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Just -- split, and i was just pretty scared. >> reporter: for some time after that, adam suffered double vision, he was sent down to the minors and struggled there for some time in the minor leagues. now tonight he gets his shot back with the miami marlins. he signed a one-day contract, and really the motivation has come from a fan who's also a film maker who said he got the idea after watching a movie. >> i was watching "field of dreams" with my wife, and she brought up the character moonlight graham. she felt sorry for him, and i'm like, moonlight graham? monolight gramm has nothing on adam ...

Gregg: just seven years after his dream of playing for the major leagues was crushed, a former outfielder seriously injured during his debut with the chicago cubs is finally getting a second shot even if for just one night. steve harrigan is live outside the miami marlins' ballpark. steve? >> reporter: gregg, a remarkable comeback story we're likely to see unfold tonight. seven years ago adam greenberg was a 24-year-old outfielder for the cubs. on the first pitch of his first major league at bat he was struck by a fast ball traveling at 92 miles an hour. he was hit just under the helmet in the...

Got, in some cases, way out of hand. and so we are, i feel, just really saddened by what i saw on that videotape. >> kill, kill, kill! >> if they're having what they may deem as fun or something that is part of what the school culture, that's one thing. but when you cross the line and start hurting each other, that's a whole different ball game. >> authorities immediately begin considering criminal charges against some of the girls on this tape. in the end, 31 seniors are expelled from the high school. 16 of them are also found guilty of criminal battery or alcohol-related charges. most are se...

top of the hour. want to get you up to seed. newt gingrich gets ready to pull the plug on his presidential campaign. sources telling cnn gingrich is going to officially end his run for the white house next week, throw his support behind mitt romney. gingrich expected to help republicans try to win back the senate and hold onto the house. here is what he said earlier today. >> we're going to stay very, very active. we're working out the details of our transition and we'll have information for the press the next couple days, but i am committed to this party, i am committed to defeating...

why was he in st. louis? and how did he get grabbed from what should be a secure area? >> those are all good questions. he was in st. louis because he's on a transplant list for a heart defect. he suffers from a hardening and thickening of heart muscles. we're told by family members that he's got a leaky valve, too. he was admitted into the hospital in st. louis on friday because he had fluid in his lungs, hence his presence at barnes hot. his father then visited several days later, i believe it was on monday when he made a visit to the hospital. that is not confirmed, but it was sev...