# Throwing debate

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**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [June 18, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwing-debate/15729 "2018-06-18T19:24:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwing-debate/15729/69 "2018-06-26T00:25:03Z")

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Yeah, the wikipedia page is enlightening:

> **[Hit by pitch | Dangers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_by_pitch#Dangers)**
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> One major league player died as a result of being struck by a pitch: Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head by Carl Mays on August 16, 1920, and died the next morning.
> Serious injuries may result from being hit by a pitch, even when wearing a helmet. On August 18, 1967, Red Sox batter Tony Conigliaro was hit almost directly in the left eye by a fastball thrown by Jack Hamilton of the California Angels. His cheekbone was shattered; he nearly lost the sight of the eye, was unable...

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