It Only Took One Day For the First Gruesome Injury of the Season

Angels hitting coach and 1979 AL MVP (despite finishing 24th in the AL in WAR) Don Baylor was kneeling at home plate to catch the ceremonial first pitch from Angels legend Vladimir Guerrero, and this happened:



Diagnosis is a broken femur. Not quite sure how that happened. But the sickest part is not when he gets hurt, it's when he tries to stand and collapses back to the ground.

I'm not sure Guerrero knew immediately how serious the injury was. It looks like he is laughing.

If you are ever going to click on tag and scroll through old posts of a similar nature "Gruesome sports injuries" is the one for you.