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Comments (14)
Scary...... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Darby | August 11, 2005 11:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Scary...
1. Posted by Darby | August 11, 2005 11:57 PM |
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Posted on August 11, 2005 23:57
2. Posted by Greg | August 12, 2005 12:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I have a headache just from watching that. Damn. Any word on if they are okay?
2. Posted by Greg | August 12, 2005 12:02 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 00:02
3. Posted by mesablue | August 12, 2005 12:15 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow,
Greg, sounds like Beltran is Ok. Kinda weird that Cameron was reported with serious injuries before he made it to the hospital. Hopefully, it's just a stupid reporter who cornered a team doc and asked him what he "thought" had happened.
I played catcher through college (four broken noses) and thought that was a relatively dangerous position. Never had a collision like that, though.
Hopefully Cameron can come back from this -- that was an awful collision.
3. Posted by mesablue | August 12, 2005 12:15 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 00:15
4. Posted by SilverBubble | August 12, 2005 12:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ouch. Just ouch.
4. Posted by SilverBubble | August 12, 2005 12:48 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 00:48
5. Posted by arb | August 12, 2005 1:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not sure why there's confusion about so-called "psychic" reporting. The game was scheduled to start at 12:35pm, in California. It lasted about 2 and one half hours, ending about
3pm in California, 6pm Eastern time.
Numerous press reports about the collision moved minutes later. So what's the big deal about a story dated 2 hours after the game ends?
Or am I missing something obvious?
5. Posted by arb | August 12, 2005 1:53 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 01:53
6. Posted by arb | August 12, 2005 2:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Cameron taken off field on cart after colliding with Beltran
Associated Press Sports
Updated: 6:03 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2005
SAN DIEGO (AP) - New York Mets right fielder Mike Cameron was driven off the field on a stretcher and taken to a hospital after a diving, head-to-head collision with center fielder Carlos Beltran in Thursday's game against the Padres.
6. Posted by arb | August 12, 2005 2:37 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 02:37
7. Posted by Laurence Simon | August 12, 2005 8:10 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Let's see... Willy T. went 1 for 4 last night in a 6-to-3 win.
Okay, Mets, you can keep him.
7. Posted by Laurence Simon | August 12, 2005 8:10 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 08:10
8. Posted by ICallMasICM | August 12, 2005 8:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Like the Mets don't have enough problems. Funny Cameron seems to have gotten the worst of it. It looked like Beltran was going to.
8. Posted by ICallMasICM | August 12, 2005 8:35 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 08:35
9. Posted by Zsa Zsa | August 12, 2005 10:38 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OUCH!...OH UGH...AAAAAAAAAAA AAAA !... That will be kind of pricey for the Mets if something happens to Beltron!...That will really smart! GO ASTROS!...
9. Posted by Zsa Zsa | August 12, 2005 10:38 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 10:38
10. Posted by Peter F. | August 12, 2005 11:23 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe the most scary collision I've ever seen in baseball.
After thought:
Just how thankful and relieved was Mets management when its $118 million outfielder finally stood up...
10. Posted by Peter F. | August 12, 2005 11:23 AM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 11:23
11. Posted by the wolf | August 12, 2005 12:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I hope I never have to go into battle with Cliff Floyd.
11. Posted by the wolf | August 12, 2005 12:10 PM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 12:10
12. Posted by Kristian | August 12, 2005 1:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Was it just me, or did it look like beltran was wearing earbuds while running for that ball?
In theory, one or both of them should have been calling it, as well as the Second Baseman. And there is a protocol for who gives up if more than 1 player calls for it. But if Beltran couldn't hear...
12. Posted by Kristian | August 12, 2005 1:18 PM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 13:18
13. Posted by Peter F. | August 12, 2005 2:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kristian:
Actually, it's the centerfielder's ball and call. If he calls for it, the other fielder must and should back off. Next to the catcher, the centerfielder is the most important man on defense. He is the general of the outfielders.
Trouble is, Cameron was the Mets', Mariners' and Reds' centerfielder for years, perhaps he momentarily forgot the rule. Perhaps Beltran said 'I got it' in Spanish. Who knows. Either way, they both, um, 'got it' all right.
13. Posted by Peter F. | August 12, 2005 2:55 PM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 14:55
14. Posted by Tom | August 12, 2005 2:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kristian, I can't tell if anyone was calling for it, but the protocol is standard: if the center fielder calls for it, all other players are supposed to defer to him and let him catch it; if any outfielder calls for it, the infielder is supposed to defer; if the shortstop calls for it, all other infielders defer; if the second baseman calls it, the first baseman defers (presumably the third baseman won't be involved in the play). Beltran was the center fielder, so, if he called for it, Cameron should have held up. I can only assume either Cameron didn't hear him or Beltran didn't call for it (in fact, given that both were running flat out, it wouldn't surprise me if neither tried to call for it).
14. Posted by Tom | August 12, 2005 2:56 PM |
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Posted on August 12, 2005 14:56