Kansas City Royals Manager Says Fall From Deer Stand Almost Killed Him
OutdoorHub Reporters 11.13.17
Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost had a terrifying experience in the woods just recently, when he was fixing a deer stand on his property in Georgia and fell from the tree.
According to Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com, Yost shattered his pelvis and broke some ribs in the fall, but the doctors apparently told Yost he’s lucky to be alive.
Yahoo reports Yost has credited his survival to having immediate access to his cellphone, and says if he hadn’t been able to call for help, he would have bled out.
Ned Yost is back at home after his horrific fall that shattered his pelvis. He told me, “There’s no doubt I would have bled out if I didn’t have my cellphone with me. There was nobody that was coming. Nobody would have found me. I would have been dead by nightfall.”
— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) November 13, 2017
Ned Yost also told me, “The trauma surgeon said, ‘Man, Ned, I was really scared about you. We’ve seen these things before – this is a 25-30 percent mortality rate. You were crashing on the table. We couldn’t get the bleeding stopped. I thought we were going to lose you.'”
— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) November 13, 2017
Ned Yost also said he will be in a wheelchair for at least two months but hopes to be able to move around normally by Spring Training. He tells me he feels “like a lucky man” right now.
— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) November 13, 2017
Talk about a scary hunting story!
Yost, 63, is a serious outdoorsman and deer hunter, so this likely wasn’t his first rodeo in a treestand. However, experience doesn’t make you impervious to accidents.
Let this be a reminder to always wear a safety harness – even if you’re just making adjustments and not planning to sit for an entire hunt.
