Posts Tagged Head

  • Boston Red Sox’s Andrew Miller Okay After Being Hit in the Head by a Foul Ball

    Boston Red Sox reliever Andrew Miller recently dodged a major injury after he was hit in the head by a foul ball while standing in the dugout. The Boston Globe’s Peter Abraham reported that Miller was in the dugout during the top of the ninth inning of Friday’s 3-2 10-inning win against ...

  • J.A. Happ released from hospital after linedrive to head

    Toronto  Blue Jays lefty J.A. Happ was released from a hospital Wednesday after being nailed by a line drive during Tuesday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Happ was carted off the field after  sustaining a head contusion and a laceration to his left ear when he was struck by a rocket hi...

  • J.A. Happ hit in head by line drive

    In Tuesday night's Blue Jays-Rays game, Toronto starting pitcher JA Happ was hit in the side of the head by a line drive off the bat of Rays outfielder Desmond Jennings. Happ was taken off the field on a stretcher with his head immobilized, and he offered the crowd a wave of his hand as he left the ...

  • J.A. Happ Sustains Scary Head Injury After Being Hit by Line Drive

    Billed as a battle of two struggling American League East teams, Tuesday night’s game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays took a scary turn after pitcher J.A. Happ was struck in the head by a line drive.  The hit came off the bat of Rays outfielder Desmond Jennings’...

  • Jonathan Sanchez Suspended Six Games for Throwing Near Allen Craig’s Head (Video)

    Jonathan Sanchez issued a major league-leading 96 walks in 2010, so he has a reputation of being a bit wild. The league obviously feels there was more than a lack of control involved in Friday’s incident. Sanchez has been suspended six games and fined an undisclosed amount of money for throwing at...

  • Carlos Carrasco ejected for throwing at Kevin Youkilis’ head

    During Tuesday's Yankees-Indians game, Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco was ejected in his first start since August 3, 2011 for throwing at the head of Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis. Carrasco was ejected in the fourth inning, and threw at Youkilis the pitch after Robinson Cano hit a two-run ...

  • Giancarlo Stanton drilled in head by pitch

    There was a scary moment at Miami Marlins camp today, when prospect Jose Fernandez hit Marlins superstar Giancarlo Stanton in the head with a pitch during batting practice. The pitch hit Stanton in the area around the base of his head and top of his neck, knocking his helmet off but not sending Stan...

  • Clinic head injected A-Rod with PEDs?

    This story isn't going anywhere anytime soon, folks. ESPN's Outside the Lines is reporting that Anthony Bosch (director of the Biogenesis clinic in Miami) would personally inject Alex Rodriguez with performance enhancing drugs at Rodriguez's home in Miami on Biscayne Bay. The texts, the source ...

  • Bryce Harper poses with giant head cutout

    So Bryce Harper and his girlfriend Kayla Varner were at the UNLV basketball game last night, and some students brought a giant Bryce Harper head. Thankfully, Harper and Varner posed with the big head, and posted to their respective Twitter accounts. Certainly not what Davey Johnson had in m...

  • Ryan Freel: Tragic Death Reminder That Head Injuries Are Danger to All Athletes

    The sports world was tasked with trying to learn from another tragedy on Saturday when former Cincinnati Reds utility man Ryan Freel was found dead in his apartment.  Jennifer Kay of the Associated Press (via Yahoo! Sports) reported, “Freel, who was 36, died of what appeared to be a self-...

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