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BREAKING: Minor League Coach Dies After Getting Hit With Ball
Published 7/23/2007 by Luke Halpert at Nyjer Please
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Minor League Coach Dies After Getting Hit With Ball
Published 7/23/2007 by Luke Halpert at EPIC CARNIVAL | SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST
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Coaching Tragedy
Published 7/23/2007 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
Mike Coolbaugh died last night after being hit by a line drive during a AA game : Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh died after being struck in the head by a line drive as he stood in the first-base coach's box during a game. The Texas League game was suspended in the ninth inning Sunday after the 35-year-old former major leaguer was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Tino Sanchez of the Arkansas Travelers. Coolbaugh was taken to Baptist Medical Center-North Little Rock, where he was pronounced dead. "It's a tragedy for all of baseball," Drillers president Chuck Lamson told the Tulsa World in a story posted on the newspaper's Web site early Monday. "He just joined the staff and was a former Driller player. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family." As do mine. His wife is expecting their third child. I can't imagine how horrible the hitter must feel. Base runners are required to wear helmets on the bases, I wonder if co ...