line drive. the pitcher is 60 6 from the batter, in other word, he is a sitting duck. reporter: now serious questions for major league baseball. players say they need more protection. whoever comes up with the solution for this is, never going to have to work again in their life. reporter: it is not just major leaguers sounding the alarm. so are parents of young players. in 2010, gunner sandberg then 16, was hit in the head by a line drive. and was in a coma for three weeks. he came back to the game and threw his support behind plans for a new protective pitching helmet made by eastman. it s very comfortable. reporter: two years later the mlb hasn t used the design. but the league has considered lining caps with bulletproof kevlar. the league has not approved any headgear for pitchers. cobb was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon, placed on a seven-day concussion disabled list that and that keeps him off the field for now. gio benitez, new york. they have to d
between people when there s close contact for quite a period of time. now, health officials say that they don t know the origin of the virus, but they say it is a distant relative to the sars virus that, as you mentioned, killed nearly 800 people back in 2003. now, cases have not been reported in the u.s., but the cdc is really keeping a close eye on that, very concerned about the mortality rate of this. jenna? jenna: heather, thank you. jon: we have an update for you now on the condition of alex cobb. he is out of the hospital after taking a 102 mile-an-hour line drive to the head. ouch. this scary scene playing out in a game geans the royals saturday. many people initially feared the worst when he was hit. he was carted off the field in a neck brace, but cobb says he s doing okay, taking to twitter to thank doctors saying he only has a headache. the team has placed him on the seven-day disabled list, they re unsure about whether he ll be back on the mound anytime soon.
uniforms. this great player from the dodgers got hit in the face earlier in the game. oh, geez. why does the game continue after that? everyone should be sent home. with no food, straight to their room. they re acting like children. he got hit in the face? it clipped his nose. scary. this guy is an unbelievable baseball player. if you don t follow baseball close. greinke, by the way, remember he plunked a player earlier in the season and went on the disabled list because the fight hurt his shoulder. tim tebow, he s a patriot. want to take a look how he is in the uniform. didn t see this one coming. there he is. i ask for pictures of burt reynolds, and they get me burt reynolds at 70. i wanted smoky and the bandit. i wanted cannon ball run. i wanted sally fields sitting on his lap, and they give me burt at 70. he looked pretty good.
ortiz had a triple. they re up two first half games. i want some of those rinse tonight. what about the kid from the dodgers? yes, let s talk about it. you want to say his name? carl crawford, who was injured, there is a shocker there. two home runs. what? there s your lead story. al crawford is on the disabled list? two home runs for the first time since 1949 when barn cal was in college. he had two home runs and five ribis. he took a curtain call. how about that? something carl crawford couldn t do, he hurt himself on the steps. bottom of the 10th, john mayberry evens the game, next inning still tied with the bases loaded, 2 outs, mayberry at the plate again. line drive, left field, ball
fox news.com/shep. the latest weapon in the battle of bed bugs is century s old. a new study shows why folks in southeastern europe sworn by the leaves of the kidney bean plant. they have hicroscopic hairs that trap the bugs and drive them. researchers are working on a synthetic material. if they figure it out the bed bug dog probably will need a new line of work. carnival ship. it is quite a run. specifically a baby roach at a juice dispenser. on the plus side, it is now cheap to take a cruise. and the all out brawl that left a pitcher on the disabled list and it didn t end when the game ended.