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The Baseball U team went to Jupiter with playing good baseball as it’s only intensions this past weekend. The team finished with a 3-2 record losing a 2-0 game to eventual bracket winner and Championship finalist Central Florida PG Royal and a 3-2 game to the ABD Bulldogs.

If you look at the scores only one game recap remains without a score. The Baseball U 8AM game on Sunday morning turned out to be a strong lesson in life. For everyone in attendance what was witnessed was an eye opener that baseball is just a game and nothing more. For a period of time the focus was on saving a life of another player and baseball was an afterthought.

With two out in the bottom of the 4^th inning and Baseball U holding a one run lead Alex Nickles lifted a fly ball to the right center field gap. Both of the Dallas Tigers outfielders were in a full sprint when they collided head on. As the coaches and players ran to the outfield it was worse than anyone could imagine.

It was something that I hope I never have to see again in my lifetime. It was so bad that upon medical arrival they immediately called for a helicopter to land on the field and medevac the player away.

As the helicopter approached and all the games on the fields were stopped thousands of people lined the outside the field to watch what was going on. The Baseball U staff and players kneeled and were led in prayer by Coach Dennhardt  for the player who was in critical condition. Later that night he went from Intensive care to being having diagnosed to having a severe concussion.

Sometimes everyone from coaches, players, parents and scouts take the game to be more than a game. Something like this is a huge eye opener that baseball is just a game and shows just how important other things in life are.

You can read the Perfect Game article on the game here written by David Rawnsley.