playing a little chin music
Four years earlier, Conigliaro had contributed to the Boston Red Sox's pennant hopes by hitting 20 home runs and driving in 67 runs through his first 95 games of the season. Then, on August 18, with Boston three-and-a-half games out in the American League race, the Red Sox opposed Conigliaro's future team, the Angels. Conigliaro faced right-hander Jack Hamilton, whose pitching repertoire was highlighted by a rising fastball he liked to throw on the inner half of the plate. On this occasion, Hamilton's fastball rode too high and too far inside, striking Conigliaro in the face. The high-and-tight fastball fractured Conigliaro?s cheekbone, dislocated his jaw, and damaged his left eye and eye socket. The impact of the pitch was so severe that it knocked Conigliaro unconscious and landed him in a hospital, where his condition was deemed so grave that he was actually given the last rites. Fortunately, Conigliaro emerged from a coma and ultimately recovered, but the injuries necessitated major eye surgery and forced him to miss the remainder of the 1967 season and all of 1968.
Conigliaro emerged from a coma......
Tony Conigliaro comes to mind...
I hate to say it, Pierre...