Greg Gibson Spiked in the Face

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by RadioBlue

He really wasn't that horribly close. Hunter slid head-first somewhat awkwardly and his upper body kind of "stuck" while his legs flew around and caught Gibson in the face. Couple that with the fact the slide was well to the backstop side of the plate, you have disaster.

My first instinct was that he must have been too close - but he really wasn't, he was just in the line of the path of the runner after the runner passed home.

Hmmm... he was set up on 3BLX on a play coming from the left side of the infield. Hmm....