As a former pitcher, no pitcher ever in a million years wants to throw at someone's head, it's an unwritten rule, you dont throw at the head, you feel one inch tall, you just don't do it, come backers to a pitchers head can run a career as a pitcher
I agree completely about a pitcher not wanting to hit the batter in the head. I played college ball and was on the receiving end of a pitch that got away - a 95 mph fastball right square in the mouth. The pitcher didn't intend to hit me. It got away from him and ran in on me. The pitcher felt so bad about it that he asked to be taken out of the game because he was too rattled to continue. That was more than 30 years ago and he and I became friends because of what happened. We're still in contact today.
@@notmyrealname1730 exactly, I will rattle a pitcher to his core, you know it, if your gonna be a pitcher and drill someone it's from the numbers to the butt, I've drilled guys on purpose and when you do it that way, they get it and understand
@@notmyrealname1730 I was a pitching coach for a high school team, I had my starting pitcher after one of our guys got plunked tell me he was gonna drill a guy in the head, I told him you do that, you disrespect this game, your team, and me, you do it we will pull you right away and you can leave your uniform in the dugout and go home, you just don't do it it's just an understood rule, 5.25 ounces being thrown can do some damage
@@southpaw17fl16 Yep. Purpose pitches are a part of the game and they're understood. It's also understood by the pitcher's teammates that the next guy up on his team is going to get one in the backside as well.
Well , he WAS cute! I imagine the next few times he took the mound he was a wee bit gun shy. I was a pitcher and I got a few of those back up the middle(none in the head) shots. It scares the crap out of you.
When a pitcher hits the batter on purpose they always try to hit them in the back or butt, it is one of their unwritten rules. So when a batter gets hit in the head by a pitch 99% of the time it is by accident. But great reaction the camera didn't bother me at all. Also, you should react to best baseball fights because a lot of the time when a batter gets hit they charge the mound and attempt to fight and it is really funny
Yup. The pitchers spin the ball to control the direction of travel midflight, and if it comes off the fingers wrong it can end up anywhere. 99.95% of the time it's an accident and would have been a wild throw behind the catcher, if it didn't decide to travel in that little area shared with the batter's head...
Thanks Harris! It's good to know that these aren't done on purpose. I was clearly shook in the first clip when I thought it was done on purpose lol. and omg that sounds interesting! lol I will write it in my notes, thanks! :)
@@CourtneyCoulston But some are done on purpose, the pitchers are usually fined and ejected from the ball game, look up intentionally hit batters. . th-cam.com/video/dX5k5fgDBqk/w-d-xo.html
Yep. One day I was riding my bicycle past the baseball field at a public park, just as someone hit a home run. Literally knocked it out of the park and into my head. Why do they call it "softball"? I guarantee you it is *not soft.* I think the softball goes right up there with the "easy out" as one of the most misnamed things in history. (An "easy out" is a tool for extracting bolts where the head of the bolt has sheared off. There is nothing easy about it, just like there is nothing soft about the softball.)
Took a comeback to the very center of my forearm pitching once (only way I could block it since I couldn't get my glove up in time.) Felt like my wrist and elbow were going to snap off when it hit. Had the bruise and marks from the baseball stitching for a good bit... luckily nothing broke.
@@bootstrap52 Really almost never. Neither team wants a bean ball war. Intentionally hitting the batter, you go for maximum pain...which is why they hit right above the butt in the small of the back. Right into the ribs, kidneys and liver.
Yep. The very definition of "The lights are on, but nobody's home", nothing keeping him on his feet there aside from adrenaline and instinct. Easily one of the absolute scariest "comebackers" I've ever seen. As competitive as these games can be, at the end of the day the vast majority of the people involved want everyone to have a good time, both the fans and players. They don't ever want to cause serious harm to each other, as at the end of the day, it's just a game.
A friend of mine who played 3rd base had his right eye socket fractured by a fast ball that was hit and went straight to his face. He tried catching it but just didn't react fast enough
When I was 10, I went to bunt a ball and it popped into my mouth. It knocked my front two teeth out to the point they were hanging by the roots. A ball to the face isn't a small thing. On the bright side, the only dentist open on a saturday in my area managed to save my teeth and I've been with him for the past 13 years
When I played in high school I got nailed in the side of the neck by a line drive that was clocked around 98 mph. (I played 1st base.) The batter didn't even run the play out. Instead, he ran straight to me to make sure I was ok. In baseball, whenever someone gets injured in that fashion, the game becomes secondary. You always check on your fellow man to make sure they're alright.
That ball is traveling between 88 to 103 mph, depending on the type of pitch = ouch :( Now the line drives to the pitcher can be deadly [ 105 to 121 mph in a short distance] The ball that goes to the pitcher is the worst one. They have no protection, but when they do catch it = it's a amazing split second catch :)
1:24 "...at full speed!" Randy Johnson: "Say hello to my fastball. It exploded a bird." Would love to see your reaction of the Big Unit's pitch hitting a bird.
2:33, that guy's got some serious class. Other pitchers just stand there when they hit someone, this guy goes over to make sure he's ok. Respect to that dude for showing that a person's health is more important than the game
@@CourtneyCoulston Yeah, if you want to see sad and powerful, go see the game where they wore his name and number on every player's jersey and how one guy had a near record breaking night as he played for his lost roommate and friend.
@@CourtneyCoulston I let you know that Giancarlo Stanton is ok. Stanton is playing for New York Yankees. I forgotten what year when Stanton got hit. I know that he had long rehab to recover from the hit. You notice that both Plate Umpire and Catcher wearing protection in their neck area. Protection is attached to their face mask (shield).
Her reactions are priceless. we see this type of stuff in America everyday and in pretty much all sports we play. i remember Europeans being tougher haha. Still very entertaining reactions, i like her :) .
I’ve seen it happen when I played my senior year in high school. One of our pitchers took a line drive to the side of the head and actually split his head open about 2 inches above the ear. Sickening sound and sight for sure. Funny enough that guy became my supervisor at my current job and he still has the battle scar. Looks pretty badass honestly.
I love the reaction to the headshots. It's something seen in baseball more often then liked, but us Americans have somewhat gotten used to it happening.
When I was playing college baseball, an opposing pitcher threw a fastball at me right down the middle of the plate. I got hold of it and lined it right back at him. It hit him square in the left bicep and just dropped him. I thought it hit him in the chest, causing a heart attack. The air went out of me and I had a hard time forcing my legs to move. I was never so scared in my life, he was ok but it ended his season, the muscle bruise was so deep.
One Major League player was killed by being hit in the head with a pitch. His name was Ray Chapman. and it happened in 1920. He wasn't wearing a helmet, and in spite of Chapman's death, it wasn't until many years later that Major League baseball required players to wear batting helmets.
I almost had one of these happen to me in high school. I was pitching. I can remember throwing the pitch, I can remember the "ping" off the aluminum bat, I can remember putting my glove up to cover my face and can remember sitting up on the back of the mound with the ball in my glove. Somehow I caught the ball right in front of my face and when I fell backwards, everyone there thought I got hit.
I used to pitch, and I was hit in the face, and thats why I don't anymore. A lot of those guys you saw (I think maybe all) were able to return to the mound. That deserves some recognition. It's terrifying, and it is such a struggle to throw the baseball near the batter. It sucks.
I've seen a couple of clips where the catcher took a ball to the face and that really emphasizes the power of the pitch. 1) ball got wedged in the catchers face mask. 2) ball deflected off the mask and actually caused sparks from the collision.
On the first one on Donaldson, it was not intentional. If a pitcher is trying to hit a hitter, it would not be with a Change-up. Which is a pitch designed to be thrown softer than a Fastball or slider, you think its a hard thrown pitch, but its actually not, and u swing hard thinking its coming fast, and because its not, u are out in front of pitch and swing and miss. The first hit was accidental, he lost control of the Changeup.
As a pitcher who this has happened to, most of the time it looks worse than it actually is. Most of the time. Ponce de Leon of the Redbirds was just unlucky to be out for so long. But now he made it up to St. Louis and is a great pitcher.
Baseball player here: Echoing what @Harris Volheim said, it's usually division rivals (i.e. NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox) or a player did something like taunting and smacktalk that a batter gets hit. You can tell how a pitcher reacts like 'Oh man I did not mean that'. A baseball being thrown can be around 95-100 Miles an Hour and be hit at over 100+ with literally a quarter of a second to react. Next you watch pitcher quick reactions. Great vid.
Was playing long distance catch at camp one time and I misplaced my glove and the ball sailed clear over it and broke my nose. Crazy thing is we were both teenagers so couldn't have been throwing it HALF as fast as these major leaguers and it still did that damage to my nose. It's honestly amazing they survive these hits.
Unintentional side effect of a round object ( known as the magnus effect ) there’s not much the pitcher’s can do after it leaves there hands cause sometimes it happens
To answer your earlier statement about asking why the batters don’t wear cages on their helmet, they do in Little League baseball but as they grow once they get past a certain age point they no longer have to wear the cages on the helmet they get removed.
I remember when I was a catcher on our varsity team one of our pitchers was caught with a comeback line drive. While it knocked him out it didn't do any permanent damage he couldn't play anymore after that. Just ruined the kid and made him terrible afraid of the ball after that. To be a good player you have to accept the fact that you're gonna get beaned in some way at some point and be willing to play through it. Thankfully headshots are extremely rare but they do happen and it's scary as hell when it happens.
I used to play baseball and I've gotten hit by a pitches too. It really hurts, especially when it's a fast ball. In 1920, Ray Chapman was killed by a pitch from Carl Mays.
Hi Courtney! I discovered your channel @ a week ago and I just love you and your sports reactions.You are not fake.You are the real thing and that's why you are so adorable.I'm 65yrs old and have visiting New Zealand on my bucket list.Can't wait until you move to the states.Keep up the great work and have a glass of wine for me.(lol)
I played the position of catcher from Pee Wee league thru High school. I am so thankful for my catcher's mask/helmet! We also wear chest protectors, knee /shin guards and Cups. I always hated the "foul tip" the ball comes right back at you or worse down then up right into the groin OUCH! It's not too fun when the pitchers throw one "in the dirt" they usually pop right back up
In 2007 a first base coach named Mike Coolbaugh was killed when he was hit by a line drive in a minor league game. In 1920, before players wore battling helmets, a major league player named Ray Chapman died after getting hit by a pitch.
I have a cousin who played American Legion Baseball (13-19 year olds) and as a batter lined it back at the pitcher, who turned and got his arm up to protect his face, but the ball hit under the arm and stopped his heart. They were unable to resuscitate. My future Brother-in-law (now Ex-B-I-L) was the Umpire. Cousin became a chef, instead of pursuing baseball.
Thanks for watching the video I suggested. There is another side to those comebackers, and they are truly amazing plays. MLB | Reactions in milliseconds
Baseball can be really dangerous. There have been people killed by line drives to the head, or fans severely injured by foul balls, etc. They are putting 360 degree netting in more and more parks nowadays, to protect fans close to the game. Every once in a while a drunk fan will also die from falling from a high level.
I was around 11; fielding a grounder to first base that made a bad bounce, hitting me square in the throat. Still made the play but I was definitely in tears after that play xD
When we are talking above 95 mph (or 152 kph) at those distances it get's crazy. The rubber (which is where the pitcher pitches from) is 60' 6" (18.4 meters) and the release point, depending on how tall someone is will be, 5'-6.5' (1.5m-2.0m) which brings the distance to roughly 55' (16.8m), plus another 2'-3' (0.6m-0.9m) for the follow-through; which is a motion that is designed to ensure more energy into throwing, and as a buffer zone to slow down to prevent injury. That pitcher's head is now only 52' (15.8m) away from the batter while he is in part of his follow-through. It takes only 0.40 seconds to get from the hand to the batter, and at the low end of 102 mph (163 kph) it will only take 0.35 seconds to get to the pitcher. A hit at 106 mph (170 kph) it will only take 0.33 seconds to get to the pitcher. To put this into perspective it takes anywhere between 0.30-0.40 seconds to blink an eye. What the pitcher has to do in the span from release to batter swinging, while in mid follow-through, is decide where the ball is going, if/how he is going to move, and NOT blink.
@@CourtneyCoulston If you watch Home Runs (ball going over the fence from being hit), 90% of the time the pitcher and the catcher already know he screwed up by the feel and watching the batter's initial reaction to the point they don't even track the ball with their eys after it's hit. Most line drives back at the pitcher are considered an awesome hit because you reacted perfectly to the pitch, regardless of location. They don't try to hit them in the head or injure them, but is just a simple result of excellent mechanics.
There was a pitcher for the Colorado Rockies named Juan Nicasio that got hit in the head with line drive comeback. It actaully hit him so hard that he fell over and landed on his neck. He fractured a vertebra in his neck. 11 days later he was out of the hospital and he has been back playing. A lot of the batters that get straight in the face end up wearing an extended face guard that goes right up to the edge of their mouth.
What's even more incredible is that in all of baseball history, only one person has been killed by a headshot. I believe it was back in the 1910s or 1920s.
Professional pitchers can throw close to 100 mph and if the batter solidly connects with the ball with the bat the velocity of the ball is that much faster. Pitchers are basically defenseless after they pitch the ball which makes it the most vulnerable position in baseball.
When you do get to America, no matter what city you're in... You should ask around to find the Miner Leagues. It's Baseball, but a LOT of the Miner Teams have all kinds of crazy fun antics around their parks and on the field... It's the best fun I've ever had watching Baseball... AND certain Cities are notorious for the level of side-shows, alternative stuff, and just plain silliness going on during the game. ;o)
Although there's a hit batter in almost every game, most of them are pretty tame. These bad ones are rare. And there have been some REALLY bad ones over the years. The pitcher getting hit is even rarer, but sometimes worse because the pitcher isn't really prepared for it the way the batter is. It is VERY rare for a pitcher to hit a batter in the head on purpose, but they will occasionally hit a batter somewhere in the body on purpose.
People don't realize how how fast the ball comes off the bat when it's sqaured up epecially nowadays with how much power they have and with the exit velo
The worst headshots in baseball, in my opinion, have actualy been collisions between teammates in the field. I'm thinking of Johnny Damon & Damian Jackson in 2003, and Carlos Beltran & Mike Cameron in 2005. They did a whole episode of Sports Science about the Damon/Jackson collsion.
A fast ball from a pitcher typically reaches speeds of 90-100 mph (sometimes up to 103 mph, but not much faster). A baseball off of a bat can come off at 110-120 mph! (The fastest recorded baseball off of a bat was 124 mph!)
I have a few baseballs at home. They are rock hard. Getting hit with one of those at high speeds in the head in the wrong place can easily knock you out and even end your life.
its litterally , for those who don't know, just a wooden ball with leather around it, so there will be lots of broken Noses and other injuries to the head/face.
Toughest pitcher I ever saw in person was Bob Gibson. He was as mean as they come, but even he didnt deliberately throw at a guys head...at least 99 percent of the time. I would love for you to react to an old newsreel of baseball in the 1940s, maybe the 1944 world series. You will notice a lot of differences, but its still the same game at heart.
To disagree with Mr Castanza, back in the day, meaning the 20's 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's, throwing at a batter was a frequent occurrence, and there were a lot of head hunters. As the 60's came on pitchers started to restrict that to what they called "Chin music", which was throwing under a players chin (also because the ball makes a humming/ripping sound as it goes past). Pitchers still intentionally hit players but more frequently in the legs, butt or back. Some pitchers were just tough, mean bastards and would dare you to come out to the mound, or challenge you after the game. As batters began to crowd the plate, as the strike zone shrunk, as the pitchers mound was lowered, and as more players from other countries began to play in the US, batters often took greater offense even when balls were thrown just a little inside. Some players, hitters and pitchers, are never the same on the field as before the incident. One of the great turning points was in 1965 when the LA Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants played on a hot August afternoon. It was on TV. These two teams were state rivals and in a tight race for the pennant (the championship). The Dodgers pitcher was the very great Sandy Koufax, the greatest left handed pitcher I ever saw, and great San Fran pitcher Juan Marichal. Juan had been buzzing Dodgers hitters all day around the head and the players were tired of it. Sandy through a strike which Johnny Roseboro, his catcher, mishandled. When he picked up the ball he intentionally threw it inches from Marichal head back to Koufax. Marichal later said the ball clipped his ear. Marichal was so incensed he took his bat and hit Roseboro over the head with it. It was an ugly and nasty scene. Benches emptied and there was fighting and chaos. The two later reconciled after they were retired. After that pitchers started to realize that batters had a deadly weapon in their hands and became a little more cautious. Soon after in 1969 as pitchers began to really dominate hitting Major League Baseball (MLB) lowered the mound by 5 inches giving pitchers less impetus on their pitches, shrunk the strike zone from the armpits to the letters on the uniform, and from just below the knees to just above the knees. Baseball soon became the hitters game it is today and not a pitchers game. Baseball is a game of institutionalized cheating, trickery, deception, and being smarter than the other guy. Baseball is an individual game disguised (again with the deceit) as a team game. It is not as physical as football or even basketball. But as you see, it can be extremely dangerous.
@@huchlvr That was A changing point, and that was the dead ball era. But the headhunters remained throughout the 20's, 30's and 50's. Even Bob Gibson was notorious for throwing under guys chins. Not to mention when Tony Conigliaro was continually thrown inside because he crowded the plate, and paid the price with his career. No, to me the two things that changed the attitude toward pitchers was the Roseboro incident and when the league bent over backwards to get more offense in the game. Although Curt Flood and free agency played its part as players began to associate more with each other. From that point hitters felt more entitled and pitchers have been on the defensive ever since.
Yes Court the ball is going super fast. Some pitchers can throw the ball at approximately 105 or 106 miles per hour. These pitchers off-speed stuff is still in the 70's. And yes the ball comes of the bat fast also. You may be in America by now. Make arrangements to go to a major league game - you will have a great time...
I was a hard nosed football player who loved the big hits but I can't bring myself to watch these. These guys could die. I don't watch baseball but I hope this doesn't happen often to them.
It's the kind of thing where even if you are the UFC heavyweight championship you will not be standing up from a baseball hitting you. The speed it's coming at and the power behind it. Then when it's hit.
The first pitch was actually a change up, which for those of you that aren’t familiar with baseball, is a pitch that is designed to look like a fastball when it’s released, but is actually thrown a few miles an hour slower than a fastball, so the hitter is like likely to swing out in front of the pitch if he doesn’t pick it up. Clearly, with a pitch like this, it just got away from him. Had it been a fastball, it would’ve been a lot worse!
Batters dont wear face guards because it would block the view of being able to hit the ball. Its coming in at 80 to 100 miles an hour so any visible obstruction would be huge.
If you get to Chicago when you're in the US make sure you get to a Cubs game. Wrigley Field is the most midwestern and old fashioned ballpark in the country. Great fan base and a good time. You'll enjoy yourself!
Im a little biased, and there are a lot of great baseball players, but one I think you should react to is Nolan Arenado's defensive highlights. He has been in the league for 7 years and has won 7 Gold Gloves (which is awarded each year to a player at their position).
I used to be a catcher until I arrived at training and was told they had three catchers. Instead, they sent me to third base. The first time a ball was batted at me I freaked out and turned on it. It pulverized my right kidney and that was the end of the season for me. As a catcher with all of the gear on, I was bulletproof, but as an infielder with nothing more than a glove, I felt naked
Gosh, I love baseball!! You definitely need to take in a game when you move. Sad, sad side note...the Marlins pitcher, Jose Fernandez shown at 2:30, passed away in 2016. RIP Niño. Go Braves!!!!
I was never hit in the face, but I was hit by a fastball pitch in high school on the side of my knee cap. Hurt. Like. Hell. Can't imagine what being nailed in the nose must be like though. I can say that this video is showing you the rare side of baseball. Getting hit, especially in the head, is pretty rare. Still, every baseball club plays exactly 162 games a year and a batter goes up at least three times a game sooooo the odds of getting hit in general are always present; particularly if it's a rainy day or the humidity is making he pitcher's hand sweaty.
You think that's bad? About 1890-1900 a pitcher threw a fastball, the batter hit a line drive to the skull of the head of the pitcher. The pitcher died of a brain anuerism the next day.
The average major league pitcher can send a fastball at 80 miles a hour. Nolan Ryan a oldtimer was called the Von Ryan Express because his fastball could come across the plate at 100 miles an hour plus
Please note - most of the big league stadiums have x-ray machines on the grounds. Plus most of these teams are in major cities. Thus they more than likely have a trauma center.
In the first clip, the ball was not going full speed. That pitch is called a change up. The pitcher throws the ball as if he was throwing it with his best velocity, but the grip he used on the ball takes about 10-15 mph off the velocity. That doesn't make it any less scary though.
Sometimes the guys don't recover. I was a baseball player myself, decades ago. I remember a guy named Dickie Thon. Amazing talent, great hitter. He got his orbital bone smashed by a fastball that came up and in just like in these videos. He was never as good after that.
I believe that occurred in 1984. Thon was playing for the Houston Astros. Mike Torrez of the New York Mets was the pitcher. The game was at the Astrodome.
I the baseball isnt just thrown, it is manipulated by finger position and snapping the wrist as pitcher releases ball. It causes spin that allows cutting in on hitters, balls curving down, balls rising, and balls that come out of hand looking as though they're thrown hard but are slow. Pitchers are artists. And on occasion they lose control and people get hit. No one is throwing a 97 mph fastball at someones head deliberately. Theyll hit you in body to send a message, but never at yer head deliberately.
I was hit once straight in the chest once when the catcher threw it to me at 3rd. I kinda laugh about it now because they had always taught us to aim for the chest when we throw and the catcher did exactly that.
i get very emotional about my friends sometimes and when i get emotional i feel like i have done something wrong and i want to make things better. when i get emotional i always apologize.
As a former pitcher, no pitcher ever in a million years wants to throw at someone's head, it's an unwritten rule, you dont throw at the head, you feel one inch tall, you just don't do it, come backers to a pitchers head can run a career as a pitcher
Not to mention the fact that everyone knows if you start headhunting the other team is going to start doing it to your guys... Not good for anyone.
I agree completely about a pitcher not wanting to hit the batter in the head. I played college ball and was on the receiving end of a pitch that got away - a 95 mph fastball right square in the mouth. The pitcher didn't intend to hit me. It got away from him and ran in on me. The pitcher felt so bad about it that he asked to be taken out of the game because he was too rattled to continue. That was more than 30 years ago and he and I became friends because of what happened. We're still in contact today.
@@notmyrealname1730 exactly, I will rattle a pitcher to his core, you know it, if your gonna be a pitcher and drill someone it's from the numbers to the butt, I've drilled guys on purpose and when you do it that way, they get it and understand
@@notmyrealname1730 I was a pitching coach for a high school team, I had my starting pitcher after one of our guys got plunked tell me he was gonna drill a guy in the head, I told him you do that, you disrespect this game, your team, and me, you do it we will pull you right away and you can leave your uniform in the dugout and go home, you just don't do it it's just an understood rule, 5.25 ounces being thrown can do some damage
@@southpaw17fl16 Yep. Purpose pitches are a part of the game and they're understood. It's also understood by the pitcher's teammates that the next guy up on his team is going to get one in the backside as well.
"oh he's so cute too" then they proceed to show all the angles of him getting beamed lmfao 😂
lmao xD
@@CourtneyCoulston I love your reactions Courtney !! They make me laugh, but i can tell you really care about people and have a great heart!!!
That's a good question you really just said “beamed”😕
Well , he WAS cute! I imagine the next few times he took the mound he was a wee bit gun shy.
I was a pitcher and I got a few of those back up the middle(none in the head) shots. It scares the crap out of you.
When a pitcher hits the batter on purpose they always try to hit them in the back or butt, it is one of their unwritten rules. So when a batter gets hit in the head by a pitch 99% of the time it is by accident. But great reaction the camera didn't bother me at all. Also, you should react to best baseball fights because a lot of the time when a batter gets hit they charge the mound and attempt to fight and it is really funny
Yup. The pitchers spin the ball to control the direction of travel midflight, and if it comes off the fingers wrong it can end up anywhere. 99.95% of the time it's an accident and would have been a wild throw behind the catcher, if it didn't decide to travel in that little area shared with the batter's head...
Thanks Harris! It's good to know that these aren't done on purpose. I was clearly shook in the first clip when I thought it was done on purpose lol. and omg that sounds interesting! lol I will write it in my notes, thanks! :)
Hi Michael, yeah that makes sense.
@@CourtneyCoulston But some are done on purpose, the pitchers are usually fined and ejected from the ball game, look up intentionally hit batters.
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Don't remember guys like Clements and Nolan Ryan? Plenty of headhunters over the years, just not so much these days.
Everyone talking how fast the ball is, can we give a nod to how f***ing hard those things are. Feels like solid rock when it hits you. 😫
Been hit in the head, hand, back and calf and yea it really does it feel like a rock drilling you
got beaned in the left thigh. hurts like hell. had a full bruise for a week
I once got hit in the stomach and my big ass folded like a piece of paper.
Yep. One day I was riding my bicycle past the baseball field at a public park, just as someone hit a home run. Literally knocked it out of the park and into my head. Why do they call it "softball"? I guarantee you it is *not soft.* I think the softball goes right up there with the "easy out" as one of the most misnamed things in history. (An "easy out" is a tool for extracting bolts where the head of the bolt has sheared off. There is nothing easy about it, just like there is nothing soft about the softball.)
Took a comeback to the very center of my forearm pitching once (only way I could block it since I couldn't get my glove up in time.) Felt like my wrist and elbow were going to snap off when it hit. Had the bruise and marks from the baseball stitching for a good bit... luckily nothing broke.
If you've ever held a baseball in your hand then it's even more mind blowing they even survive some of these
It really is. Holy crap. Those things are going, some of them 100+ mph.
Pitchers don't intentionally try to hit batters in the head. A person can easily be killed by doing so.
Usually don't. it does happen every once and a while though
@@bootstrap52 Really almost never. Neither team wants a bean ball war. Intentionally hitting the batter, you go for maximum pain...which is why they hit right above the butt in the small of the back. Right into the ribs, kidneys and liver.
Brian Leighton yeah, there is kind of a mutual “don’t cross that line with a headshot” rule
If you get a pitcher who intentionally tags someone in the head he instantly becomes a marked man . Other teams will be gunning for him
some do. Vincente Padilla was notorious for it
The guy at 5:42 was actually completely knocked out for a few moments, but his body automatically made him stand up.
holy shit D:
Yep. The very definition of "The lights are on, but nobody's home", nothing keeping him on his feet there aside from adrenaline and instinct. Easily one of the absolute scariest "comebackers" I've ever seen. As competitive as these games can be, at the end of the day the vast majority of the people involved want everyone to have a good time, both the fans and players. They don't ever want to cause serious harm to each other, as at the end of the day, it's just a game.
The ball coming of the bat with a good hit is 10 miles an hour faster than a good pitcher.
yiiiiiiikes! D:
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So you can be talking about 110 mph right in the kisser.
Or a 177 km for our New Zealand friends
@@robpoole2417 Either way.. look out xD
A friend of mine who played 3rd base had his right eye socket fractured by a fast ball that was hit and went straight to his face. He tried catching it but just didn't react fast enough
When I was 10, I went to bunt a ball and it popped into my mouth. It knocked my front two teeth out to the point they were hanging by the roots. A ball to the face isn't a small thing. On the bright side, the only dentist open on a saturday in my area managed to save my teeth and I've been with him for the past 13 years
as a former pitcher my career was ended in collage with a 98 mph return to my head. (i lost my vision in my left eye from the hit)
holy shit, i'm so sorry that that happened to you!
In high school I got hit with my own foul tip it broke my eye socket I got lots of kisses from the girls at school so it was worth it
lmaoo i love your attitude
I'll take things that didint happen for 500 Alex
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@@Chiefinnn play in traffic " homie "
Call me stevo that’s a yikes from me dawg. Go outside
When I played in high school I got nailed in the side of the neck by a line drive that was clocked around 98 mph. (I played 1st base.) The batter didn't even run the play out. Instead, he ran straight to me to make sure I was ok. In baseball, whenever someone gets injured in that fashion, the game becomes secondary. You always check on your fellow man to make sure they're alright.
That ball is traveling between 88 to 103 mph, depending on the type of pitch = ouch :( Now the line drives to the pitcher can be deadly [ 105 to 121 mph in a short distance] The ball that goes to the pitcher is the worst one. They have no protection, but when they do catch it = it's a amazing split second catch :)
1:24 "...at full speed!" Randy Johnson: "Say hello to my fastball. It exploded a bird." Would love to see your reaction of the Big Unit's pitch hitting a bird.
2:33, that guy's got some serious class. Other pitchers just stand there when they hit someone, this guy goes over to make sure he's ok. Respect to that dude for showing that a person's health is more important than the game
Tragically that pitcher died in a boating accident, was in his early twenties and one of the best in the league already
Omg are you serious, that is so tragic :(
@@CourtneyCoulston Yeah, if you want to see sad and powerful, go see the game where they wore his name and number on every player's jersey and how one guy had a near record breaking night as he played for his lost roommate and friend.
Lol, your neighbors probably think you’re crying or on a hot date😂😂😂 your genuine reactions are great.
This didn’t even have Giancarlo Stanton’s headshot
its a 4 part series, this was just the first one
Warning Courtney
Stanton's injury is very disturbing!
That's I am going to say....
holy shit i'm scared lol
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I let you know that Giancarlo Stanton is ok. Stanton is playing for New York Yankees. I forgotten what year when Stanton got hit. I know that he had long rehab to recover from the hit. You notice that both Plate Umpire and Catcher wearing protection in their neck area. Protection is attached to their face mask (shield).
@@MrTech226 There was a time when batters helmets didn't have ear flaps.
"He's not o.k." Took me out 💀😂
Her reactions are priceless. we see this type of stuff in America everyday and in pretty much all sports we play. i remember Europeans being tougher haha. Still very entertaining reactions, i like her :) .
She's from New Zealand. Granted, the original Zealand is one of the Netherlands, but the new one is next to Australia.
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Seeing it happen live is truly sickening. And hearing it is even worse.
shiiiiiit.
I’ve seen it happen when I played my senior year in high school. One of our pitchers took a line drive to the side of the head and actually split his head open about 2 inches above the ear. Sickening sound and sight for sure. Funny enough that guy became my supervisor at my current job and he still has the battle scar. Looks pretty badass honestly.
I love the reaction to the headshots. It's something seen in baseball more often then liked, but us Americans have somewhat gotten used to it happening.
Im truly sorry really, But your reactions to this are fricking Hilarious, I was Laughing so hard i was Crying....Lmao
Batting helmets usually have lower padding on one side that goes over the ear. It saved the guy in the first clip from more serious injury.
When I was playing college baseball, an opposing pitcher threw a fastball at me right down the middle of the plate. I got hold of it and lined it right back at him. It hit him square in the left bicep and just dropped him. I thought it hit him in the chest, causing a heart attack. The air went out of me and I had a hard time forcing my legs to move. I was never so scared in my life, he was ok but it ended his season, the muscle bruise was so deep.
One Major League player was killed by being hit in the head with a pitch. His name was Ray Chapman. and it happened in 1920. He wasn't wearing a helmet, and in spite of Chapman's death, it wasn't until many years later that Major League baseball required players to wear batting helmets.
I almost had one of these happen to me in high school. I was pitching. I can remember throwing the pitch, I can remember the "ping" off the aluminum bat, I can remember putting my glove up to cover my face and can remember sitting up on the back of the mound with the ball in my glove. Somehow I caught the ball right in front of my face and when I fell backwards, everyone there thought I got hit.
I used to pitch, and I was hit in the face, and thats why I don't anymore. A lot of those guys you saw (I think maybe all) were able to return to the mound. That deserves some recognition. It's terrifying, and it is such a struggle to throw the baseball near the batter. It sucks.
I've seen a couple of clips where the catcher took a ball to the face and that really emphasizes the power of the pitch.
1) ball got wedged in the catchers face mask.
2) ball deflected off the mask and actually caused sparks from the collision.
On the first one on Donaldson, it was not intentional. If a pitcher is trying to hit a hitter, it would not be with a Change-up. Which is a pitch designed to be thrown softer than a Fastball or slider, you think its a hard thrown pitch, but its actually not, and u swing hard thinking its coming fast, and because its not, u are out in front of pitch and swing and miss. The first hit was accidental, he lost control of the Changeup.
As a pitcher who this has happened to, most of the time it looks worse than it actually is. Most of the time. Ponce de Leon of the Redbirds was just unlucky to be out for so long. But now he made it up to St. Louis and is a great pitcher.
She’s rly genuine, I’m impressed
Baseball player here: Echoing what @Harris Volheim said, it's usually division rivals (i.e. NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox) or a player did something like taunting and smacktalk that a batter gets hit. You can tell how a pitcher reacts like 'Oh man I did not mean that'. A baseball being thrown can be around 95-100 Miles an Hour and be hit at over 100+ with literally a quarter of a second to react. Next you watch pitcher quick reactions. Great vid.
There have been pitchers that hit batters on purpose but I don’t think it was ever in the face
Was playing long distance catch at camp one time and I misplaced my glove and the ball sailed clear over it and broke my nose.
Crazy thing is we were both teenagers so couldn't have been throwing it HALF as fast as these major leaguers and it still did that damage to my nose. It's honestly amazing they survive these hits.
Ah I remember dodging a line drive at my face as a pitcher... there is no time to react
dammmmn yeah, it would go too fast for the brain to even register anything
@@CourtneyCoulston Literally the time it takes to blink your eyes.
Unintentional side effect of a round object ( known as the magnus effect ) there’s not much the pitcher’s can do after it leaves there hands cause sometimes it happens
To answer your earlier statement about asking why the batters don’t wear cages on their helmet, they do in Little League baseball but as they grow once they get past a certain age point they no longer have to wear the cages on the helmet they get removed.
Met Nelson a few times while I was working in Milwaukee. Great guy and super nice to all the fans. His career has been filled with bad luck.
I remember when I was a catcher on our varsity team one of our pitchers was caught with a comeback line drive. While it knocked him out it didn't do any permanent damage he couldn't play anymore after that. Just ruined the kid and made him terrible afraid of the ball after that. To be a good player you have to accept the fact that you're gonna get beaned in some way at some point and be willing to play through it. Thankfully headshots are extremely rare but they do happen and it's scary as hell when it happens.
This is the most upset I've seen you Mrs Courtney..I can attest first hand that ball hurts... Enjoyed thank you
Hi Michael, yes this legitimately got me upset lol. You're welcome! :)
I used to play baseball and I've gotten hit by a pitches too. It really hurts, especially when it's a fast ball.
In 1920, Ray Chapman was killed by a pitch from Carl Mays.
Hi Courtney! I discovered your channel @ a week ago and I just love you and your sports reactions.You are not fake.You are the real thing and that's why you are so adorable.I'm 65yrs old and have visiting New Zealand on my bucket list.Can't wait until you move to the states.Keep up the great work and have a glass of wine for me.(lol)
I played the position of catcher from Pee Wee league thru High school. I am so thankful for my catcher's mask/helmet! We also wear chest protectors, knee /shin guards and Cups. I always hated the "foul tip" the ball comes right back at you or worse down then up right into the groin OUCH! It's not too fun when the pitchers throw one "in the dirt" they usually pop right back up
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The worst part is it happens more than someone thinks... It's happened to me and my teammates in high school... shit gives you a great humbling
In 2007 a first base coach named Mike Coolbaugh was killed when he was hit by a line drive in a minor league game. In 1920, before players wore battling helmets, a major league player named Ray Chapman died after getting hit by a pitch.
I have a cousin who played American Legion Baseball (13-19 year olds) and as a batter lined it back at the pitcher, who turned and got his arm up to protect his face, but the ball hit under the arm and stopped his heart. They were unable to resuscitate. My future Brother-in-law (now Ex-B-I-L) was the Umpire. Cousin became a chef, instead of pursuing baseball.
Thanks for watching the video I suggested. There is another side to those comebackers, and they are truly amazing plays.
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i played softball and i threw a pitch and that big yellow softball came and hit me in the face and i was out for hrs
Baseball can be really dangerous. There have been people killed by line drives to the head, or fans severely injured by foul balls, etc. They are putting 360 degree netting in more and more parks nowadays, to protect fans close to the game. Every once in a while a drunk fan will also die from falling from a high level.
I was around 11; fielding a grounder to first base that made a bad bounce, hitting me square in the throat. Still made the play but I was definitely in tears after that play xD
When we are talking above 95 mph (or 152 kph) at those distances it get's crazy. The rubber (which is where the pitcher pitches from) is 60' 6" (18.4 meters) and the release point, depending on how tall someone is will be, 5'-6.5' (1.5m-2.0m) which brings the distance to roughly 55' (16.8m), plus another 2'-3' (0.6m-0.9m) for the follow-through; which is a motion that is designed to ensure more energy into throwing, and as a buffer zone to slow down to prevent injury. That pitcher's head is now only 52' (15.8m) away from the batter while he is in part of his follow-through. It takes only 0.40 seconds to get from the hand to the batter, and at the low end of 102 mph (163 kph) it will only take 0.35 seconds to get to the pitcher. A hit at 106 mph (170 kph) it will only take 0.33 seconds to get to the pitcher.
To put this into perspective it takes anywhere between 0.30-0.40 seconds to blink an eye. What the pitcher has to do in the span from release to batter swinging, while in mid follow-through, is decide where the ball is going, if/how he is going to move, and NOT blink.
Hi Perry, thank you so much for writing this all out. It's super appreciated! That is insane at how fast this ball is thrown. Craziness!!
@@CourtneyCoulston If you watch Home Runs (ball going over the fence from being hit), 90% of the time the pitcher and the catcher already know he screwed up by the feel and watching the batter's initial reaction to the point they don't even track the ball with their eys after it's hit.
Most line drives back at the pitcher are considered an awesome hit because you reacted perfectly to the pitch, regardless of location. They don't try to hit them in the head or injure them, but is just a simple result of excellent mechanics.
There was a pitcher for the Colorado Rockies named Juan Nicasio that got hit in the head with line drive comeback. It actaully hit him so hard that he fell over and landed on his neck. He fractured a vertebra in his neck. 11 days later he was out of the hospital and he has been back playing. A lot of the batters that get straight in the face end up wearing an extended face guard that goes right up to the edge of their mouth.
holy shiiiiiit!!! That is actually INSANE!!!!! these athletes are something else i swear!
You really need to do the NHL's greatest hits video.
Preferably the Neutralzonehd video, not the Highlight Factory one. It's far better.
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No she doesn't. She could barely handle this video.
What's even more incredible is that in all of baseball history, only one person has been killed by a headshot. I believe it was back in the 1910s or 1920s.
Those balls hit back towards the pitcher are going even faster than the ones being thrown. Usually between 100- 115 mph on solidly hit line drives.
Jennings was knocked out that entire time he was standing
Professional pitchers can throw close to 100 mph and if the batter solidly connects with the ball with the bat the velocity of the ball is that much faster.
Pitchers are basically defenseless after they pitch the ball which makes it the most vulnerable position in baseball.
When you do get to America, no matter what city you're in... You should ask around to find the Miner Leagues. It's Baseball, but a LOT of the Miner Teams have all kinds of crazy fun antics around their parks and on the field... It's the best fun I've ever had watching Baseball... AND certain Cities are notorious for the level of side-shows, alternative stuff, and just plain silliness going on during the game. ;o)
🤣🤣 I laughed so much at this reaction. I need that, thanks! 🤣🤣
They used to play baseball without helmets. A pitcher killed someone with a fastball to the head. Hence helmets were introduced.
Although there's a hit batter in almost every game, most of them are pretty tame. These bad ones are rare. And there have been some REALLY bad ones over the years. The pitcher getting hit is even rarer, but sometimes worse because the pitcher isn't really prepared for it the way the batter is. It is VERY rare for a pitcher to hit a batter in the head on purpose, but they will occasionally hit a batter somewhere in the body on purpose.
People don't realize how how fast the ball comes off the bat when it's sqaured up epecially nowadays with how much power they have and with the exit velo
The worst headshots in baseball, in my opinion, have actualy been collisions between teammates in the field.
I'm thinking of Johnny Damon & Damian Jackson in 2003, and Carlos Beltran & Mike Cameron in 2005.
They did a whole episode of Sports Science about the Damon/Jackson collsion.
FYI: Average speed for a Baseball in MLB: 91 mph at the mound, 83 mph at the plate, and 104 mph after the hit, vary it 10 mph either way.
This part of the sport is brutal. Another part that can be rough, is when the base runner comes home and the catcher blocks home plate.
A fast ball from a pitcher typically reaches speeds of 90-100 mph (sometimes up to 103 mph, but not much faster). A baseball off of a bat can come off at 110-120 mph! (The fastest recorded baseball off of a bat was 124 mph!)
I have a few baseballs at home. They are rock hard. Getting hit with one of those at high speeds in the head in the wrong place can easily knock you out and even end your life.
its litterally , for those who don't know, just a wooden ball with leather around it, so there will be lots of broken Noses and other injuries to the head/face.
Its not a wooden ball, there is a cork center which has tightly wound string around it,then its covered by stitched leather.
@@squarewheel1587 only knew the wooden ones.need to know thx mate
Hi Courtney How are you and this video was so amazing keep up the good work I love you so much
Toughest pitcher I ever saw in person was Bob Gibson. He was as mean as they come, but even he didnt deliberately throw at a guys head...at least 99 percent of the time. I would love for you to react to an old newsreel of baseball in the 1940s, maybe the 1944 world series. You will notice a lot of differences, but its still the same game at heart.
To disagree with Mr Castanza, back in the day, meaning the 20's 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's, throwing at a batter was a frequent occurrence, and there were a lot of head hunters. As the 60's came on pitchers started to restrict that to what they called "Chin music", which was throwing under a players chin (also because the ball makes a humming/ripping sound as it goes past). Pitchers still intentionally hit players but more frequently in the legs, butt or back. Some pitchers were just tough, mean bastards and would dare you to come out to the mound, or challenge you after the game. As batters began to crowd the plate, as the strike zone shrunk, as the pitchers mound was lowered, and as more players from other countries began to play in the US, batters often took greater offense even when balls were thrown just a little inside. Some players, hitters and pitchers, are never the same on the field as before the incident.
One of the great turning points was in 1965 when the LA Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants played on a hot August afternoon. It was on TV. These two teams were state rivals and in a tight race for the pennant (the championship). The Dodgers pitcher was the very great Sandy Koufax, the greatest left handed pitcher I ever saw, and great San Fran pitcher Juan Marichal. Juan had been buzzing Dodgers hitters all day around the head and the players were tired of it. Sandy through a strike which Johnny Roseboro, his catcher, mishandled. When he picked up the ball he intentionally threw it inches from Marichal head back to Koufax. Marichal later said the ball clipped his ear. Marichal was so incensed he took his bat and hit Roseboro over the head with it. It was an ugly and nasty scene. Benches emptied and there was fighting and chaos. The two later reconciled after they were retired. After that pitchers started to realize that batters had a deadly weapon in their hands and became a little more cautious. Soon after in 1969 as pitchers began to really dominate hitting Major League Baseball (MLB) lowered the mound by 5 inches giving pitchers less impetus on their pitches, shrunk the strike zone from the armpits to the letters on the uniform, and from just below the knees to just above the knees. Baseball soon became the hitters game it is today and not a pitchers game.
Baseball is a game of institutionalized cheating, trickery, deception, and being smarter than the other guy. Baseball is an individual game disguised (again with the deceit) as a team game. It is not as physical as football or even basketball. But as you see, it can be extremely dangerous.
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The biggest turning point in pro BB was the death of Ray Chapman in 1920, who DIED aft being hit by a Carl Mays pitch.
@@huchlvr That was A changing point, and that was the dead ball era. But the headhunters remained throughout the 20's, 30's and 50's. Even Bob Gibson was notorious for throwing under guys chins. Not to mention when Tony Conigliaro was continually thrown inside because he crowded the plate, and paid the price with his career. No, to me the two things that changed the attitude toward pitchers was the Roseboro incident and when the league bent over backwards to get more offense in the game. Although Curt Flood and free agency played its part as players began to associate more with each other. From that point hitters felt more entitled and pitchers have been on the defensive ever since.
Yes Court the ball is going super fast. Some pitchers can throw the ball at approximately 105 or 106 miles per hour. These pitchers off-speed stuff is still in the 70's. And yes the ball comes of the bat fast also. You may be in America by now. Make arrangements to go to a major league game - you will have a great time...
0:25 paused here to comment, I predict high pitches bring high pitches and a few "honey!" remarks...
EDIT: Annnd I called it.
Lol you know me too well! ;D
I was a hard nosed football player who loved the big hits but I can't bring myself to watch these. These guys could die. I don't watch baseball but I hope this doesn't happen often to them.
It's the kind of thing where even if you are the UFC heavyweight championship you will not be standing up from a baseball hitting you. The speed it's coming at and the power behind it. Then when it's hit.
Please keep reacting to sports. Its how I found your channel and I love your reactions!
The first pitch was actually a change up, which for those of you that aren’t familiar with baseball, is a pitch that is designed to look like a fastball when it’s released, but is actually thrown a few miles an hour slower than a fastball, so the hitter is like likely to swing out in front of the pitch if he doesn’t pick it up. Clearly, with a pitch like this, it just got away from him. Had it been a fastball, it would’ve been a lot worse!
I love how she says honey i just love it
hahaha xD
1 You never intentionally throw at the head, ever.
2 Positioning at the end of the pitch is very important. Always be ready to field your position.
The pitcher @ 2:35, Fernandez #16, died in a boating accident a few years ago. Was driving drunk.
Batters dont wear face guards because it would block the view of being able to hit the ball. Its coming in at 80 to 100 miles an hour so any visible obstruction would be huge.
If you get to Chicago when you're in the US make sure you get to a Cubs game. Wrigley Field is the most midwestern and old fashioned ballpark in the country. Great fan base and a good time. You'll enjoy yourself!
I agree, when I lived in chicago I lived just a mile south of wrigley field.
The batters and pitchers don't have face cages because it would be harder to see the ball and run with one.
Im a little biased, and there are a lot of great baseball players, but one I think you should react to is Nolan Arenado's defensive highlights. He has been in the league for 7 years and has won 7 Gold Gloves (which is awarded each year to a player at their position).
@ 5:45 Miami Pitcher Jennings Hit in The Head
I used to be a catcher until I arrived at training and was told they had three catchers. Instead, they sent me to third base. The first time a ball was batted at me I freaked out and turned on it. It pulverized my right kidney and that was the end of the season for me. As a catcher with all of the gear on, I was bulletproof, but as an infielder with nothing more than a glove, I felt naked
2:08 this is why major league doesn't allow aluminum bats, the baseball coming off one of those has proven lethal before
Gosh, I love baseball!! You definitely need to take in a game when you move. Sad, sad side note...the Marlins pitcher, Jose Fernandez shown at 2:30, passed away in 2016. RIP Niño. Go Braves!!!!
I was never hit in the face, but I was hit by a fastball pitch in high school on the side of my knee cap. Hurt. Like. Hell. Can't imagine what being nailed in the nose must be like though. I can say that this video is showing you the rare side of baseball. Getting hit, especially in the head, is pretty rare. Still, every baseball club plays exactly 162 games a year and a batter goes up at least three times a game sooooo the odds of getting hit in general are always present; particularly if it's a rainy day or the humidity is making he pitcher's hand sweaty.
You think that's bad? About 1890-1900 a pitcher threw a fastball, the batter hit a line drive to the skull of the head of the pitcher. The pitcher died of a brain anuerism the next day.
The average major league pitcher can send a fastball at 80 miles a hour. Nolan Ryan a oldtimer was called the Von Ryan Express because his fastball could come across the plate at 100 miles an hour plus
Please note - most of the big league stadiums have x-ray machines on the grounds. Plus most of these teams are in major cities. Thus they more than likely have a trauma center.
In the first clip, the ball was not going full speed. That pitch is called a change up. The pitcher throws the ball as if he was throwing it with his best velocity, but the grip he used on the ball takes about 10-15 mph off the velocity. That doesn't make it any less scary though.
ahhhh I see, thanks for sharing that!
i recommended you this shit on my old yt account way back when. you've come so far dude. keep up this yt shit, fr! ^_^
Sometimes the guys don't recover. I was a baseball player myself, decades ago. I remember a guy named Dickie Thon. Amazing talent, great hitter. He got his orbital bone smashed by a fastball that came up and in just like in these videos. He was never as good after that.
I believe that occurred in 1984. Thon was playing for the Houston Astros. Mike Torrez of the New York Mets was the pitcher. The game was at the Astrodome.
@@jameswilson7790 And Torrez was known for hitting batters yep.
@@karlmoles6530I remember when he pitched for the Yankees. He was the most disliked player in Boston.
The first lie an American father tells a son is "a baseball can't hurt you."
I the baseball isnt just thrown, it is manipulated by finger position and snapping the wrist as pitcher releases ball. It causes spin that allows cutting in on hitters, balls curving down, balls rising, and balls that come out of hand looking as though they're thrown hard but are slow. Pitchers are artists. And on occasion they lose control and people get hit. No one is throwing a 97 mph fastball at someones head deliberately. Theyll hit you in body to send a message, but never at yer head deliberately.
I was hit once straight in the chest once when the catcher threw it to me at 3rd. I kinda laugh about it now because they had always taught us to aim for the chest when we throw and the catcher did exactly that.
i get very emotional about my friends sometimes and when i get emotional i feel like i have done something wrong and i want to make things better. when i get emotional i always apologize.
i have talked to my church leaders about it and they always help me through it