Joba out for the entire 2012 season....

[thefatguy]

Consumer Product Safety Alert
FROM THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20207

Trampoline Safety Alert

The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants you and your family to be safe when using trampolines. The CPSC estimates that in 2001 there were 91,870 hospital emergency room-treated injuries associated with trampolines. About 93 percent of the victims were under 15 years of age, and 11 percent were under 5 years of age. Since 1990, CPSC has received reports of 6 deaths of children under age 15 involving trampolines. Injuries and deaths were caused by:

Colliding with another person on the trampoline.
Landing improperly while jumping or doing stunts on the trampoline.
Falling or jumping off the trampoline.
Falling on the trampoline springs or frame.
Most of the trampolines associated with injuries were at private homes.

Here are the steps you can take to help prevent serious trampoline injuries, especially paralysis, fractures, sprains, and bruises:

Allow only one person on the trampoline at a time.
Do not attempt or allow somersaults because landing on the head or neck can cause paralysis.
Do not use the trampoline without shock-absorbing pads that completely cover its springs, hooks, and frame.
Place the trampoline away from structures, trees, and other play areas.
No child under 6 years of age should use a full-size trampoline. Do not use a ladder with the trampoline because it provides unsupervised access by small children.
Always supervise children who use a trampoline.
Trampoline enclosures can help prevent injuries from falls off trampolines.

Safety issues

The latest accident figures available are for 2002 and these showed 11,500 people in the UK going to hospital after an accident with a trampoline – an increase of more than 50 per cent over a five-year period. Accidents on trampolines at home had increased almost fourfold in the same time, with 4,200 under-15s being hurt in 2002. The growing popularity of the sport also saw injuries rise to 6,700 in places such as sports halls and gymnasia, but at nowhere near the same rate as those at home.

The key safety issues are as follows:

Approximately 75% of injuries occur when more than one person is on the trampoline. The person weighing less is five times more likely to be injured.
Children under six years old are particularly vulnerable to injury.
Injuries can occur to all parts of the body, including the neck, arms, legs face and head. Head and neck injuries are the most serious injuries associated with trampolines.
Adult supervision is no guarantee of safety. More than half of all trampoline accidents occur whilst under supervision. However a trained ‘spotter’ can greatly reduce this risk.
Read on for some simple safety advice for parents and children

Your worries about trampoline jumping are justified.

Trampoline jumping poses a high risk of injury for both children and adults. Falling off a trampoline or using a trampoline incorrectly can result in strains, sprains, fractures and other injuries — including potentially serious head and neck injuries. In fact, the risk of injury is so high that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says that trampolines should never be used at home or in outdoor playgrounds. The AAP supports limited use of trampolines in supervised training programs, such as gymnastics and diving classes. But even then, strict safety guidelines must be followed.

It might be difficult to listen to your child's begging, but the best response to a request for a home trampoline — whether it's a full-sized backyard trampoline or a smaller indoor trampoline — is no.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trampo ... se/AN01570

So first of all, Joba is putting his kids as risk.
2nd, it might not have been a commercially available trampoline, as Cashman's statement said kids bouncy thing or something.

 

[jdacunha]

You guys should chill with the jokes. He almost DIED:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/ ... slocation/

 

[joey12508]

Just wish him the best.

 

[coltsnsox07]

I was like a lot of people who didn't care for Joba's hyper-excitedness when he got people out but he really grew on me as I saw more of him on MLB network as Millar and Reynolds gave him the business. He's a great guy and really funny, he absolutely won me over.

 

[G $MONEY$]

i bet the next contract he signs will have a stipulation that he can't be bouncing around on trampolines.

 

[ChicagoCubsWS]

Not really something to laugh about when a man was laying there bleeding to death while his kids watch. Have a damn heart.

 

[Ty Hope]

I didn't read the whole story and honestly didn't know he was on the verge of death. Not cool on my part there.

I do think that as a professional athlete you have to make some decisions. This was a stupid one. Is it cool that he was playing with his kids? Of course. There are about a thousand other safer things he could have done instead though.

 

[vwnut13]

For a baseball player, a trampoline probably isn't the smartest thing as any small ankle injury isn't a good thing.

I'd have to guess that the odds of this happening are pretty high. After all, this is most likely a career-ending injury.

 

[scotty21690]

Trampolines are serious business...

 

[rsmath]

If teams really saw trampolines as a major risk for injury, the would ban use of them in contracts.

they will now, just like some contracts now have pick up basketball written into them as prohibited activities.

If that's Joba's plant foot, I bet it's eventually a career ender. I can't imagine Joba dravecky-ing on a pitch because the bone can't heal to full strength to withstand the stress and contortions of the plant foot.

 

[Big Mac McGwire]

happy i never dropped the bank on a chrome auto.


i do feel bad for the guys who invested
in him.

 

[ChasHawk]

Sorry, but I enjoy laughing at stupidity. If you're a professional athlete and get injured doing something like playing on a trampoline, you're an idiot. This is up there with Plax shooting himself (and I'm a Giants fan).

agree 100%

Playing with your kids or not, you are putting your livelihood at risk.

 

[thefatguy]

happy i never dropped the bank on a chrome auto.


i do feel bad for the guys who invested
in him.

If they're still holding Joba cards now, they've missed the boat. (probably the same yanks fans who bought all the jesus cards and are now reeling because their stuff is half the price for the same player)

I pulled the joba/Hughes dual from sterling and thought about holding it for about 5 seconds then I sold it for half the price of the box asap.

 

[ChasHawk]

happy i never dropped the bank on a chrome auto.
i do feel bad for the guys who invested
in him.

If they're still holding Joba cards now, they've missed the boat. (probably the same yanks fans who bought all the jesus cards and are now reeling because their stuff is half the price for the same player)
I pulled the joba/Hughes dual from sterling and thought about holding it for about 5 seconds then I sold it for half the price of the box asap.

Pulled a Joba/Hughes from 2008 BC and sold immediately for more than the price of the box.

No way I was holding that card for any reason.

 

[thefatguy]

happy i never dropped the bank on a chrome auto.
i do feel bad for the guys who invested
in him.

If they're still holding Joba cards now, they've missed the boat. (probably the same yanks fans who bought all the jesus cards and are now reeling because their stuff is half the price for the same player)
I pulled the joba/Hughes dual from sterling and thought about holding it for about 5 seconds then I sold it for half the price of the box asap.

Pulled a Joba/Hughes from 2008 BC and sold immediately for more than the price of the box.

No way I was holding that card for any reason.

Never invest in pitchers, until they hit 250 wins

 

[Titans74]

Sorry, but I enjoy laughing at stupidity. If you're a professional athlete and get injured doing something like playing on a trampoline, you're an idiot. This is up there with Plax shooting himself (and I'm a Giants fan).

I definitely see how similar they are. Plax was in a club drinking and shot himself in the foot. Joba was enjoying time with his children on a trampoline and suffered a freak injury. Yep, its like we're telling the same story.

This isn't Texas in 1960 and everybody just carries their gun on their hip everywhere they go. ... you should decide to leave you gun at home!

Just wanted to chime in on this. It depends on where you live, has nothing to do with the year. I open carry a Glock 19 daily. And I conceal carry a Glock 26 in church on Sunday mornings.

So yes, even in 2012 some people carry their gun on their hip everywhere they go.

 

[WaxPax]

"I open carry a Glock 19 daily. And I conceal carry a Glock 26 in church on Sunday mornings."

Really :? ...I would love to hear your reasoning behind this...seriously you carry a gun to CHURCH

 

[thefatguy]

"I open carry a Glock 19 daily. And I conceal carry a Glock 26 in church on Sunday mornings."

Really :? ...I would love to hear your reasoning behind this...seriously you carry a gun to CHURCH

You never know when he'll have to go Florida Neighborhood Watch on some 15 year old

 

[rsmath]

"I open carry a Glock 19 daily. And I conceal carry a Glock 26 in church on Sunday mornings."

Really :? ...I would love to hear your reasoning behind this...seriously you carry a gun to CHURCH

I'd imagine it's for self-defense. There have been a few murders in church during sunday services over the years so if some nut goes on the rampage during services, he'll be ready to self-defend.

 

[WaxPax]

"I open carry a Glock 19 daily. And I conceal carry a Glock 26 in church on Sunday mornings."

Really :? ...I would love to hear your reasoning behind this...seriously you carry a gun to CHURCH

I'd imagine it's for self-defense. There have been a few murders in church during sunday services over the years so if some nut goes on the rampage during services, he'll be ready to self-defend.

Yes, we all know that nothing bad happens when you bring firearms to church.....

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-573 ... urch-dies/