Injury to pitchers on line drives?

[UofO Ducks]

I was wondering if anyone has seen a pitcher get injured by a line drive yet? I know last year pitchers would get hit by a 100mph line drive and pick it up like nothing ever happened. I have hit a few slow line drives at the pitcher where it hit them in the leg and they had to walk it off but no injury yet. I also hit a one hop chopper to the pitcher where it bounced up and got the pitcher in the chin and he went down and started kicking his legs but he was fine to pitch the rest of the game. I just want to know if anyone has injured a pitcher yet by a line drive or is it just like last year? Thanks for reading.

[Sunjah_Khan]

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YES! I was playing as the Red Sox against the Blue Jays, and Youkilis hit a pitcher and there was about a minute animation of him being injured and walking around and the catcher going to see him. I let the animation play out because I had not seen it before. (HE DID STAY IN THE GAME)

The next day, I was in Oakland and Gonzalez hit a pitcher in the upper thigh with a line-drive in the 4th inning, and he had to come out of the game right there. It was kind of cool (not that he got injured, but that it happened and had such an impact on the game as to have him removed due to the injury).

[UofO Ducks]

Re: Injury to pitchers on line drives?

YES! I was playing as the Red Sox against the Blue Jays, and Youkilis hit a pitcher and there was about a minute animation of him being injured and walking around and the catcher going to see him. I let the animation play out because I had not seen it before.

The next day, I was in Oakland and Gonzalez hit a pitcher in the upper thigh with a line-drive in the 4th inning, and he had to come out of the game right there. It was kind of cool (not that he got injured, but that it happened and had such an impact on the game as to have him removed due to the injury).

Thanks for that info. That is what i was hoping to hear

[VanillaGorilla]

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...he stayed in the game.

[Sunjah_Khan]

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I've seen pitchers in real life get hit in the head and stay in.

Poor Bryce Florie!

[bcruise]

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I've seen one get hit in the throwing arm and have to leave the game.

I've also seen one get hit in the head and stay in (though that was during a co-op game....)

[skinfan31]

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...he stayed in the game.

DAMN!!!!!!!!! That was vicious. No way he should have stayed in. If it was real life, dude would not feel good for a very long time.......

I was at the Phillies game today, and late in the game one of their pitchers got hit by a line drive and had to leave the game. The hit was a minuscule compared to this one.

[treyraq]

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Now they need the infielders to rush over to him instead of just batting their gloves after the out, but...one step at a time I guess.

[BwanaKuu]

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DAMN!!!!!!!!! That was vicious. No way he should have stayed in. If it was real life, dude would not feel good for a very long time.......

I was at the Phillies game today, and late in the game one of their pitchers got hit by a line drive and had to leave the game. The hit was a minuscule compared to this one.

Well IRL they will be much more cautious. Oswalt was fine when he got nailed in the neck by Manny but they just want to make sure he is 100%, no sense in risking it especially in ST.

[slick_j_2002]

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This is something I REALLY wish for. Pitchers (in the game) get blasted all the time by line drives, and almost always seem to stay in the game. IRL, a pitcher gets hit and it pretty much certainly means the end of the game for him, due to how cautious teams are (understandably) with them.

Obviously if a guy has a no hitter going in the 8th and gets hit, he'd tough it out and stay in. Unless it's that head shot shown earlier. But for the most part, pitchers really do stay in far too often.