Baseball briefly became a contact sport during a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.
Both Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy and D-backs first baseman Ildemaro Vargas exited the game in the fifth inning after a violent collision at first base. The Dodgers later announced Muncy had been removed from the game “with shortness of breath and to rule out a concussion.”
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Muncy ran hard into first on a grounder, while Vargas moved in from behind the bag to get the out. The two men reached the base almost simultaneously, with the play essentially becoming a game of
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