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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3538356, member: 5798"] A minor and respectful correction about [URL='https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&hl=en-US&q=How+did+Ray+Chapman+die%3F&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-4dv4wZvpAhWkITQIHSEjDq8Qzmd6BAgbEAU&biw=1709&bih=854'][B]Ray Chapman[/B].[/URL] Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians.[B] Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays and died 12 hours later (not 3 years). [/B]Eyewitnesses recounted that [I]Chapman did[/I] not react to the pitch at all, presumably unable to see it. Chapman, like all players at the time, was not wearing a batting helmet when he was hit. Several players began wearing extra protection—usually a plastic insert inside their cap after his death, but the majority of players chose not to for the next three decades. Fortunately Chapman has been the only player in major league history to die from a pitched ball. [MEDIA=youtube]YTEvU7NIES4[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]