Bat Shard Pierces Player's Chest; See the Video
A freak accident sent Chicago Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin to the hospital Sunday.
He was running from third base when a sharp piece of a broken bat hit him, making a small hole in his chest just inches from his heart.
It was all caught on tape.
Colvin was able to score before being rushed to the hospital.
A chest tube was inserted to prevent a collapsed lung.
He was listed in stable condition.
On "The Early Show," news anchor Erica Hill told the story:
Copyright 2010 CBS. All rights reserved. He was running from third base when a sharp piece of a broken bat hit him, making a small hole in his chest just inches from his heart.
It was all caught on tape.
Colvin was able to score before being rushed to the hospital.
A chest tube was inserted to prevent a collapsed lung.
He was listed in stable condition.
On "The Early Show," news anchor Erica Hill told the story:
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Chicago Tribune Columnist Phil Rogers has an editorial on today's paper about the use of maple in baseball bats. It isn't favorable and it also appears that maple isn't going to go away anytime soon.
That shard's trajectory could have been a few inches higher, sliced open Colvin's juggular vein or Carotid artery and if that happened, he'd have been unconscious before reaching home plate and likely dead before they got him out of the ballpark.
If maple bats shatter as often as all that, maybe it is time to re-evaluate the wisdom of using it in an instrument that is as subject to sudden impact as a baseball bat.