This was so sad!
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
July 26, 2007 9:59am CST
I was just visiting my iGoogle homepage and saw a story about a 12 year old girl who had died from a softball injury to her head. This is very sad! I feel so sad for her parents. I know how devastated they must be.
I just don't understand! I thought softball was supposed to be the safe sport to put our daughters into. At least that's what everyone has been saying for years. This type of injury sounds like something that could happen in boy's baseball. My older brother was in kiddie baseball when he was eight years old and they were always having injuries. It's not surprising, considering the baseball that those teams use. But, at least they were required to wear helmets and knee pads.
Simply can't understand why they wouldn't protect the girls with better helmets. You just assume when you let your child do extra-curricular sports that they will be safe. Guess that is not always the case.
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@DanaMark (807)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I saw this article also. My heart goes out to the parents. I can't imagine how they must be feeling. I haven't seen a follow-up article yet, but I suspect there might have been something else wrong with the girl they didn't know about. There may have been a sensitive area the ball hit where she had a previous injury, or a birth defect of some sort. They are doing an autopsy, so that might shed some light on it.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I do hope they find some answers. Yesterday I was talking to my spouse about this story and told him that I couldn't understand how someone could get injured with a softball and he had some very interesting things to say. He said that he had been hit in the head with a softball when he was a kid and almost passed out. He suffered an incredible amount of pain. I had no idea that was even possible. I guess it's not reall a softball. I wonder why they call it that?
I guess there is really no safe sport. I will be interested to know what the team plans to do to prevent future injuries to other children.
