67-Year-Old MLB Umpire Hospitalized After Being Hit in the Head by Relay Throw

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A 67-year-old umpire was hospitalized after Wednesday’s New York Yankees versus Cleveland Guardians game at Progressive Field.

Vanover was positioned between second base and the mound when the ball hit him on the left side of his head and knocked him to the ground.

The Washington Postreportsthat Vanover is scheduled to work in Cincinnati on Thursday and will have to pass concussion protocols before returning to the field. He is expected to be hospitalized overnight.

According to the outlet, plate umpire Chris Guccione told a pool reporter that Vanover left the game with a “pretty good-sized knot” on his head and will undergo CT testing.

“They’re going to do a concussion test, and it sounded like he was coherent and that he knew kind of what was going on,” said Guccione. “But he did have that glazed look on him. He’s going to be at the hospital for the rest of the night, maybe.”

Adding that it was a “scary” sight, he continued: “Very hard to focus after that after you see a colleague get hit. But they gave me updates, and I was like, ‘All right. He’s good. He’s in safe hands.’ So, we moved on.”

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Wednesday’s game ended with the Yankeesscoring a 4 to 3 winover the Guardians.

source: people.com