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And killed himself. he was 36 years old. someone has a concussion and it s not recognized because people aren t paying attention oit in a sport like baseball, and they get another concussion on top of it, that s not just potentially a small problem but that is a potentially lethal problem. reporter: increasingly, concussions are sidelining some of baseball s brightest stars. this season alone, 28 major leaguers suffered concussions, twins catcher joe mauer, philly s outfielder dominic brown and tigers catcher alex avila among them. other players including san diego s nick hunley wonder if they ll be healthy in retirlt. you re responsible to your family first and if you continue to play through concussion stuff and you see the long-term effects of it, i just had a daughter. you know, that makes it, puts it in perspective a little bit more. reporter: major league baseball says it s trying to better protect its players. it implemented a seven-day concussion disabled list, ....
It s not recognized, because people aren t paying attention to it in a sport like baseball and then thet get another concussion on top of it. that s not potentially a small problem but potentially a lethal problem. reporter: increasingly, concussions are sidelining some of baseball s brightest stars. this season alone 28 major leaguers suffered concussion. twins catcher, phillie s outfielder and tigers catcher among them. other players including san diego s player wonder if they ll be healthy in retirement. you re responsible to your family first, and if you continually play through concussion stuff and see the long-term effects of it, i just had a daughter. that makes it, puts it in perspective a little more. reporter: major league baseball is trying to better protect its player implementing a seven-day concussion disabled list separate from the normal 15-day disabled list to encourage more players to admit ....
why won t they let him? oh, well. in kind political sflikz from nbc. so they can t do it legally. political contribution. so they can t do it legally. to sports now. is willie still in california? let s start in the bronx. yankees and orioles, baltimore starts off going deep in the third, 2-0, yankees down bottom of the ninth. leading off with a shot in the tenth and mark teixeira and yankees win, 6-5. hosting rays, ninth inning, this drive and gap, two-run score and we go two extra innings. rays down by one in the bottom of the tenth. johnny damon comes through again, damon is hot. a 2-1 walk-off homer gives tampa bay the win. twins catcher, joe mauer, placed ....