seamheads.com - 4/27/2008
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Last Thursday, the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies had a marathon 22-inning game, the longest baseball game in nearly 15 years. In honor of their longevity, here are some of the longest baseball games in professional baseball history.
VIDEO: Ump Kerwin Danley Takes Fastball To Jaw
bugsandcranks.com 4/27/2008 — Vin Scully’s call and the video of umpire Kerwin Danley taking a 96-mph Brad Penny fastball to the jaw….
Here’s hoping he’s okay.
Early word from Baseball Tonight is he was coherent, conscious and breathing and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with his wife for “precautionary reasons.” From Saturday night's Rockies-Dodgers game.
D-backs dinged up in loss to Padres
arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com 4/27/2008 — SAN DIEGO -- Given the way they've played so far this month, not to mention their sizable division lead at 6 1/2 games, the D-backs could afford to lose Saturday's game to the Padres. What hurt more was seeing two of their key contributors forced to ...
Dodgers 11, Rockies 3 —
NYT > Baseball 4/27/2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Matt Kemp hit a grand slam to cap a 10-run first inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 11-3 on Saturday night in a game delayed 18 minutes when plate umpire Kerwin Danley was hit in the jaw by a pitch and ...