A scary moment during a Major League Game as the new york yankees pitcher is hit in the face by a line drive. That hit him. Lets see if hes okay. He walks off the field, and well tell you how hes doing today, tuesday, august 18th, 2015. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Certain moments in sports where you realize how vulnerable the pitcher is. Bryan mitchell, a rookie. Youre right. In the one snanlt at the follow through, that pitcher is exposed. Thats what can happen. Well tell you more on how hes doing. Were going to begin with active Duty Service Members being brought in for First Time Since 2006 to contain these raging wildfires out west. Lets start with Miguel Almaguer live in washington who has the latest. Good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. This wildfire has now torched more than 60,000 acres. More than 40 homes here destroyed. When the smoke clears, that number could rise. Six western states experiencing explosive conditions as here in wash
A scary moment during a Major League Game as a pitcher is hit in the face by a line drive. Lets see if hes okay. He walks off the field. How hes doing today, tuesday, august 18, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. There are certain moment s in sports where you realize how vulnerable the pitcher is those moments after letting it go. Brian mitchell is a rookie and that one instant after the followthrough the pitcher is exposed. Thats what can happen. Well tell you more. Well begin with active Duty Service Members being brought in for the First Time Since 2006 to contain raging wildfires out west. Lets start with Miguel Almaguer in Washington State with the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. This fire alone here has charred at least 56,000 acres, some 32 homes destroyed. The number could rise when the smoke here
Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Tragedy with 54 dead, but not the mystery we have seen with other plane crashes in the past year. The two black box flight recorders have been recovered along with all of the bodies. The plane was carrying three babies, two other children, and 49 adults. It took often heavy rain and fog and lost contact. Half an hour later crashing into dense jungle on a mountainside. Me planes that crashed there have never been found. This one was spotted frooam ts, air. Search teams still had to hike for two days to reach it. It was carrying nearly halfee million in cash for local villages. The money not found. The plane totally destroyed. The airline trigana has a deadly safety record. It lost ten planes in 20 years. It is the third deadly air saeter in indonesia in the past year. For peopl ore in this reemote area, planes are the only wayuout. All the dead here indonesian. Matt . Bill ne ely, thank you very much. O t top story in
Story, 359round draft pick. Len heard it [laughter] j. D. 5mileanhour fastball. Whats up with that . 54, cubs. 35thround draft pick, so supposed to be the guys with the marginal stuff. Profiles as a back of the rotation guy. Maybe, maybe he will get to the big leagues but typically you dont find 95mileanhour fastballs in the 35th round of the draft. Maybe he didnt have it then maybe his mechanics were so bad. En right . High for ball one to junior lake. Kevin gregg will get the bottom of the night. Craig, holliday, freese. Will not be easy, but this game is not easy. Curve outside. J. D. a little insurance would be good. Ooking for some traffic. Len how about a double . D. that works too. En third time hes been on. J. D. walk, shmalk. Astball down and in. If the cardinals were protecting a lead, that may be closer to the line. Fouled back to make it 02. Len blake parker, the cubs pitcher of record. Remember rosenthal for the cardinals after giving up the hree runs. So rizzo basically g