A bit of a scare today as a shattered bat barrel hits Rays pitcher David Price. Luckily, it doesn’t appear to be too serious.
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price left today’s game against the Boston Red Sox in the bottom of the second inning after being struck on his right hand by part of Adrian Beltre broken bat.
David Price left today’s game against the Red Sox in the bottom of the second inning after being struck on his right hand by the barrel of Adrian Beltre’s broken bat.
It was a moment that looked worse than it actually was.
“It was more of a scare,” Price said. “I don’t know what really happened. I guess at the last second I threw my hands up.”
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The latest in USA Today’s multipart series (I commented on the first segment here) is about race in baseball and Torii Hunter is in midseason form:
“People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they’re African American,” Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter says. “They’re not us. They’re impostors.
“Even people I know come up and say, ‘Hey, what color is Vladimir Guerrero? Is he a black player?’ I say, ‘Come on, he’s Dominican. He’s not black.’ “
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There also might be flaws in the scouting system. Milwaukee Brewers pitcher LaTroy Hawkins, who grew up in Gary, Ind., and Hunter, from Pine Bluff, Ark., say few scouts bothered to watch them in high school. Too much crime, they say, too much poverty.
“It’s not just the white scouts,” Hunter says. “Most black scouts aren’t going there either. I thought most guys would want to go into those areas to find the next Jackie Robinson or Hank Aaron.”
[I just found this picture above. What stunned me was the caption: "Two Dominicans who have stolen the spots of Blacks in Major League Baseball." Really? "Stolen"? C'mon.]
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Nomar’s retiring as a RedSox today. Here’s to wishing him well and remembering fondly back when this stuff was all new and possible. The Big Three. A modified Springsteen album title: “The young, the wild and the innocent”:
