D-backs hitting coach Baylor faints
FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2011, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks' batting coach Don Baylor gestures during a baseball game against the New York Mets, in Phoenix. Baylor was taken to a hospital after fainting at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Sept. 30, 2011. Credit: AP
MILWAUKEE -- Arizona Diamondbacks batting coach Don Baylor was taken to a hospital after fainting at Miller Park on Friday morning.
Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers said Baylor had a "fainting episode" after eating breakfast in the clubhouse, and one of the team's trainers caught him as he fell. Towers said Baylor was taken by ambulance to a hospital, accompanied by members of the team's medical staff.
"Anytime somebody faints, loses consciousness for a while, it's scary," Towers said. "He's a big part of this ballclub, means a lot to these players. And hopefully everything turns out well and he's in uniform tomorrow, hopefully helping us win a ballgame against a very good Brewers club."
Towers said the 62-year-old Baylor was undergoing tests and the initial results were encouraging.
It is not clear whether Baylor will rejoin the team for Saturday's Game 1 of the NL Division Series against Milwaukee.
"We'd certainly like to have Don here, and hopefully he's better, much better, this evening," Towers said. "If not, we're talking about bringing somebody up from our system in case he's not able to be active for us tomorrow. But we're not going to do anything until we really find out what we're dealing with."
Towers said Baylor hadn't shown any signs that he was feeling ill, either at a team dinner Thursday night or earlier Friday morning.-- AP
