Tulsa Drillers 1st Base Coach dead after getting hit by a foul line drive
by Eldukey on Jul 22, 2007 11:34 PM PDT
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Print"NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh died Sunday night after being struck in the head by a line drive as he stood in the first-base coach's box during a Texas League game with the Arkansas Travelers, police said.
The game was suspended in the ninth inning after Coolbaugh was struck by a hard-hit foul ball off the bat of Tino Sanchez and taken to Baptist Medical Center-North Little Rock.
Phil Elson, spokesman for the Travelers, said Coolbaugh was struck by the ball on the right side of his head, or on the forehead -- "I'm getting conflicting reports," he said -- and fell to the ground immediately.
According to a report posted on the Drillers' Web site late Sunday, Coolbaugh was knocked unconscious and CPR was administered to him on the field.
Sgt. Terry Kuykendall, spokesman for North Little Rock police, said Coolbaugh was still alive when he was put in an ambulance for the trip to the hospital, but stopped breathing as the ambulance arrived at the facility.
"They tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m.," Kuykendall said.
Coolbaugh played 44 games in the major leagues over two seasons, his last appearance with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002. The Drillers' web site said Coolbaugh joined the Tulsa team's staff on July 3.
The Travelers, an Angels affiliate, led 7-3 at the time the game was suspended with no outs and a runner on first in the top of the ninth inning. Officials said a date and time for finishing the game had not yet been chosen.
Tulsa is a Colorado Rockies' Double-A affiliate."
very tragic story, my condolences to his family and the team
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Ya I just saw that...crazy...
Wow
by Kevin @ Lookout Landing on Jul 23, 2007 12:01 AM PDT reply actions
Tragic
Not sure I agree
Coaches know better then anybody else that a spheroid can be whacked with a lot of force right at someone. I'm not saying that he could have avoided it, but I dunno. They're on the field, there are other fielders out there not wearing helmets.
I'm just saying, I dont think we should overreact to what is a really freak accident.
Besides, wearing a helmet would prevent them from giving out signals by pulling on their ear lobes.
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Jul 23, 2007 2:59 AM PDT up reply actions
They could wear skullys
by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 23, 2007 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions
But he was looking
I haven't seen the play itself,
The fielders not wearing helmets have gloves
by Mariner John on Jul 23, 2007 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
this sounds wierd, but.....
I really wonder if he was looking at the play
by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 23, 2007 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions
of if there was a runner on second
The problem here is that the coach
My condolences go out to his family and friends.
So would they refer to this as
Eh?
/Dodges tomato
Goose loses.
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