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14 years ago

Cubs' Colvin impaled by broken bat
 

Updated Sep 19, 2010 9:18 PM ET

MIAMI (AP) -- Cubs rookie Tyler Colvin was hospitalized Sunday after his chest was punctured by part of a shattered bat.

Colvin was standing on third base in the second inning of Chicago's 13-3 victory at Florida when he was struck by a sliver of Welington Castillo's maple bat. Castillo doubled on the play and Colvin scored, but was replaced in the field in the bottom half.

''I feel really bad about it,'' Castillo said. ''It wasn't on purpose, but he's my teammate. I hope he's getting better.''

A Cubs spokesman said Colvin was in stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital and is expected to remain there for the next few days for observation.

Colvin was watching Castillo's liner into the left field corner and looked surprised when he was hit by the bat.

''These bats, I'm amazed it doesn't happen more,'' Cubs manager Mike Quade said. ''We have seen guys get hit with pieces, but to actually get stabbed with one, I just don't ever remember (seeing it).''

A Cubs trainer said Colvin was hit in his upper right chest, allowing air into his chest well and potentially into his lungs. He had very little external bleeding.

Colvin was being treated with a chest tube to prevent a collapsed lung.

The right fielder's expected to miss the rest of the season. He hit .254 with 20 homers and 56 RBI in his first year in the majors.[/quote[]


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Porforis
14 years ago
Fail to see anything about cardiac arrest.
Pack93z
14 years ago
Scary moment and a second prompt (yahoo report earlier this season about Maple bats being the first) for baseball to address the issue on the types of wood species used.

Of course, some will try to make this out to be more than it actually was in the end, but it certainly could have been a tragic event a couple of inches in a number of directions.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Cheesey
14 years ago
I'm just glad he's going to be ok.
That's some scary stuff. It was a freak accident.
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Formo
14 years ago
Yeah.. I heard about this last night on the way home from dinner.. That's crazy.
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