

There was a scary moment during Friday's college baseball game between Vanderbilt and Alabama when the umpire took a blistering foul tip straight to the head.This was the second game of the two SEC teams' series at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa, and in the bottom of the second inning, Alabama was already up 3-0.Alabama's Brennan Holt took a swing at the 1-0 offering and got a piece of it, but that sent it straight into the face of umpire Scott Kennedy, and he went down hard.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!According to The Tennessean, trainers from both teams rushed out to assist Kennedy, and that caused a 15-minute delay in the game.Fortunately, he was eventually able to walk off the field under his own power and was replaced by one of the other umpires behind the plate. Umpire Scott Kennedy reported walking off the field under his own power after taking a foul ball to the mask on Friday in Tuscaloosa. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEAfter the game — which the Crimson Tide won handily, 5-0 — Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn sent his best
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