An incident punctuated a Major League Baseball game Thursday night in New York when one of the cameramen received a shot in the eye from one of the players of the meeting between the Yankees and Baltimore.
This is one of the risks of baseball. Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, a ball hit someone outside the game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles. On an action, a player from the Maryland club quickly wanted to address the ball to his teammate at first base but his throw was too high. The small rigid white rubber sphere weighing 150 grams ended its race in the stands, hitting one of the cameramen in the face.
Cameraman for the American channel YES Network, Pete Stendel collapsed after impact. It took several long minutes of care before he was evacuated on a stretcher and taken to the nearest hospital. The match was stopped during all this time and the players, like the spectators, revealed their great concern. “The ball was going at 140 km/h”said a commentator from TheDesk.net about the inaccurate throw made by Gunnar Henderson, the Baltimore player.
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Coming out of the field, lying on a stretcher and transported in a small vehicle under the ovations of the public, Pete Stendel raised an arm and made a “V” with his fingers to signal that he was fine. The cameraman would suffer from a fracture of the orbital floor. “Any time a pitch goes over the first baseman or the batter misses the shot, you don’t want the ball going to a spectator. He just happened to be in the wrong place, and I hope he’s okay.”, said Gunnar Henderson after the game. The Orioles player like the New York coach took the step to hear from those close to Pete Stendel.
2023-07-07 11:16:39
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