I can almost top that one.....not proud, though.
3 yrs. ago, I'm BU in a Sr. League (15-16) baseball game. 1st batter gets a hit and is at 1B. 2nd batter hits a hard grounder to SS. I'm in B (obviously not deep enough as will soon become apparent) and start taking a couple od steps toward 2nd base, for what I assume will be the front end of a 6-4-3 DP. NOT!!! SS decides he can't make that play for whatever reason and decides to throw to 1B instead. I'm focused on the expected play at 2B, when it feels like I've been hit with a 2x4 on the left side of my jaw. I go down to the ground, but fortunately wasn't knocked out. When I could figure out what had just happened to me, and leaned up on an elbow to spit, I figured teeth were gonna be there with all the blood. Luckily no teeth. I wasn't sure just how bad it was until both coaches and my partner all said, "you need to go the doctor". I managed to drive myself home and then the wife took me to the E.R. I did suffer some serious lacerations to the outside (9 stitches) and inside (13 stitches) of my mouth. Lots of swelling and a liquid diet for 4 days. I was back on the field (although not behind the plate) in 3 days. People that witnessed it, couldn't believe I wa sback that quick. I was just glad the throw wasn't 3 inches higher, or it would have hit me right in the temple.
Two lessons to be learned from this:
1) Never take your eyes off the ball.
2) Never assume that a 15 yr. old knows where the play "should" be made.
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