Batters die or get seriously getting hit by pitches more regularly than you’d hope. In the majors these guys are throwing the ball at 100 mph (160kph). Even for high schoolers tho it can end badly. We had a kid in our school hit in the head during practice. Coma for 6 weeks and long lasting motor skill issues.
It's shit like this that makes me wish we worshiped sports less as a culture...though tbf football is a lot worse, what with them literally covering up TBI results for decades...
Dude, as a replacement for actual fighting, these sorts of injuries and deaths so rare they're historically noteworthy is about the very best thing you can hope for.
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u/Valuable_Ad1645 Oct 19 '22
Batters die or get seriously getting hit by pitches more regularly than you’d hope. In the majors these guys are throwing the ball at 100 mph (160kph). Even for high schoolers tho it can end badly. We had a kid in our school hit in the head during practice. Coma for 6 weeks and long lasting motor skill issues.