TIL in 1976 , LA Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager was impailed in the throat by San Diego Padre's Bill Russell's broken bat, resulting the the MLB issuing a throat guard rule for catchers. sabr.org Submitted by superfly355 t3_y53kyc on October 16, 2022 at 12:58 AM in todayilearned 15 comments 298
GullyShotta t1_ishm8uo wrote on October 16, 2022 at 1:27 AM Jesus Christ. I've never heard this before but yeah, it makes sense Permalink 32
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