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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 26 2005, 08:22 PM (97 Views) | |
| BeanBoy | Jul 26 2005, 08:22 PM Post #1 |
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He was on the ground for about 5 minutes no movement in hands, he was breathing, but I hope he is ok. :no1: |
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| cmnyy | Jul 26 2005, 08:23 PM Post #2 |
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Ouch. Sorry to hear that. Keep us informed BB. :peace: |
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| Mantlemurcer | Jul 26 2005, 08:28 PM Post #3 |
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sh*t, just read that on yahoo. Makes me think of when Thompson hit Florie. :no1: |
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| BeanBoy | Jul 26 2005, 08:28 PM Post #4 |
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It appears it hit him above the temple thank god. But still I hope he is ok BTW Huff just hit a grand slam to tie the game at 5 |
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| Mantlemurcer | Jul 26 2005, 08:37 PM Post #5 |
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From rotoworld: Clement was taken off on a stretcher, but he was aware and talking at the end. Expect him to miss some time |
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| cmnyy | Jul 26 2005, 08:38 PM Post #6 |
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Any blood BeanBoy? |
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| BeanBoy | Jul 26 2005, 08:41 PM Post #7 |
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none that I saw. |
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| Njdevils350 | Jul 26 2005, 09:28 PM Post #8 |
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death, we are surrounded by it |
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| Gategem | Jul 26 2005, 10:20 PM Post #9 |
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a CT Scan showed no damage. Here is the article: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Clement was hit in the right side of the head by Carl Crawford's line drive Tuesday night and carried from the field on a stretcher. Clement could be seen blinking his eyes when he was placed on the stretcher, and the Red Sox said he was conscious and alert as he was taken to the Bayfront Medical Center near Tropicana Field for further evaluation. Matt Clement remained on the ground and barely moved for about five minutes before he was lifted onto a stretcher. (Steve Nesius / Associated Press) "He had some numbness throughout the site where he got hit behind the right ear," said Lt. Rick Feinberg of the St. Petersburg Fire-Rescue. The hospital did not immediately comment on Clement's condition, but Red Sox medical director Dr. Thomas Gill said a CT scan was negative. "I have spoken with Matt and his doctors in Florida," Gill said. "Matt himself never lost consciousness and is in good spirits. ... He appears to be doing well, but will stay in the hospital for precautionary purposes and will be re-evaluated in the morning." After he was hit, Clement remained on the ground and barely moved for about five minutes before he was lifted onto the stretcher and immobilized with a neck brace. Replays showed the force of Crawford's liner knocked the All-Star pitcher completely off his feet. The ball caromed off the back of Clement's head, just behind his right ear, into short left field for an RBI single in the third inning. Concerned teammates gathered around the fallen pitcher as medical personnel attended to him on the mound. The crowd cheered as he was carried off, but his arms remained strapped across his chest. Chad Bradford replaced Clement with Boston leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-1, and the game resumed after an 11-minute delay. Three batters later, Aubrey Huff hit a grand slam off Bradford to tie the score. Clement was charged with three runs and four hits in 2 1-3 innings. Five years ago, Red Sox pitcher Bryce Florie was hit in the right eye by a ball hit by Ryan Thompson of the New York Yankees. The line drive broke several bones in Florie's face and left his vision impaired. The right-hander tried to come back with Boston the next season but didn't last long and was out of the major leagues by the end of the season. He has not been back since. The most famous injury that was similar came in 1957, when Cleveland Indians phenom Herb Score was struck in the face by a line drive off the bat of the New York Yankees' Gil McDougald. The blow broke several bones in the face of the 24-year-old left-hander and left him bloodied. Score returned late in the 1958 season, but fearful of being hit by another batted ball, his pitching motion was altered, and he was never quite the same. His velocity dropped and he became prone to injury as a result of the changed motion. Boston signed Clement to a $25.5 million, three-year contract as a free agent last offseason to help replace Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe. Clement entered Tuesday night's game 10-3 with a 4.30 ERA in 20 starts. Clement was added to the AL All-Star team this month when another pitcher, Toronto ace Roy Halladay, was injured by a line drive that broke a bone in his left leg. |
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| Gategem | Jul 27 2005, 07:01 PM Post #10 |
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Latest word on Clement: Clement out of hospital; second CT scan negative July 27, 2005 CBS SportsLine.com wire reports ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Clement was released from a hospital Wednesday, less than 24 hours after being hit in the side of the head by a line drive that knocked him off his feet. "The results of a second CT scan taken this morning were also negative, and Matt was released from the hospital this afternoon," Red Sox medical director Dr. Thomas Gill said in a statement released before the club played Tampa Bay in the finale of a three-game series. Gill said the 30-year-old All-Star would accompany the team back to Boston after the game and be evaluated there by the Red Sox medical staff. Clement was carted from the field after Carl Crawford's liner struck him in the right side of the head, just behind the ear, in the third inning Tuesday night. The pitcher never lost consciousness and did not sustain a concussion, manager Terry Francona said. "That had a chance to be very, very bad. What it ended up being was very, very scary," Francona said Wednesday. "All the tests seem to be coming back all in favor of him being healthy, and that's good news." Matt Clement comes away from the scary incident with a cut on his ear and a bump on his head. (AP) Francona visited Clement at the hospital after the Red Sox rallied to beat the Devil Rays 10-9 in 10 innings Tuesday night and said the pitcher was in good spirits and talking on the telephone when he entered the room. "He laughed a lot. He was Matt. He just had a bump on his head," the manager said, adding that he was amazed Clement wasn't injured more seriously. "He had a little cut on his ear. I didn't stand over his bed, but I don't think he was really that swollen. It was amazing. ... I was really surprised." Francona said he didn't stay at the hospital long because he wanted Clement to be able to rest. He was asked what the pitcher recalled about what happened. "I don't want to speak for him," Francona said. "I just think he's getting a lot of phone calls, he's getting a lot of phone calls from friends that saw it. I'm sure he had a lot of time to lay there and think. ... I know his son watched it on TV. You try to put yourself in his shoes, that's a tough spot. That's why I wanted to talk to his wife (Tuesday night). ... We saw him and saw that he was conscious and aware of things. But when you're family and not here, that's awful." The manager avoided watching television replays of the injury early Wednesday. "That doesn't do anything for me. ... I turned away. I don't want to see that," Francona said. Tampa Bay manager Lou Piniella was relieved to hear there was no concussion. "It's a dangerous thing. It scares the heck out of you. It shows you how defenseless a pitcher is at times," Piniella said. Crawford, who wound up with a RBI single when the ball caromed off Clement's head into left field, planned to try to reach the pitcher and talk to him. "You never want to see something like that," Crawford said. "I hope the best for him. Hopefully, he's going to recover well." AP NEWS The Associated Press News Service |
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