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Sep
19

VIDEO: Cubs Tyler Colvin hospitalized after broken bat punctures chest

By Allan

Here’s video of Chicago Cubs’ Tyler Colvin getting impaled by a broken bat off of Wellington Castillo.

Paul Sullivan of The Chicago-Sun Times says that Colvin is in stable condition and the wound was only a few inches from his heart. There was minimal external bleeding and he may remain overnight in the hospital for tests.

MLB.com’s Charlie Nobles says that Colvin will spend at least the next several days at Jackon Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center while doctors seek to prevent him from having a collapsed lung. Doctors are using a pneumothorax procedure to prevent a collapsed lung, since air entered Colvin’s chest wall after a broken bat punctured his chest on the left side near his collarbone. The procedure involves having a tube in the chest opening to keep air from harming the lung.

On a side note, Castillo was using a maple bat. Maple bats have been scrutinized because they break easily and splinter. They have been banned for use in the Minor Leagues.

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