🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To MLB LIFE THREATENING INJURIES!

[@covewatcher]

Hi Kabir... as a medical guy in the Navy for over 20 years, most of that initial touching that you see is primary immobilization. Also, there is some quick assessment being done to determine if there is a palpable skull fracture or skull deformity. It is important to know that for potential immediate problems with regard to pulmonary and cardiac function. It is primarily initial immobilization however to make sure the person doesn't move their head or neck too much. A lot depends on what the person tells you as well. I guarantee you every single one of those guys whether they got up or not were being questioned by the medical staff (trainers) while they were still down, which gives the medical people important information based on their answers.

[@jaydisqus3353]

Most of these guys (So far) are playing for the visiting team. Those are the other teams fans cheering for recovery.

[@jcarlovitch]

12:57 The trainer places one hand on the top of his head and one under the chin to stop the player from turning his head with a potential neck injury.

[@gimpyrules6714]

I don't think that's what they are doing because the neck injury isn't much of a thing in baseball The ball isn't gonna make their neck snap, it's small and dense, most of the impact force is just where it lands because it doesn't have the actual weight behind it to cause whiplash

[@jcarlovitch]

@@gimpyrules6714 did you watch the video? Some of them were put in neck braces before being taken off the field.

[@gimpyrules6714]

@@jcarlovitch yeah it's a precaution that's not needed really for baseball lol The neck brace is for a spinal injury, which doesn't happen from getting hit with a baseball, that's a brain injury, 2 very different things bud

[@jcarlovitch]

@@gimpyrules6714 sudden impact on the head often cause injury to the cervical portion of the spine

[@gimpyrules6714]

@@jcarlovitch from something with mass, not just any hit on the head bud lol

[@TheCosmicGenius]

Yeah, you'll notice that fans of both teams, & indeed players on both teams will applaud & show grattitude when they see that the injured player isn't badly hurt. I wonder if UK sports fans do the same.

[@MetroCSN]

Injuries like these are very rare. I have worked over 10,000 baseball games as a sportscaster and have seen maybe 4 or 5 at the most. Only two were memorable injuries. Doesn't mean I haven't seen players hurt, hit, get a shot with a line drive, etc. but not any real major injuries.

[@bigsasha500]

I know it’s rare. The first one I remember is when Ron Cey got hit in the World Series. That was a bad one. I got hammered in college playing first base. A right handed batter hit a railing liner while I was playing a few steps up. The ball conked off my head and straight into the visitor’s dugout! Needless to say, it wasn’t a great experience.

[@HeyIts_B_A_618]

Jennings did make a full recovery and pitched for 5 more seasons after getting hit in the head.

[@nomdeplume7537]

It's not the immediate injury that can be the issue. If they have a closed head injury with a bleed on the brain, such as a subdural hematoma or worse, am epidural hematoma. Minutes to hours later they could look fine one minute, and rapidly deteriorate the next. Causing increased intracranial pressure, leading to an uncal herniation, and brain death

[@eliseorodriguezjr876]

Here is Cleveland a pitcher named Herb Score in the 50s was rookie of the year. He could've been the best left hander pitcher of all time he thew in the high 90s. One game he took a hit right in his eye and was never the same he pitched from 55 to 59 with the "INDIANS" he played a couple of years with the white sox. Then he became the radio voice of the "INDIANS" from 1968 to 1997. Couldn't wait for the first spring training game just to hear his voice on the radio. It always make me feel like a little kid again when i hear a recording of his voice. He passed in 2008 his last broadcast was game 7 of the world series R. I. P. Herby

[@polarisnorth]

I'm from Seattle, and this is how we feel about Dave Niehaus. Considering how bad they were for so long, I think it really was his enthusiasm that kept the club afloat - win or lose he was always full of enthusiasm and love for the team and people really responded to it. We lost him way too early.

[@justinmorris7176]

Love your videos Kabir! Always excited to watch your videos when I get home from work and I look forward to them everyday!

[@kabirconsiders]

Thanks so much Justin :)

[@justinmorris7176]

@@kabirconsiders Of course man! Keep up the great work!

[@jeremywilliams1835]

A short video you would probably like, in baseball there's switch hitters. But the one you would like is SWITCH PITCHER

[@nomdeplume7537]

Any time you have a head injury, you stabilize the neck as well, just in case there's a cervical spine injury. A C1-C2 fracture could cause a lession higher up and paralyzing the diaphragm, making unassisted breathing nigh impossible.

[@BrockMak]

2:08 He only took a night off for observation, came back shortly after. This was 2014. He played until the end of 2019.

[@girlwithaguitar24]

Fun fact - the reason batters wear helmets, particularly ones with flaps is thanks to Tony Congliano. He was Rookie of the Year in the late 60s, got hit by a pitch in the orbital bone, and it basically ended his career prematurely. For a lot of similar reasons as you're seeing here, some are wondering if making pitchers wear helmets might be soon required too

[@marcpower4167]

They have tested "padded hats" but most pitchers found them too uncomfortable.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

This video would have been much better if the outcome would have been put up on the screen. I'm sure you can google the outcome but it would have been nice to see in the video. 3:50 I think it is required to have an assessment in these cases. A batter will foul off a ball right onto his foot more often. A ball injury mostly minor will happen maybe every 10 games or so. Pitches or line drives to the head would be much more rare.

[@polarisnorth]

3:50 Yes, a hit to the head will get you pulled from the game for assessment. It's a very rare injury (you may notice, comparing compilations, that the total number of headshots isn't actually that high, it's just so shocking when it does happen that each incident has an outsize influence). There have been some instances where a head injury ended a player's career, but for the most part they will make a full recovery. (Exceptions: Juan Encarnacion, Tony Conigliaro, and Adam Greenberg; yes I did a wiki dive.) I can only think of two instances where someone has died - once in 1920 (which resulted in MANY safety improvements), and once in a 2007 in a freak accident where a line drive hit a coach in the neck.

[@AngelA-qi1br]

I'd say catchers get hit with bats or balls much more than other players get hit with a ball to the head. In any given game a catcher is nicked multiple times by foul balls off the bat to any part of his body and less frequently a bat to the head as the batter releases it in his swing follow through. I'd go as far as to say a baseball catcher is one of the most physically demanding positions in any sport. Squatting all game, catching balls thrown usually between 92mph-100mph, all the equipment, playing in the heat and humidity of an American summer and constantly getting banged up by foul tips.

[@SilvanaDil]

Soccer and basketball players can learn about what real pain is from football, rugby, baseball and hockey players.

[@thomasfletcher4765]

There are strict protocols they follow after any kind of head shot . Pretty much all of the players have returned to the team following full checkups from doctors .

[@TheKukulkan]

Thank you for your reactions. It always is entertaining and I always look forward to your uploads. Thanks again!

[@kabirconsiders]

You're very welcome Art :)

[@mcneca1]

I think I'm going to have permanent teeth marks on my knuckle after watching this video!

[@frankisfunny2007]

Yes, the players go to the team's medical expert. If the medical expert advises to go to a better-trained, it's a bit more serious vs a strain. Like a concussion, or an injury that'll need a surgery that's nicknamed "Tommy John Surgery", or an ACL injury, or something like those types of injuries.

[@Megan-ir3ze]

Baseball and fast-pitch softball injuries are no joke. My friend go hit in the head with a softball and it crushed her skull inwards.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

8:02 It sounds like some guy in the crowd yells, "Stay down".

[@xenotbbbeats7209]

You should cover the Hillsboro disaster. Not too many Americans know about that incident. It really shook me up when I saw a documentary about it.

[@starlightjunebug3894]

Wow!!!! Those are hard to watch

[@jacket5456]

Man, with a ball moving that fast, aimed at the right spot it could easily crack your skull. I'm no doctor or physics expert, but if that ball cracked you're skull and any bone chips go into your brain you won't be sitting pretty. I can tell you that.

[@nomdeplume7537]

They have Medical Drs, Orthopedic Surgeons, Physical Therapist, Physiatrists, Trainers ... and Paramedics for each of the teams. I know one of the Drs for Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions. They're well looked after. Some of the players are multimillion dollar investments

[@dwcobb43]

the catcher Derek Norris being hit by the bat. To many batters release one hand from the bat when they swing allowing the bat to swing farther then it should. If you keep both hands on the bat then the bat doesn't have a chance to end up behind the batter and making contact with the catcher or even the umpire

[@robertfanion2815]

It is very common for baseball players to have a one hand swing through. Depending on your muscle and bone structure some guys cant keep two hands and swing through all the way. That incident was an unfortunate situation where you have a guy that was standing very close to the plate and not only had the one hand follow through (which I will give you definitely gives a wider swing radius) but also had the "perfect" swing angle to make contact and a catcher that was at the wrong position (not that he was in the wrong for being there he just was in the right spot to get hit by that swing). This is waaaaaaay more uncommon than a batter or pitcher getting hit in the head and those are very uncommon.

[@nicolesgaming8917]

2:05 He did recover, and returned after passing concussion protocol. He didn't, however, accompany the Marlins to Cincinnati to play the Reds, as he was in a Pittsburgh hospital overnight for evaluation. He later thanked the Pittsburgh fans for giving him a standing ovation as he was carted off. The Marlins traded him to the White Sox that offseason in exchange for André Rienzo, current pitcher for Mexican team Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos. Jennings retired from baseball before spring training 2020, just before *gestures everywhere*. Along a similar line, I may have recommended this already (being that it was August 2020, I probably have), but if I haven't, go check out Jomboy Media's video, "Jose Alvarez takes a 105mph line drive to the nuts, a breakdown".

[@damonbryan7232]

These guys know the danger. It gets a lot worse. Check out fans getting hit. The worse is when little kids get hit.

[@BrockMak]

7:45 This started his injury history and him never fieldling in the outfield until this year for the Yankees.

[@thomasfletcher4765]

The ball that struck Happ was traveling at least 105 mph

[@AmericanHothead]

These guys are amazing. Those baseballs are making the trip from the pitcher, to the bat and back to the pitcher in something like ⅔ of 1 second. And a force off the bat of roughly 7000-8000 pounds. I made the mistake a couple times of catching a ball bare handed at the mound playing with friends. We weren't even half that fast and it hurt like hell. I can't imagine getting one to the head.

[@TheGLORY13]

I was lucky in my 20 some odd years of playing ball to only take a line drive off the wrist. Thought it was broke, took my at bat the next inning and got to second base and I realized the entire wrist was number and I basically couldn't move it. However I also caught a good majority of my career too and I took a beating behind that plate with foul balls off the mask, equally as painful. The masks are more there to.....keep things from breaking. They keep your face from taking the full brunt....but they are still close enough to your head that you feel a massive amount of force from them still.

[@marcpower4167]

I agree, I did that as a pitcher once in little league, left a massive bruise on my palm for weeks. But off the hand is miles better than the head.

[@SirNickyT]

Im pretty sure the reason the medics touch the pitchers head where the ball hit right away is to check for fractured skull or broken jaw so when they lay you down they know where its safe to do so. I was a starting pitcher from grade 5 through high school and my senior year i took line drive off a metal bat right off the back of my head. It knocked me out cold. I have pretty much no memory of the actual moment but I remember the grapefruit size knot it left on my head lol.

[@humanbean5878]

They have to touch to assess where exactly the injury is on the body or in this case the head. By doing that they can quickly begin treatment if the injury is bad.

[@Zaximillian]

Piscotty being knocked out by a knee to the head in an outfield collision in Pittsburgh is equally scary. He recovered, good on him, but the 8 minute video is sobering. "Piscotty knocked out", first result.

[@gimpyrules6714]

You should watch the male cyborg last knockout from a knee Dude wasn't even knocked out but his forehead was smashed into like 20 pieces and he had an indent right after lol That's scary actually

[@theblacksheep5226]

Surprisingly only one player has been killed from one of these balls to the head accidents. His name was Ray Chapman, happened in 1920, before batting helmets.

[@777Timberwolf]

MAN.... I never seen/thought that there be "A line of Fire" in baseball (bat hit you, baseball hit you) I've seen baseball either get caught or hit someone in the audience, just never to players.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

I got hit by a pitch when I was a kid, playing little league. It got me in the helmet, so nothing too serious, but I can tell you it definitely rang my bell, and it took me a minute to realize where I was and what I was doing. I couldn't imagine getting hit in the face, by a major league pitcher.

[@BrockMak]

6:41 That was again in 2014. J.A. Happ's career is winding down this year.

[@joannegaughan6132]

The reason the head is touched immediately after being struck is to immobilize it. You do not know if any spinal damage is involved and moving the head could aggravate any neck or spinal injury. You also want to feel for any swelling to rule out possible fracture or hematoma that may indicate internal bleeding. 👩🏻‍⚕️❤🇺🇸

[@korinnab.2318]

9:45 the ball park music playing while this man lies in agony would have been funny if it was a movie and not a real injury

[@willtrovinger4444]

When I played baseball I remember getting hit with a fastball in my eye while I was batting. It hurt like mad and gave me a terrible headache.

[@marcpower4167]

I remember pitching in little league and caught a line drive barehanded. I literally had a bruise the shape of a baseball on my palm for weeks.

[@NotANameist]

Very rare for this to happen in baseball, fortunately

[@nomdeplume7537]

Team doctors make 2-300k a yr plus whatever their off season work brings in

[@johnnysullivan436]

Dude's writhing around in pain and they never kill the cheesy organ music

[@mikehunt368]

i went to high school with a kid that pitched and he got hit by a line drive to the jaw and it literally removed his jaw from his skull… and that only high school.. couldn’t imagine the mlb

[@justinkaufman6896]

Adam Greenberg injury was the worst he got skull fractured from Valerio de los Santos 92 mph fastball

[@JeffW2000]

baseball hitting your face is pretty much instant numbing, more shock than pain. Never took one to the side of the dome, but on point of cheekbone and side of nose, concussion for a week

[@evanmcgillicutty3808]

MLB has concussion protocol. After a suspected head injury the game is stopped and the player is assessed by an athletic trainer.

[@marcpower4167]

Not unheard of a player stays in the game after one but they are removed pretty much every time.

[@emarjamaa2276]

You had me curious so I kept looking. Keep scrolling down on this one. You'll see what happened to Stanton's face -- the guy who was carted off at the 8:37 minute mark.

[@emarjamaa2276]

It seems to be deleting my links. I had a link to pictures of Stanton's recovery and pictures of his face. It was awful.

[@hifijohn]

how about some baseball quotes: I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle--once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun. This ain't a football game, we do this every day On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.' I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife. If you know how to cheat, start now nice guys finish last I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture I had a great shoe and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.

[@Chris-jn2pk]

I don't have a clue the medical staff knows much more than I do maybe to check for cranial swelling or something else idk

[@reginahernandez7810]

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[@marcpower4167]

Thankfully only 1 baseball player has ever died from a headshot (by that i mean, thankfully only 1) Ray Chapman from the 1920s, since then rules have been implemented like mandatory helmets for batters & stadiums must have adequate lighting for night games.

[@dwaingambino1979]

The comeback line drives at the pitchers are the worse.. no protection at all you have milliseconds to act..much less time as a batter to hit a fastball at 100mph

[@EllisD17]

In Baseball if ya get a hang nail or a blister you're on the disabled list for 15 days. It's not as bad as it used to be though. J. R. Richards is the worst injury I've ever seen. BTW here's a baseball song you'll love; Todd Snider "Americas Favorite Pastime". No need to react just enjoy. Thanks Kabir. ps Hamilton was robbed!!

[@BrockMak]

1:43 No doubt.

[@DallasChitown]

They check to see if the neck is stable

[@BrockMak]

3:50 It should be the case for NFL and NHL, not sure about MLB.

[@g-urts5518]

Hockey has the same head hit rules as rugby does. Or similar anyway. Player has to go off for assessment.

[@jerrysantos6484]

The reason why they touch the head is to make sure the skull is not fractured. If it is, they need to push the brain back inside asap.

[@Alex-kd5xc]

There was a pitcher (can’t remember who) that for a time wore a hat with a protective covering around it. Don’t think it ever caught on as I’ve never seen anyone else do it (it did look ridiculous to be honest), but I don’t blame him for trying it out. I’ve been hit in the head by baseball on a straight line-drive and I was knocked out cold for a good few minutes. Not fun.

[@marcpower4167]

They did test one in preseason, most pitchers hated it, said it was uncomfortable, but they're working on it.

[@JenKnee423]

You should do a reaction to hockey ones.

[@justinmorris7176]

Aye first one

[@DynamoGooner]

You'd be shocked at how many times athletes are severely injured and just... keep playing.

[@gimpyrules6714]

You don't really have to worry about neck injuries with baseball, it's a small very dense ball, all the impact is where it hits

[@anncampton8431]

Football is more comparable to rugby for concussion protocol. A ball to the face is actually rare in baseball.

[@Allsizes]

In world war 2 the company that supplied american military with grenades in the shape of baseballs. They said because every american should know how to throw a baseball

[@ashergs1237]

My local minor league team lost a first base coach after a line drive hit him in the neck killing him almost instantly.

[@polarisnorth]

Mike Coolbaugh? That was a shame.

[@ashergs1237]

@@polarisnorth yep

[@angelsilva7287]

React to Joey Diaz bruh

[@deanarosales3620]

You should watch MLB worst ankle injuries. I hope you have a strong stomach.

[@hifijohn]

this is terrible lets watch it again its horrible lets watch it again in slow motion hard to watch lets see it again in super slo mo.

[@wildbronco038]

Just a guess, I'd imagine they touch players because they need to assess whether the player suffered any fractures to their skull or the orbital bone. If you want good medical breakdowns of sports injuries (and the protocols) check out Brian Sutterer's channel

[@ursathrope2968]

You are correct they touch the players heads trying to determine exactly where they were hit as well as looking for broken skin & possible fractures underneath it's all a part of triage

[@athasbanrion]

I think it’s the same as an MRI

[@williamjordan5554]

Baseball comes from the British game rounders.

[@rosekenny24]

He couldn’t walk sir… he’s f$&ked up

[@williamjordan5554]

There is no good reason pitchers and batters don't wear helmets with facemasks as in cricket.

[@1perfectpitch]

These guys don't think about the possibility of these injuries. If they did they wouldn't play the game.

[@chrismarston4850]

Not sure in England it’s not tree age in the u s it’s pronounced triage

[@empirejeff]

But you reacted to MLB headshots a year a go.

[@kathybinkley1081]

Do football

[@justchillin6793]

I’m sorry but none of those were life threatening. Painful hell yes even some concussions but not life threatening