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Today In Freak Baseball Injuries: Michael Barrett

Found July 07, 2008 on Awful Announcing Inactive:
PLAYERS: Michael Barrett,  Felix Hernandez
TEAMS: San Diego Padres,  Colorado Rockies

At first I thought I had seen something like this before, but the more and more I think about it, I don't think I have. At least to this degree. Padres catcher Michael Barrett was batting in the third inning of last night's game against the Rockies when he fouled the ball off....straight into his face....



Man, what is going on with Baseball these days? It's not like people are colliding in the field. They're all near the plate and people are just getting destroyed. The ump got stabbed with the broken bat, Felix Hernandez almost broke his ankle, two nut shots with one broken ball and now a foul ball to the grill. Just craziness.
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