Police officials said a number of people were taken to nearby hospitals, though most injuries seemed to be minor.

"We thank God that the injuries to the students do not seem to be life-threatening," he said.

A serious back injury at the end of spring training in 2003 seemed to be a sign.

"But their physical injuries seem to be healing well?"

An injury, by the way, that has not seemed to have fully healed.

But he admits to wondering why injuries always seem to follow him.

The injury seems like a side effect, and not the object of interest.

His injury did not seem to have anything to do with the fracas.

The injury seems to have taken away some of his belief in himself.

Which made things worse the injury didn't seem to be short-termed.