Prayers for Jacobus

we all know that sound -
the sound of a well struck ball swizzzzzing by your ear.


we will hear the groaning all season long about the bat changes

but they were necessary imo

 

My son was hit in the face last year and the result was 3 facial fractures and a concussion. My heart and prayers go out to the young man and his family.

The situations were different my son was pitching BP in the cage behind the L screen, but didn't react in time. I would like to see pitchers wearing a helmet with a facemask when throwing BP. My son was lucky... it missed his orbital socket by inches.

 

weyco: what a great idea........

it would take any law making body years to make that rule, but individual high school coaches could implement it TOMORROW!! We should encourage it for our children's safety.
Way to go,

 

I hope your son is okay now. Do you have a good news update?

 

I understand that Matt will be in the hospital for @ 3 days. Large amounts of swelling prevents a complete diagnosis. The big concern is that he may have decreased vision permanently.

I'll post more updates as I am made aware.

 

Let's hope for the best, the swelling that occurs in a facial injury is really frightning, my son had to visit a plastic surgeon to ensure the bone structure was intact, but it sounds like Matt's injury was more severe. I pray and hope for a complete recovery.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602075757.htm

A pitch thrown around 90 mph is contacted by a bat speed of 110 mph creates 8,314 lbs of force! Of course line drives travel at a higher velocity, which explains why facial injuries are more serious than other parts of the body. A face mask can be purchased for a few bucks and applied to an older helmet, a cheap but effective solution to a growing problem.

I was at work the day I received a call that my son was in the ER and had been hit in the face with a baseball. Not knowing it was a batted ball, I walked into his room at the hospital and his face had swollen to double the size. His coach was with him and told me what had happened, after being struck, he collapsed and began to bleed from his nose, 911 was called and he was transported by ambulance to the ER. He has fully recovered, but he was lucky the fractures healed and missed the orbital socket area. The kid who hit the ball, along with his parents were really upset as well, they rushed to the hospital also to check on his condition and it took constant reassuring that it wasn't their fault. So imagine how the batter that struck Matt is feeling?

 

Batting Cage Safety

I read this article a few years back and forwarded it to all youth coaches I knew. I have seen too many kids throwing BP in cages that don't understand how quickly the ball travels off the bat. I know some asked their kids to wear helmets when pitching in the cage - but it was not mandatory - and they have since stopped encouraging it. Most cages have poor or limited lighting (mostly indoors) but even with natural outdoor lighting - it can be a dangerous situation. Thoughts and prayers go out to this young man and his family. Hoping for a full recovery.

Pitcher Killed in Batting Cage Tragedy​

Implement Rules for Batting Cage Safety​

A 15-year-old high school junior was killed recently in Texas while pitching to
a teammate in a batting cage, by a ball hit from a second cage.
Accounts say the line-drive hit passed through an opening in the first cage wall,
and because a secondary screen normally between the two batting cages was not
up, the ball traveled directly through the second cage’s opening. It hit the high
school boy in the back of the head. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of
the accident, nor was one required. The school district has taken steps to
avoid this, mandating helmets on everyone in its baseball or softball
batting cages, batters and pitchers alike. They also implemented regular checks
by district staff of nets, and holes or other deficiencies will cause the cage to
close until it is fixed. This is a hard lesson all leagues should
carefully consider. Just because an accident is a “fluke” doesn’t mean it or
something tragically similar can’t happen again. What rules do you have in place
to protect those in and around your batting cages?
Does your league require:
• A secondary screen / fence to protect those outside cage;
• Batting helmets on all players in the cage, batters and pitchers;
• “L” screen or other device to protect the pitcher or pitching machine operator;
• Regular inspection of netting and pitching machine to ensure safety;
• Adult supervision at all times anyone is in cage;
• Adults only operating pitching achine;
• Notification of Little League of batting age’s use for coverage by insurance.
Don’t wait for an accident to jar your league out of complacency.
Take action now to make your league’s batting cage safer.​

 

Batting cage loss of sight..

A current catcher for the S. C. Gamecocks was injured over in a NC County while standing outside a batting cage at a County rec. facility back when he was in the Rec. program. He was the on-deck cage hitter. A subsequent liability suit netted him and his parents big, big bucks.
A word to those in authority, especially those who have liability: Be aware and put some prevention rules in place. OH, and yes check your insurance.
The young man did have permanent substantial loss of sight in one eye but however was able to play at the top levels and make it to D1 ball. An incredible accomplishment!!

 

what really happened

for all the people that are making up stuff this is what really happened to Matt

Matt threw a pitch and the person hitting hit a line drive back at him. Matt fell to the ground and the ambulance's came. He was rushed to the hospital and he got 12 stitches on his eye brow, his eye is slightly fractured. He was only in the hospital for a few hours. He is doing better now but he barley can open his eye, and his face is still swollen on the left side. They don't even know yet if he will have his vision back yet.. we pray that he will have a speedy recovery, and that he wont lose this vision because of that one ball.. So everyone pray that he gets better