Your 2016 Brevard County Manatees

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ICYMI - Imhof has decided to retire after losing an eye in an accident at Brevard County during the 2016 season.

 

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20170125&content_id=214349416&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb

 

Phillies left-hander Matt Imhof announced his retirement on Wednesday, seven months after he lost his right eye in a training accident in Florida.

 

Imhof, a 23-year-old reliever, recounted the nightmarish struggles he's endured since sustaining an eye injury at Brevard County's Space Coast Stadium this past June. In a piece for ESPN.com, Imhof said he was scared, angry and depressed following the incident but has since regained a positive outlook and sense of normalcy.

 

But baseball, at least his playing career, won't be in the picture, he said.

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Imhof, playing for the Class A Advanced Clearwater Threshers, sustained the injury on June 24 when he was using a pair of rubber resistance bands anchored to a wall to stretch his arms in the athletic training room of a Florida State League ballpark. The mount of the bands detached from the wall during his stretch, resulting in a freak injury in which he was struck in the face by the equipment.

 

According to ESPN, Imhof sustained a fractured nose and broke two orbital bones in addition to an injury that eventually forced surgeons to remove his eye.

 

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I personally feel sorry for him and I hope he is able to keep moving forward in life.