Beanball Leaves Ballplayer Bloody

This disturbing video of a baseball player being hit in the head by a pitched ball is now being released.

It is obviously dangerous anytime a batter gets hit by a pitched ball ; however, in this case, the beaning was especially brutal due to the screaming velocity of the pitch.

The shattering impact of a nearly 100 mile per hour fastball could be heard from a great distance, and presented a potentially career and life threatening situation for the batter.

Dazed and bloodied after being struck in the head by the pitch, the batter had to be taken to the hospital for observation. Miraculously, there was no permanent damage.

The pitcher had recently joined the Goldpanners from Team USA, and had not yet yielded a single earned run all season. In fact, he ended the year with a 0.00 ERA in 18 innings pitched, with a win and seven saves.




Needless to say, he had absolutely no intention of hitting the batter, and was disturbed by the incident as well. The game situation reveals the accidental nature of the beaning, as it was the top of the 9th inning, and only a single run separated the score.

All pitchers have outings that are less effective than others, and such was the case for the Goldpanners' closer during this game. In fact, Paul Janish - who is now in the major leagues with Cincinnati - was afterwards almost hit as well, prompting a furious outburst from the visitor's dugout.

For more details, and to watch the entire ballgame, visit goldpanners.com

Gero von Dehn delivered the play-by-play, and Todd Dennis (yours truly) handled production and camera work.

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[romanian1991]

good sportsman ship by the catcher. seeing if he was alright well his whole other team didnt

[bwahlbrink007]

This is ME!! 96 mph: 5 stitches and a concussion. The helmet broke and sliced my head open. I was trying to charge the mound when my legs gave out. I just saw this for the first time.

I talked to this pitcher a few weeks later. He apologized, said he had trouble with his control and bought me a beer.

The batter after me is Paul Janish who now is the shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds.

[ffairlane57]

Fat ass umpires! But seriously, though....I was hoping for a bad-ass bench clearing brawl.

[stewartroldan]

An apology, a beer, and A PUNCH IN THE GUT! still time.

[TrackStar828]

@hbajays Yeah it's good to see players like that these days. Great sportsmanship. It's kinda rare these days, most players wouldn't give a damn.

[hbajays]

badass catcher. didnt leave his side. good heart.

[Buildinup6]

Pitcher didnt even come to see if he was ok

[AdamR702]

wish that would have been Bryce Harper

[kboss2011]

@bwahlbrink007 why did he bean Janish =/

[BlackNinja2216]

Is the ball okay?