{"id":766,"date":"2010-07-21T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T20:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2010-07-21T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T20:24:51","slug":"baseball-player-beaned-by-93-mph-ball-sues-mlb-helmet-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/baseball-player-beaned-by-93-mph-ball-sues-mlb-helmet-maker.html","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Player, Beaned By 93-MPH Ball, Sues MLB, Helmet Maker"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>An up-and-coming baseball player who was hit in the head with a 93-mph fastball has filed suit against Major League Baseball and\u00a0his helmet&#8217;s manufacturer, according to the New York Post. As in many traumatic brain injury cases, it&#8217;s a tragic story.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/national\/player_beans_helmet_firm_with_lawsuit_8YjjJoLtJcAhAzFO1yNROP\">http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/national\/player_beans_helmet_firm_with_lawsuit_8YjjJoLtJcAhAzFO1yNROP<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Jordan Wolf , 25, was playing for the Baltimore\u00a0Orioles Class A\u00a0farm team when the accident took place.\u00a0In\u00a02008\u00a0Wolf was beaned in the head. He suffered\u00a0a skull fracture that went from his ear to the top of his cranium,\u00a0according to the Post.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The young player with lots of promise got a brain hemorrhage. He\u00a0can no longer speak and his has no feeling on the right side of his body.\u00a0His baseball career is over.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition, Wolf has now been diagnosed with epilepsy and has had a number of seizures, the Post wrote.<\/p>\r\n<p>In his suit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, Wolf is asking for unspecified damages from Rawlings sporting goods and MLB. He alleges that they failed to make sure he had enough protection while he was playing.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An up-and-coming baseball player who was hit in the head with a 93-mph fastball has filed suit against Major League Baseball and\u00a0his helmet&#8217;s manufacturer, according to the New York Post. 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