((HT: KGO-TV San Francisco))
San Francisco area/Marin Catholic High School pitcher Gunnar Sandberg threw out the first pitch at the Oakland-San Francisco game Sunday afternoon...
The De La Salle player whose batted ball off a metal bat struck Sandberg, Zac Byers, caught the first pitch from Sandberg.
He was placed in a medically induced coma at Marin General Hospital after the ball struck him, and a portion of his skull was removed before he was transferred to the rehabilitation facility he is currently working in.
He was released from the rehab facility earlier this month but will undergo surgery Tuesday to replace the missing part of his skull.
Here's video of the event from Oakland...
The Sandberg incident has rekindled the whole idea of banning metal bats in high school baseball games. The California state Senate Education Committee approved a bill back on May 5th that would place a one-year moratorium on the use of metal bats in high school baseball games.
That bill, "AB7," now heads to a vote by the full Senate.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Metal Bat Ban Denied In Northern California
The governing body for high school sports in Northern California decided Monday that baseball players can keep using metal bats for the time being.
The North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation, or the CIF, voted 37-12 to reject the proposal requiring wood bats during next month's playoffs.
Marin County sports officials requested the ban on aluminum bats in response to the near-fatal head injury suffered by Marin Catholic High School pitcher Gunnar Sandberg when he was hit by a line drive from a metal bat last month.
Section managers said they did not want to change rules midseason and that there was no evidence aluminum bats were more dangerous.
John Ramos has the story for KPIX-TV
((HT: CBS5.com))
As a good sidenote, Sandberg has been released from Marin General Hospital and is recovering at a San Francisco medical facility.
He is expected to be released from there on May 3.
The North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation, or the CIF, voted 37-12 to reject the proposal requiring wood bats during next month's playoffs.
Marin County sports officials requested the ban on aluminum bats in response to the near-fatal head injury suffered by Marin Catholic High School pitcher Gunnar Sandberg when he was hit by a line drive from a metal bat last month.
Section managers said they did not want to change rules midseason and that there was no evidence aluminum bats were more dangerous.
John Ramos has the story for KPIX-TV
((HT: CBS5.com))
As a good sidenote, Sandberg has been released from Marin General Hospital and is recovering at a San Francisco medical facility.
He is expected to be released from there on May 3.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
California HS Baseball Injury Asks "Wood Vs. Metal" Question...
((HT: KGO-TV))
A Marin Catholic High School ((CA)) baseball player put in medically-induced coma a week and a half ago has not come out of it after doctors took him off the medication.
On March 11th, 16-year-old Gunnar Sandberg was hit in the head by a ball going about 100 mph from an aluminum bat. His friends and family held an emotional vigil Sunday night outside the hospital and nearly 800 people showed up.
Baseball practice at Marin Catholic ended with prayer Monday and the team has already decided to go to wood bats. Doctors say Sandberg has not responded as they hoped.
This is not the first time the debate of aluminum bats versus wood bats has come up, but it won't be the last, either...
There are always the financial aspects of the sport that keep the metal bats in dugouts- especially on the high school and college levels since the sport is not a revenue-producer on most campuses...
High school or college...
Wayne Freedman visits high schools and the USF campus for reaction on the topic...
Carolyn Jones from the San Francisco Chronicle has more details on the story here.
A Marin Catholic High School ((CA)) baseball player put in medically-induced coma a week and a half ago has not come out of it after doctors took him off the medication.
On March 11th, 16-year-old Gunnar Sandberg was hit in the head by a ball going about 100 mph from an aluminum bat. His friends and family held an emotional vigil Sunday night outside the hospital and nearly 800 people showed up.
Baseball practice at Marin Catholic ended with prayer Monday and the team has already decided to go to wood bats. Doctors say Sandberg has not responded as they hoped.
This is not the first time the debate of aluminum bats versus wood bats has come up, but it won't be the last, either...
There are always the financial aspects of the sport that keep the metal bats in dugouts- especially on the high school and college levels since the sport is not a revenue-producer on most campuses...
High school or college...
Wayne Freedman visits high schools and the USF campus for reaction on the topic...
Carolyn Jones from the San Francisco Chronicle has more details on the story here.
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