ouch! oh, lord! reporter: a baseball bat breaks and a piece plows into the player. the bat shattered and the big barrel part of the bat hit him right in the side. reporter: miami dade fire rescue rushed him to sun is the light staim stadium. the drive down the line is going to bounce over the fence. that s a double. reporter: durl the second inning of the marlins versus cubs game, a fast-flying chunk of wood pierced tyler colvin. he was coming in from third on a hit, and the bat just boom right 32 his chest, the pointy end of it, too. he stopped for a few seconds and kept trotting in but he was stunned. when we saw colvin go down to his knees when he was crossing home, you knew something was wrong. reporter: colvin came off the field and was air-lifted to jackson memorial hospital.
the public information officers that oversees some of this public transportation that the extent of the damage to this bridge is not yet known yet, and that s going to be tough. we re only a couple hours away from the commute here in new york city. we also have that big u.n. meetings that are bringing hundreds of thousands more to the city as well and traffic disruptions itself, so this is definitely a developing story in the city. we should tell you although this video you re looking at, you can still see the fire. as we were just looking at live pictures moments ago, the fire looks to be controlled and almost completely out. again, a lot more news to come on this and the damage to this bridge yet unknown. well, a baseball bat breaks, and a piece of shattered wood there it is strikes a player sending him to the hospital. turns out it was a maple bat, and this is important to note. there s a push to have maple bats banned for this very reason or before something even worse happen