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Umpire hit by pitch, taken off field in ambulance - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Women Like Sports found this 4/27/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Plate umpire Kerwin Danley was taken off the field in an ambulance after he was struck on the jaw by Brad Penny ’s fastball that Dodgers catcher Russell Martin missed in the fourth inning Saturday night. Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch said Danley lost consciousness briefly, but was conscious and coherent when he was placed into the ambulance.“He wanted up,” said third base ump ...