Being a catcher is the most demanding — and dangerous — position on the baseball diamond. The squatting. The foul tips off the fingers and mask. The constant up and down movement.
Wilson Ramos, catcher of the Tampa Bay Rays, showed how dangerous catching is during a game against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. Rueben Tejada of the O's swung at a pitch and broke his bat, which hit Ramos in the head.
Yeah. The slow motion is even more frightening:
Scary scene in Tampa as Wilson Ramos took a bat off his head in the 5th. pic.twitter.com/iCXyslSkCl
— Stadium (@watchstadium) July 25, 2017
Ramos went down fast, but quickly got up. He did leave the field under his own power. Ramos, according to WTSP-TV in Tampa, needed six(!) staples in his head to close his wound. He's being monitored under baseball's concussion protocol.
Wilson Ramos had to have six staples put into his head after being struck with a broken bat.
— Ryan Bass (@Ry_Bass) July 25, 2017
How tough are catchers? Here he is, walking off the field, as if to say, "Eh, just a nick."
Wilson Ramos suffers head injury on Ruben Tejada’s backswing https://t.co/U6TPfIQSkI pic.twitter.com/QCMrfQGjeP
— Social Life In LA (@SocialLifeLA) July 25, 2017
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