"Hit a homer dude" in memorial Mike Coolbaugh

July 23, 2007 - Tulsa Drillers first base coach Mike Coolbaugh was struck in the head by a line drive in the ninth inning of Sunday's game agains the Arkansas Travelers. After receiving CPR on the field, Coolbaugh was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:47PM. The 35-year-old Coolbaugh had just joined the Drillers on July 3. The former Drillers player replaced Orlando Merced who had resigned earlier in the season. Coolbaugh is survived by his wife, Mandy, and two young sons, Joseph and Jacob, all of San Antonio. Mandy Coolbaugh is expecting a third child in October. The incident took place with no outs in the top of the ninth inning and with the Travelers leading 7-3. Dickey-Stephens Stadium in Little Rock is where Drillers pitcher Jon Asahina was struck in the head by a line drive earlier this season. !express# !metadata#!version#v1.0.r291!/version#!format#1.001!/format#!totalTime#25129!/to­talTime#!width#400!/width#!height#300!/height#!maxSceneSize#256432!/maxSceneSize­#!clientPublishTime#Thu Jul 26 18:16:10 GMT-0500 2007!/clientPublishTime# !/metadata# !scenes#!scene# !asset path="http://www.youtube.com/remixer/assets/captions/StylishCaptions.swf" type="CaptionContent"#!stamp time="0"# !color#16777215!/color# !face#Cooper!/face# !display#true!/display# !text# the Buzz 103.7 fmSend contributions to the station in honor of Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh memorialKABZ Signal Media of Arkansas, Inc. 2400 Cottondale Lane Little Rock, AR 72202 501.661.1037 !/text# !render#!ty#232.70000000000002!/ty#!tx#7.25!/tx#!c#1.0443236495705352e-15!/c#!a#­0.29260286688804626!/a#!d#0.33078768849372864!/d#!b#-6.045526269204648e-17!/b# !/render# !z#2!/z#!/stamp#!stamp time="19129"# !display#false!/display#!/stamp# !/asset#!/scene#!scene# !asset path="http://www.youtube.com/remixer/assets/graphics/black_background.png" type="ImageContent"#!stamp time="19129"# !render#!ty#30!/ty#!tx#40!/tx#!c#0!/c#!a#1!/a#!d#1!/d#!b#0!/b# !/render# !mute#false!/mute# !position#0!/position# !display#true!/display# !volume#0.75!/volume#!/stamp#!stamp time="22129"# !display#false!/display#!/stamp# !/asset# !asset path="http://www.youtube.com/remixer/assets/captions/StylishCaptions.swf" type="CaptionContent"#!stamp time="19129"# !color#16777215!/color# !face#Cooper!/face# !display#true!/display# !text#I am not a agent or authorized employee of this station, nor am I authorized t o accept any funds on their behalf I do this to honor a great manthose number and address are the real address of that station Rest in peace bill. you will be miss "Hit a homer dude"!/text# !render#!ty#155.95000000000002!/ty#!tx#9!/tx#!c#1.7220461456134888e-15!/c#!a#0.2­88087397813797!/a#!d#0.543803870677948!/d#!b#-1.1892335341620017e-18!/b# !/render# !z#2!/z#!/stamp#!stamp time="22129"# !display#false!/display#!/stamp# !/asset#!/scene#!scene# !asset path="http://www.youtube.com/remixer/assets/graphics/black_background.png" type="ImageContent"#!stamp time="22129"# !render#!ty#30!/ty#!tx#40!/tx#!c#0!/c#!a#1!/a#!d#1!/d#!b#0!/b# !/render# !mute#false!/mute# !position#0!/position# !display#true!/display# !volume#0.75!/volume#!/stamp#!stamp time="25129"# !display#false!/display#!/stamp# !/asset# !asset path="http://www.youtube.com/remixer/assets/captions/StylishCaptions.swf" type="CaptionContent"#!stamp time="22129"# !color#16777215!/color# !face#Cooper!/face# !display#true!/display# !text#I am not a agent or authorized employee of this station, nor am I authorized t o accept any funds on their behalf I do this to honor a great manthose number and address are the real address of that station Rest in peace bill. you will be miss "Hit a homer dude"!/text# !render#!ty#152.20000000000002!/ty#!tx#14.75!/tx#!c#3.384347934023139e-16!/c#!a#­0.2794543504714966!/a#!d#0.5702956914901733!/d#!b#-6.1582832829444475e-24!/b# !/render# !z#2!/z#!/stamp#!stamp time="25129"# !display#false!/display#!/stamp# !/asset#!/scene# !/scenes# !asset path="finished/9070D401E604D5CA-618EDE7DC1A021F1.flv" type="VideoContent" desc=""#!stamp time="0"# !mute#false!/mute# !height#300!/height# !display#true!/display# !position#0!/position# !width#400!/width# !volume#0.75!/volume#!/stamp#!stamp time="25129"# !display#false!/display#!/stamp# !/asset#!/express#

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[spaw74]

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[Karmakanuck]

That sucks.