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| source: ESPN Ryan Vogelsong, hit by pitch, 5-23-16 |
It has been almost 2 weeks since the accident. I refuse to look at the video. The still picture of his cheek from the ball's impact was more than enough for me to see. Doctors waited a few days for the swelling to go down so they could determine the extent of his facial factures before performing surgery on June 2.
To Nicole, Ryder and the rest of Vogey's family and friends, I wish Ryan a speedy recovery.
I'll close with Ryan's speech in the last home game of the 2015 season. Coincidentally (or eerily), against the Colorado Rockies. It was also his last game as a Giant.
For me, it was with the same feeling Vogey said about teammate Hunter Pence in the 2012 post-season. "It wasn't so much what he said, but how he said it."
Since the injury, I've seen Vogey's 2015 closing speech at least 5 times. And cry every time.
"...I don't know where I'm gonna be at next year. Or what the front of my jersey's gonna say. But I do know one thing. I will always - always - be a Giant."
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