WAR WOUNDS!

[Warren Willson]

Originally posted by Lonewolf986
Lets hear it...whats the WORST injury you've recieved? or seen a partner recieve while in the field?

State League Div 1 game, average AA Minors standard at the time, and I've got the dish. Pitcher is firing in the 85-90mph bracket. Don't know how, and didn't much care then, but one got through the catcher and banged me on the shin guard. I remember thinking, "Hmmmm. That stung a mite more than it ought to with a decent pair of leg guards on!" I finished the game without a problem.

When I hit the showers I removed the leg guard and noticed that the pitch had driven a rivet on the guard right back into my shin bone just below the knee! No biggee ... until 3-4 days later when I found the wound was infected with Cellulitis! I could barely hobble around and the pain was excruciating. Took 2 weeks of massive penicillin treatments - 3000mg per dose - to bring the leg back to normal. That Cellulitis is the most painful thing you can imagine. Doc said if it had gotten into the bone and taken hold it could have been a whole lot worse!! Glad I didn't have to find out how much!

Compared to that infection, all the banged wrists, monster bruises and foul tips in the side of the neck were just mosquito bites! *HUGE grin*

Cheers