Scaphidura t1_isiavo5 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:02 AM Reply to 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. by superfly355 Bill Russell played for the Dodgers, not the Padres. Permalink 3
Scaphidura t1_isiavo5 wrote
Reply to 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. by superfly355
Bill Russell played for the Dodgers, not the Padres.