The home plate umpire Nick Mahrley in the Rockies-Yankees game just took a blow in the side of the neck from a broken bat. Giancarlo Stanton took a swing and his bat cracked at the handle. The barrel came around and got the home plate umpire in the side of the neck. It looks like Mahrley just took the barrel, and not the sharp end. The ball fell for a hit, and Mahrley, on the ground, did turn around if there was a play at the plate. He was down on all fours after that. They have stabilized his neck and he is being wheeled off the field.
My thoughts go out to Mahrley for a quick recovery.
Later in the game Yankee broadcaster announced the Yankees training staff was evaluating him. WTH?
Potential head/neck injury and you don’t take him straight to the hospital? And he stays overnight for observation. We are a rich country and MLB can afford it.