The San Diego Padres can't seem to catch a break. Their number one draft pick, Donovan Tate, reportedly suffered a broken jaw in an ATV accident a week ago. This is just one in a string of several problems facing the San Diego Padres draft picks over the last decade or so. With Tate in particular it's two-fold, as he had a sports related hernia surgery this past October.
The details to this particular ATV accident aren't quite clear, so I don't know if Tate was wearing the most important piece of ATV safety equipment; a helmet. I'm fairly certain he wasn't wearing a helmet because we all know helmets provide a fair amount of protection to the face as well as the head. See update below.
With that in mind, reports indicate that Tate suffered "lacerations" to his face as well as the broken jaw. Tate is now sporting a steel plate, and some nice wiring to hold it shut while he heals. The San Diego Padres are confident Tate will be able to participate in Spring Training, but I believe he will be far from 100% considering he'll be eating through a straw for a while and not be able to work out.
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Update: Doctor John has reported that Tate was, in fact, wearing a helmet. I of course can't confirm that since he didn't provide any links, but for the sake of argument we'll assume he was wearing a helmet, which could have saved his life.
FYI..you need to do your “research” before you speculate on this young man. FOR THE RECORD, he WAS wearing a helmet, which more than likely saved his life!
Dr. John,
Thanks for clarity. I’m sorry you missed the part of my post where I explained, quite clearly I might add, that I didn’t know if he was wearing a helmet.
So there is no confusion, here is the part you may have missed:
I don’t know if Tate was wearing the most important piece of ATV safety equipment; a helmet.
That being said, you’re right, if he was wearing a helmet it very well could have saved his life.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of of flattery.
Methinks the bloggers at Veys Powersports in San Diego should try a little harder to not be so obvious when taking content from my blog and putting it on theirs.
Seriously guys… Spend the extra 5 minutes and re-write the content a little instead of just adding a different sentence here and there.
The internet isn’t as big as you think it is.