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Brad Weimer/Houma Courier and Thibodaux Daily Comet correspondent / USA TODAY NETWORK
Former MLB pitcher and LSU legend Ben McDonald was seriously injured this weekend after falling 25 feet out of a deer stand. Per WGNO:
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McDonald, 57, shared a video of himself in a hospital bed on social media Friday, with a caption reading, “This is what a severe concussion looks and sounds like.”

In the video, McDonald appears confused and asks what happened. Someone off-camera explains that the chain or strap of his deer stand broke.

“Apparently I fell out of a deer stand 25 feet up,” McDonald said in his post, adding that he suffered a concussion and two cracked vertebrae. He also thanked the doctors and everyone who reached out with support.
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navy•4 months
Prayers for a quick and full recovery.
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BIIIL•4 months
Someone must have been with him or else nearby. It could have been much worse. Get well soon
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ljhog•4 months
Hope he recovers quickly and fully. I can't imagine a CBB season without him doing some games.
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Boyntonbeach Tiger•4 months
Bet that hair didn’t budge! JK Big Ben , you are La. Treasure. Godspeed ??and heal up.
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Bayou•4 months
We certainly want to see you continue to be the voice of LSU baseball.
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TouchdownTony•4 months
ALWAYS been my biggest tree stand fear. You are one lucky man
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CajunLife•4 months
Praying for you Big Ben!
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randybobandy•4 months
darn Denham poachers.
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Shawn77•4 months
Best wishes for your recovery!
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mcpotiger•4 months
No safety harness Ben?
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Cornpoptiger•4 months
I bet strap that secures the harness to the tree was dry rot. That's what happens a lot of times if you don't place it every couple years.
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DeafVallyBatnR•4 months
Is it hunting season?
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Friendly Satan•4 months
Get well soon, Larry
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ThatTahoeOverThere•4 months
Damn
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tiger109•4 months
He's a big man and up in age, 25 ft could have been fatal.
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EulerRules•4 months
I had two patients that fell out of dry-rotted deer stands and sustained concussions. Both did well. Check your stands, baws.
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Menatiger•4 months
Better than being sucked into an MRI machine with your bling on.
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CSATiger•4 months
why was he in a deer stand in July?
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subMOA•4 months
Probably checking stands to avoid exactly what happened
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mylsuhat•4 months
Season starts in September. Work starts when the prior season ends
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Dissident Aggressor•4 months
moving stands
cutting shooting lanes
lots of work to be done
october 1st comes quickly…
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