Rockies base coach dawns helmet

by rangerdanger on Jul 25, 2007 11:45 PM CDT

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2948098

Not to say I told you so badradiorules....

Some may say it might not do much good, but it's certainly not going to do any harm

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dons

Dax Flame!!

by Sharky on Jul 25, 2007 11:42 PM CDT 0 recs

hahaha

Sharky corrected someone else's spelling. haha That's about as bad as it gets, rangerdanger.

Lick by lick, mountains erode

by RangerMoto on Jul 25, 2007 11:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

touche.

I am somewhat of a grammar nazi myself, and that one slipped past me...well played sharky.

Every day is game day...except for off days

by rangerdanger on Jul 26, 2007 10:09 AM CDT up 0 recs

heres what i dont understand

ppl assume he got hit in the head...from OKC ranger fan's diary below

Pulaski County (Ark.) Coroner Mark Malcolm told the Tulsa World Tuesday that the line drive hit Coolbaugh on the left side of the neck while he stood in the first-base coach's box during Sunday's minor league game in Arkansas.

"I think everyone assumed he was hit in the head," Malcolm said. "It's probably what it looked like, but he was actually hit on the back of his neck just behind the ear."

he got hit in the NECK not the HEAD

by knockoutking24 on Jul 26, 2007 12:12 AM CDT 0 recs

Head vs. Neck

Yes it hit him in the neck and not the head. Wearing a helmet may not have saved Coolbaugh's life, but it may save someone elses if they get hit in the head. If I was a base coach in the big leagues, I would be thinking long and hard about wearing a helmet.

by uthornfan on Jul 26, 2007 12:17 AM CDT up 0 recs

yeah

i saw the picture of glenallen hill wearing a helmet (BTW - Hill's a 1b coach now? i feel slightly old). The helmet did not look all that cumbersome. He also talked about how he usually wears the "armor" that reaching batters wear. seems like many 1b coaches have these issues

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 26, 2007 12:46 AM CDT up 0 recs

I'll be damned

I was wrong. I couldn't imagine ever doing it.

I do hope that Glenallen knows that the helmet that he is wearing in that picture doesn't even cover the area where Coolbaugh was hit.

by badradiorules on Jul 26, 2007 1:23 AM CDT 0 recs

what a pussy

by simplesimon on Jul 26, 2007 9:22 AM CDT 0 recs

The pitchers

are closer than the base coaches.....maybe we'll start seeing helmets on our pitchers soon too? haha

If Rangers Make Playoffs, I will be a Hundredaire via Online Betting....Let's Do This!

by SMITTY on Jul 26, 2007 9:29 AM CDT 0 recs

here's the stupid thing about this move

it's not like the danger has not been there all season.

why decide now that you need this protection, when you have exposed yourself to this situation all season.

just because some random accident happens and now you just realized it might be dangerous to be a base coach?

by simplesimon on Jul 26, 2007 10:13 AM CDT 0 recs

that's specious

he said he'd been thinking about it all season and this incident put him over the edge. You're saying he shouldn't do it because logically it doesn't make any sense? If he decided to do it last Tuesday it would have been random but doing it after someone got hurt is illogical?

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 26, 2007 10:15 AM CDT up 0 recs

not illogical

just a little reactionary.

it's as if he just realized the danger - if he knew it existed all along why did he not do it game 1?

probably because he feared ridicule from everyone wondering why - now he has his justification so he decides to put it on.

seems to me waiting this long would indicate he really does not fear getting injured that much

by simplesimon on Jul 26, 2007 11:10 AM CDT up 0 recs

It has never happened before

at any level. There was no evidence that it could really happen. "What are the chances" Now he knows the chances.

by badradiorules on Jul 26, 2007 11:34 AM CDT up 0 recs

Yes

we now know that the chances are not very good of it happening. Just because it happened does not increase the chances of it happening. You said yourself it has never happened at any level. So mathematically it should not happen again in the next 100+ years.

Why can't there be such a thing as a freak accident?

Ephesians 1:3-10

by kwellborn on Jul 26, 2007 10:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

That's what it was.

I coach a base and there's no way that I would do it, but just giving you a reason why he may do it. Maybe he never saw it as a possibility.

by badradiorules on Jul 27, 2007 10:35 AM CDT up 0 recs

I don't want to

be insensitive, but does anyone wonder or know how he managed to be hit. A first base coach has an equal or less chance of having a ball hit directly at him as the first baseman or the runner on first. I realize he has to be paying attention to other things other than the hitter, but how was he not able to duck or protect his head/neck area?

The story is very sad. I pray for his kids and his wife. These freak accidents are always very troubling.

Ephesians 1:3-10

by kwellborn on Jul 26, 2007 11:05 PM CDT 0 recs

Considering

where he got hit, he probably was ducking out of the way when it hit him. A ball hit that hard in that direction, typically has a lot of spin on it.

From what I've heard in interviews of players that were there, it was hit really, really hard. Balls hit that hard are usually hooking and sinking. As a base coach you really don't know where to go. Match that with the fact that, unlike the first baseman who gets into a ready position which enables him to move quickly either way, you aren't in an athletic position typically and it is really hard to move.

by badradiorules on Jul 27, 2007 10:39 AM CDT up 0 recs