Comments on: Ryan Freel’s family is donating his brain to science for study of head trauma http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: youngwomanscreek http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-420343 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:07:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-420343 Perhaps you should actually read through the link before such a commet:
“Freel’s former wife said she found no fault with his teams or their medical staffs, concluding that they diagnosed his condition properly and insisted that he abide by the stipulated recovery period.”
If someone were planning on a lawsuit, they likely wouldn’t make comments like this.

]]> By: chc4 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-420157 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:57:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-420157 Maybe so… but he is 100% right.

]]> By: jaysjunkie http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-420046 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:26:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-420046 Richard Griffin from the Toronto Star had a good piece yesterday on Freel and the concussion angle: http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/article/1309062–ex-blue-jay-ryan-freel-s-death-cautionary-tale-on-concussions-griffin

]]> By: richyballgame http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419948 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:15:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419948 Hopefully we can discover more about head trauma,and then we can take the necessary steps to make sure what happened to Ryan can at least be prevented from happening to another human being.

]]> By: mlblogsrichroehl http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419911 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:58:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419911 never knew there were alot of concussions in baseball. they should wear those ‘bigger’ helmets.

]]> By: mazblast http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419814 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:15:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419814 I can see a lawsuit in the future, but for now I say let’s let the family handle things in their own way. I won’t impugn their motives before they even do anything.

Ironically, if they should sue, quotes like the Farney thing may be used against them. MLB may simply point to this and say, “The guy’s wiring wasn’t quite right to begin with”. That the NFL didn’t do enough to prevent and deal with concussions is one thing; proving that MLB had the same issue is quite another.

]]> By: thebigtim2012 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419788 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:30:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419788 Seriously when the family actually files a lawsuit make a comment until then ur just a prick with a keyboard

]]> By: koufaxmitzvah http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419757 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:58:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419757 How about you wait for the lawsuit to be filed before defiling the family?

]]> By: Jackson http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419743 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:44:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419743 When I heard reports of stuff like that, I always wonder if the person showed signs and/or symptoms of stuff like this in high school or college. We may never know how long he was really suffering.

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419739 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:30:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419739 When they file that lawsuit, you can tell me that again.

]]> By: The Common Man http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419722 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:10:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419722 That’s about as cynical and shitty a thing as I can think of to say about a grieving family, except for things that Pouliot has written.

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419717 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:05:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419717 Family doesn’t care about the overall picture and helping athletes in the future, this is a prelude to a lawsuit against MLB.

]]> By: Charles Gates http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/ryan-freels-family-is-donating-his-brain-to-science-for-study-of-head-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-419641 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:02:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=281898#comment-419641 Freel gained some notoriety in August of 2006 when The Dayton Daily News reported that Freel talked to an imaginary voice in his head named Farney.[4] Said Freel: “He’s a little guy who lives in my head who talks to me and I talk to him. That little midget in my head said, ‘That was a great catch, Ryan,’ I said, ‘Hey, Farney, I don’t know if that was you who really caught that ball, but that was pretty good if it was.’ Everybody thinks I talk to myself, so I tell ‘em I’m talking to Farney.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Freel

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