recovery :/ i still have yet to get the surgery. And to answer your question, it can come out of the blue without any form of warning but its not very likely, and for most cases im assuming you would feel your arm feeling really stressed out or "tender". But what my new doctor recommended since my arm seems pretty stable is to do 6 weeks of physical therapy and see how it helps, and if it doesnt hurt anymore then ill have to have surgery
Watching Dave Dravecky’s arm break after undergoing treatment for bone cancer was one of the most difficult things I ever saw. He ended up having the arm amputated.
Absolutely. That was heart breaking. On the bright side, Dravecky beat the cancer and is alive today.
I damn near got emotional when the rays catcher grabbed his pitcher’s hand
Saunders' injury was just pure agony man. And the tone in the announcer's Voice when Winkler went, you can just hear the dread. Hats off to these pitchers.
It's not that they get injured. Injuries happen. It's that offen these ones end their career. I hate to see that.
This video made tears come out of my eyes. Seeing them in such severe pain is heartbreaking. Knowing that the career they worked so hard for is coming to a devastating end is just absolutely terrible. Feel so sad for all of them
As someone who's played in Wrigley Field before and who injured himself forever this is a tearjerker
When Saunders was on the ground you cloud hear him crying that is how you know it hurts
Saunders writhing around in obvious agony always makes me cringe. Yikes..
One of the most horrifying things I have ever seen.
@headband og there actually are clips of football players screaming much louder
@headband og you can't be serious
the man's fucking arm snapped
of course he is *screaming in pain* because that shit fucking hurts. Get your hand out of the damn chips and get up from your armchair and go out there and play yourself
headband og come here lemme snap your elbow
The emotions in their faces breaks my heart they enjoy this game and they know they won’t be able to play anymore and they feel awful for it 😭
Some recover
Who cares kid. They still make a lot of $$$
@@greatestnitemare6626 i think the person that got hurt would care a lot
@@greatestnitemare6626 If they can't play anymore doubt they are earning much
the last guy in the video, Matt Moore is still in the MLB today
The John Lackey one turned out to be minor. It was his first game back from TJ surgery, which made it scary. But I think it turned out to be just his bicep stretching in a weird way or something. He returned soon after, had a solid season, and was nails in the playoffs.
It's the first few, "oh sh*t" seconds, that seem like hours. When he paces behind the mound, and can't/won't straighten the arm out, is terrifying.
He was insanely lucky.
These actually bring tears to my eyes the amount of pain that must run thru their elbow
As a pitcher this puts butterflies in my stomach
Jake Herington you catch
as an old pitcher its all about placement ..and not velocity ..
Its about playing smart not aggresive and you won't get the blowout
Same here
Just use your legs and body more than your arm
This made me want to cry. I blew my arm out right after I made the varsity team my freshmen year in highschool. I basically made the teamin 8th grade so the coach just let me walk on when I got to highschool. Never got to play a highshchool game before my arm blew out. Playing year round and pitching all the time killed my arm. Career ending injuries like this always get me.
Don't over pitch kids, and don't ignore the slightest elbow pain, it'll get ya
Joey Tedesco wow ur so cool what a hero
I have a constant pain in my elbow after throwing even the smallest bit. What should I do, nothing bad has happened yet.
it's not about over pitching, any single pitch that is not a good sustainable motion will destroy the arm, its a very violent unnatural motion. The torque and movement on balls is the same stuff that destroys your elbow
@@maxwellfeigelson3784 find a new sport or start working out like running swimming crossfit
I blew out my arm in the 4th grade. I was super afraid of my parents though so I never went to the Dr. and my arm healed wrong. Still fucked up to this day, can't do a proper bicep curl with my right arm. Will never forget the feeling...brutal pain for sure.
I have no experience with pitching, but i learned my card throwing techniques from a former pitcher and just throwing literal paper as hard as i can for too long makes my bicep feel like taffy. The force these guys put on their ligaments and tendons is just unbelievable.
I feel for these guys, when I was in high school I threw a ball from left field during practice and blew out my arm. Worst pain I felt but not nearly as close to the pain I felt knowing I won't play again.
You weren’t going anywhere with it anyways
@@GeorgeZimmermen mean
@@hidaven2006 but funny
@@GeorgeZimmermen no
The heartbreaking part is watching the pitchers slowly realizing what's wrong... and that it's all over.
Why can’t they play anymore after the injury
@@Kooly. think of it like a basketball player who tears his achilles or ACL, it’s essential to their position and sport and after a big tear will never be the same
@@Juice2Loose well acl tears aren’t really as bad anymore cuz technology is better so is this worse
@@Juice2Loose Nowadays most ACL tears arnt detrimental to players athleticism like they used to be, but can lead ed to further knee problems in the future
I still remember seeing Saunder’s arm injury as a kid! Absolutely horrific!
The first time I saw something like this was back in the late 80's and it was Dave Dravecky with the Padres. He had surgery for cancer and was off for awhile and then broke his arm in his 2nd game back after throwing a pitch. A few years later had that arm amputated.
The Twins batter: "I feel a great disturbance in the force."
As if millions of nerve endings cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
Thankfully Winkler has recovered. Glad he's still with the Braves
When something as horrible as injuries like these happen, it's always heartwarming to see the comradery that ensues.. Brothers helping and consoling a fallen brother sends a powerful message and makes road to recovery ever so slightly easier.
I remember watching Dave Drevecky blowing out his arm on a pitch when I was young. Pitched for the Giants at the time I believe. One of the craziest injuries in MLB I’ve seen.
I just put up... how did they leave him off this list? they had to remove his whole arm from the shoulder. (had cancer)
Holy shit, I don’t watch baseball but this is brutal to watch. Mad respect I can’t imagine how painful this feels
Ortiz didint even acknowledge the pain aspect of it. He just knew his career was over right off the bat
Was that supposed to be a baseball pun? “Right off the bat”
@@curious1673 🤨
You casuals are braindead just cus you blow out ur arm doesn't mean ur done just shows you know absolutely nothing about the sport and this popped up in ur feed gtfo
@@bmass4915 but his career was over he never played again
@@bmass4915 I mean, with Tommy John surgery, it is possible to get back to the same level you were at before, but the recovery time is a year by itself. Rehab and physical therapy can take anywhere from a year to two, and by that point, they're probably fairly rusty and out of practice when it comes to pitching, and possibly baseball in general.
Saunder’s pitch was closer to the strike zone than 50 cent’s pitch
Lol
Atleast 50 cent's pitch was closer than Fauci's pitch
@@marvinuhilarious Faucis pitch was a flip flop
This has happened to me and not only was it one of the worst physical pains ive ever felt but the mental pain of thinking my baseball career is over
Man that second one. You could hear him say oh God. Hear the pain in his voice. Really got me.
Thankfully Winkler has recovered. Glad he's still with the Braves
Hes now with the cubs
winkler looks like he’s smiling going into the dugout
I thought sure you were going to show Dave Dravecky, grainy though the footage must be.
Gets cancer in his pitching arm.
After removing the tumor--and half of the delt on his pitching arm--doctors tell him that his career is over.
Screw that noise.
Rehabs like a maniac for almost a year and wins his first game back in the majors.
Second game back he breaks his arm during a pitch. The break is so loud that fans in the Montreal stands hear the bone snap.
Determined to come back *again.*
Still rehabbing when his team, the Giants, win the pennant, and during the celebration on the field a teammate slams into his arm and breaks it again.
After the second break doctors find another malignant tumor. Okay, career is finally over.
Eventually has to have his arm amputated. Learns to golf with one arm. Becomes a motivational speaker.
What a badass.
Dude had more than his arm amputated. Took his entire left shoulder, too. The left side of the poor guy's neckline ends at his ribcage.
I remember seeing that as a kid. You could literally hear his arm break on tv.
I went to middle and high school with Dave's son. Dave is a great guy. He was an inspiration to many of us.
When Flaherty grabs his comrade's hand and clinches it, I don't know why, but it brings me to tears everytime.
Lol
@@motherfungler420 wow
They all looked like they hurt really bad. Lackey was like two foot taller than Pedroia. Got a new subscriber. Was fun to watch. Great video
1:55 Imagine going through an unbearable pain that you've never experienced in your life, and having to listen to Bullet for My Valentine in the background. I never knew that circle of hell could exist.
1:30 was hard to watch. Dude knew his arm was broke
Nothing hurts more than watching a torn apart man do the math and the heart breaking on national television.
I love watching MLB and NHL and NBA and NFL players surrounded and circle around teammates with injuries
Oh man. These are all hard to watch. I can’t imagine feeling a pop in your arm, feeling a sharp pain, and knowing that it’s over - every exhilarating win, every little league team practice, every night alone in the weight room, every time you threw the ball around with a couple buddies in middle school... it’s all come to a conclusion. I just can’t imagine
I never tore my UCL but I strained it and it hurt so much. I was lucky it didn’t snap.
That hits different
I know it’s a small thing but I love how every one (even opposing team fans) applaud when the pitcher makes it off the field. It’s just so kind and I love it for some reason
Haven't had elbow injuries, but when I tore my meniscus, oh lord. The pain was beyond agonizing. Any ligament tears are gonna be bad 😢
4 years ago in a co-ed softball tournament in the final inning I fielded the ball in CF, and crow hopped and fired it to home plate. I have over 18 years of outfield experience for reference, but on that throw I had a perfect spiral break snapping my right humerus in half. One big surgery and a full plate with 12 screws later the scar I have is crazy from this injury, but at 33 it still hurts to pick up too much weight or even throw a ball.
I remember Saunders. He's from my home state. It was sad, so young and just at the start of his playing game.
Did he ever pitch again? Thx.
No. During rehab he broke his arm again and was forced to retire.
I remember Saunders, too. I saw that right before I left home for basic training...
Sadly, this is the danger in baseball. When you are throwing as fast as those players are, ligament tears are more likely to happen. That being said, I would never wish for someone to blowout their arm. I’ve never experienced it, but I can’t even fathom the immense amount of pain that one experiences after blowing out their arm.
Not even just the pain, these pitchers realize that this could mean the end of something they love, their careers.
Exactly, a human arm isnt really designed to rip a fastball 90-100 mph over and over again. Eventually its bound to snap. TJ surgery can sometimes fix it, but even then you're on borrowed time.
@@marcpower4167 Young rookie pitchers always want to impress everyone by going 95-100+ on every fastball, but they certainly realize they can't keep doing that quickly. That's why veterans aren't throwing fastballs every pitch all game, other than the fact it's an easy pitch to hit, it causes damage to the muscles, joints and all that
I remember watching a bar full of tough guys tear up during the Ortiz blowout. That one was hard to watch, sometimes we forget that it’s not “just a game” for those playing it.
I’ve had tennis elbow from throwing hard without stretching and the pain is extraordinary. And I don’t throw as much or as hard as these guys.
Man, I can't imagine what this feels like. I tweak my elbow playing tennis once in awhile and that alone kills. Probably 100th of the pain these guys are in.
And it's career ending
It breaks my heart to see all the pitchers just destroyed and devastated when they realize something went wrong in their bodies...
I may not know the pain of an elbow blowing out, but I know the feeling of a knee blowing out. Loved being catcher, just popped in and out of a squat to rough and going down one wrong way killed my knee. Now I’m a lot more careful when catching. These injuries seriously crush my heart
2:37 glad he didn’t break his other arm
I went to school with a kid who was drafted by Cleveland, but ended up blowing out his bicep. He bounced between a few teams, but never really got to take off because he was plagued with injuries.
As fans with appreciation to the game, I’m sure this is just so hard to watch. However, it is awesome to see players comeback from these injuries through hard work and dedication.
It really is amazing the amount of torque that these guys can generate and that their bodies can endure. Truly a sickening feeling to see them rip their own body apart when these unfortunate things happen. I remember a few years ago seeing a documentary about a pitching style (it really just look like a change in the actual release point) this guy came up with that actually produces faster throws but also causes less strain on the throwers arm. I know athletes dont like to change things but perhaps some more people should look into that style.
Waddup brotha
i can totally see how these are not just the phisical pain of injuring their arm, the fear of loosing their entire carrer on that injury, added to the pain, must make a horrific moment for them
It wasn't on here but Dave Dravecky in Montreal in '89 breaks my heart whenever I see it. The snap in his arm was heard through the whole stadium.
Cancer's a bitch. F**k cancer!
they had to remove his whole arm from the shoulder. (had cancer)
It's sad to this. Knowing how much work has gone into forging a career, the years of pain, sweat, it's terrible to see how easy it can all end. Pitching a baseball consistently has to be one of life's greatest skills.
Shoutout to the fan in the blue at 4:30 holding the would-be interferer back. A fan does something good by holding back a hooligan from reaching out...which then just leads to the LFer throwing his arm out smh.
These things make me feel a twist in my throat... stuff like this is horrifying, and sad. More so when they think their careers are pver.
That's one thing I've always got scared when I played sports, especially baseball. Can't remember if I ever did slid to bases because of that fear.
whenever im having a rough day at work or my back hurts i watch this and remember im not so bad off.
You can hear him screaming in the second clip
The worst I remember seeing was Dave Dravecky pitching for the San Francisco Giants where he delivers the pitch and as soon as he releases the ball he screams in pain and crumples to the ground. Just brutal to watch.
Happened to me in college…now I probably wasn’t going pro, but I was a sophomore on a scholarship and was massively depressed for the next yr at least…baseball was my life for almost 20 straight yrs…it really does feel like a grenade going off inside your elbow..I remember going into shock and not too much else. Hard to watch this…it’s the mental pain that’s worse….cannot imagine being in the pros and with one dumb pitch it’s over….at least never be the same pitcher
I can't believe Dave Dravecky wasn't in this. It was certainly of the worst; very difficult to watch. Knowing what happened to him after that made it even worse.
That's the entire reason why I watched this video was to see that unfortunate play.
I heard it was cancer related, but what a testimony on his Christian faith. My mom gave me the Guideposts with that story, but it got lost in a move. I've regretted losing that.
The clip of Ramon Ortiz breaks my damn heart. The fact that he knew the moment it happened that his career was over is so sad.
The most unsettling part is how long it takes for the pain to set in fully and how it literally drives them to their knees when it does
This just hurts my heart. The immediate realization that your career is over, on top of the physical pain. I don't wish this even on pitchers for the Astros
I remember Ortiz - he had a long, difficult career, pitching in many different leagues in many different countries... and he was just beggining to get things together when, boom. Poor man. But kudos to the man's resilience.