Tulsa Drillers coach killed by line drive

Oeditpus Rex

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Mon Jul-23-07 07:31 AM
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Tulsa Drillers coach killed by line drive

This is just bizarre, and sad.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh died after being struck in the head by a line drive as he stood in the first-base coach's box during a game.

The Texas League game was suspended in the ninth inning Sunday after the 35-year-old former major leaguer was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Tino Sanchez of the Arkansas Travelers. Coolbaugh was taken to Baptist Medical Center-North Little Rock, where he was pronounced dead.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/minors/2007-07-23-coach-killed_N.htm

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tool_of_the_people

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Mon Jul-23-07 08:09 AM
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1. That's messed up.

Mike Coolbaugh played in the bigs for about a year (2001-2002). He was with St. Louis and Milwaukee.

Tough way to go, but there are those that would say that he died doing what he loved.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbmi01.shtml

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Mon Jul-23-07 08:36 AM
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2. That's awful....

I guess he was hemhorraging in his skull, and his brain finally shut down.

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Burma Jones

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Mon Jul-23-07 08:40 AM
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3. Two Young Kids and a Pregnant Wife

This is a real shame. I hope his family is well cared for.....

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Mon Jul-23-07 09:26 AM
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4. Very sad for the coach, his family, and the guy who hit the ball

who will have to live with this accident for the rest of his life.

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Mon Jul-23-07 09:39 AM
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5. It took 15 minutes for the amubulance to arrive? WTF?

High school football games have ambulances standing by. 15 minutes? That seems like a really long time to me.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070722&content_id=278523&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

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Oeditpus Rex

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Mon Jul-23-07 09:48 AM
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6. Not all of 'em

I did a story once on emergency medical at high school football games, after a 15-year-old kid died during practice. It boils down to how much money the school and/or league has, because ambulance companies charge a hell of a lot to be on stand-by.

Fifteen minutes is not an acceptable response time, though. I'm not sure about ambulances, but for fire it's eight minutes — around here, anyway.

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