Comments on: MLB umpire Ed Hickox gets a $775K jury award as a result of a foul ball injury

By: win1win2

win1win2 — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:03:15 +0000

I Think that hit to the jaw messed up his eyesight. Ed cannot call a strike if it was a beachball and home plate was 10ft wide. RETIRE -ED!!!! RETIRE ALREADY!!! or go back to umpire school

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:38:22 +0000

Winfeilds…Units…big guys with balls…

By: hep3

hep3 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:01:04 +0000

Actually, Yeager was in the on deck circle in San Diego when he took a broken bat to the neck. It is just a coinky dink that it was the Dodgers, Al Campanis, that came up with the hanging chad for catchers.

By: BC

BC — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:26:52 +0000

Really? I thought Coolbaugh took one in the head. Hmm. Learn something new every day. Sounds like the Yeager thing all over, but unfortunately he wasn’t as lucky. Tragic.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:43:50 +0000

The fact that he was hit in the neck, and yet coaches are required to wear helmets has fascinated me ever since that happened. I understand that the chance of being beaned in the head is probably more likely than being beaned in the neck, but I just thought it was somewhat odd.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:34:10 +0000

Pigeons…seagulls…rats with wings…

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:13:34 +0000

T’was a pigeon the big unit clobbered, wunnit? And Winfield hit a seagull, I believe. Either way, I see it as pest control.

By: BC

BC — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:12:36 +0000

That’s true. The $775,000 could have been what Hickox was asking for.
My line of thinking is, if I had a choice between say, $400,000 guaranteed or a 50/50 chance between $775,000 or $0, the heck with the trial, I’m taking the $400,000 and running.

By: Windu

Windu — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:59:40 +0000

Yeah Mike Coolbaugh is the reason for the helmets for the coaches, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a similar reaction by MLB to this situation.

By: heynerdlinger

heynerdlinger — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:45:31 +0000

You’re arguing against your own logic here. Hickox and Wilson can’t both simultaneously have had a weak enough case that they felt pressured to settle.

Hickox obviously thought he had a strong case, and Wilson obviously felt they would rather take their chances with a jury than pay what Hickox was asking for.

What the article doesn’t state is how much Hickox was asking for in the suit, and whether he ended up getting less than he was holding out for from Wilson.

By: BC

BC — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:40:46 +0000

I remember the seagull that Big Unit hit. The thing basically exploded.
I think Dave Winfield got into hot water for beaning and killing a seagull in pregame warmups one time in Toronto.

By: missthemexpos

missthemexpos — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:35:00 +0000

A seagull was killed by a pitch thrown by Randy Johnson.

By: BC

BC — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:01:48 +0000

How would he know going into the trial what he’d end up getting if he won? And would he risk getting nothing if he lost?

By: Roger Moore

Roger Moore — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:55:15 +0000

The player you’re thinking of was Ray Chapman, shortstop for the Indians, who was beaned by Carl Mays during the 1920 stretch run. There have been plenty of other players, notably Mickey Cochrane and Tony Conigliaro, who were severely injured and were never the same after being beaned.

By: kirkmack

kirkmack — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:55:14 +0000

And what about Coolbaugh, the coach in AAA a few years ago?

By: heynerdlinger

heynerdlinger — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:48:03 +0000

It take two to tango. Wilson can’t settle if Hickox doesn’t agree to the terms.

A better question you might ask is why Hickox would take less than half of what he got in order to avoid a trial?

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:47:56 +0000

I don’t need to be near MLBer’s. My six year old daughter almost dotted me in the temple last night.

As to the original story…Hows that free PR working out for Wilson now?

By: randomdigits

randomdigits — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:43:17 +0000

Ray Chapman was killed by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays.

By: Detroit Michael

Detroit Michael — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:40:54 +0000

You mean someone killed other than Mike Coolbaugh?

By: BC

BC — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:18:28 +0000

I think there was a guy in the 1920s that was killed when he was beaned. And I remember Steve Yeager almost dying when he took a foul tip to his throat (hence the reason catchers have that protective guard hanging down from their chin).
In this case, why in the heck would Wilson let this go to court? Why not settle for medical bills, lost time and then throw in a little cash on top? They’d probably have gotten out for less than half of what they ended up paying.