Sentences with phrase «struck by a bat»

On December 9, 2011, another case went against Hillerich & Bradsby when a jury awarded $ 951,000 to the family of Dillon Yeaman, a 15 - year - old pitcher who suffered severe facial injuries when he was struck by a batted ball in a game.

A common question arising from the frightening event, Mr. Catalano writes, is whether a fan has a viable claim against the home team if struck by a bat or ball in the stands.

Not exact matches

At least then we would be living with a swing and a miss instead of having watched a strike go by with the bat on our shoulder.

A. Nine: hit, walk, error, forceout, fielder's choice (when the man on base is not forced out or not retired), hit by pitched ball, interference by catcher or other member of fielding team, missed third strike, and batted fair ball hitting a runner or umpire before it is touched by a fielder.

The plate is not moving, so you can precisely identify the horizontal (X-Y) bounds of the space that defines the strike zone; the vertical bounds are defined by the batter when he is in position to hit, which is harder to automatically identify (PitchFX uses manual observers to tag the top and bottom of the zone when a batter first goes up to bat).

When a pitcher like Mussina is struck in the head it brings back memories of the Indians» Herb Score, who was struck on the right eye by a line drive off the bat of the Yankees» Gil McDougald on May 7, 1957.

Players have lost teeth, eyesight, motor function, IQ points and even their lives when struck by balls hit off hot bats.

Shohei Ohtani, fooled by left - handed changeups in earlier at - bats, was really late on a 98 - mph fastball from right - hander Joe Kelly and strikes out for the third time tonight.

Council Member Espinal Reiterates Calls to NYC Baseball Teams to Extend Protective Netting in Wake of Young Boy Injured by a Broken Bat at Yankee Stadium A boy was struck on the head by a broken bat during the New -LSB-...]

Ten days earlier, Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach Don Long was struck in the face by a shard from Pirate's center fielder Nate McLouth's shattered bat during a game at the Dodger's park.

Right off the bat, we were struck by how rich the visuals had become on Sony's HD machine.

With help from his bat formed by a lightning strike, he relives the glory he should have had in youth - as a pitcher - before a woman shot him.

North American studies of bat deaths and wind turbines have found bats are killed either by being struck by turbine blades or by air pressure changes caused by the turbines that burst blood vessels in their lungs.

In a paper published Friday in the journal BioScience, University of Colorado biologist Mark Hayes used records of dead bats found beneath wind generators, and statistical analysis, to estimate how many bats were struck and killed by generator propellers each year.

Unless you can show some evidence of your ability to smack a hanging curve ball right out of the stadium, I think it much more likely that you would miss the ball, strike out, and knockyourself unconscious by hitting yourself in the head with the bat.

In 2009, for example, a Montana jury awarded $ 850,000 to the family of a pitcher who was struck and killed by a ball struck by an aluminum bat made by defendant Hillerich & Bradsby Co., the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats.

Mr. Catalano discusses the issue in light of the recent life threatening injury to Tonya Carpenter, who was struck in the face by a broken bat while attending a Red Sox game at Fenway Park.

Most recently, a New York appellate court ruled this week that a college baseball pitcher who was struck in the face by a batted ball during batting practice could not sue his school because he assumed the risk of injury.

A tort can be an intentional act, such as intentionally striking you with a baseball bat; a negligent act, such as a car accident caused by failing to see you crossing the street; or a strict liability tort, such as injuries from a dangerous product or a dog bite (in most states).

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

A Chicago Tribune article about the lawsuit noted that a Montana jury awarded $ 850,000 in 2009 to the family of a youth league pitcher who was struck and killed by a line drive hit off an aluminum bat.