... he's always done with nothing more than a cap on his head. But last year's tragic death of minor league coach Mike Coolbaugh the victim of a line drive to the neck prompted the major leagues to take action. - Advertisement - Now, the coaches ...

... place awards were presented to McCollum, headline writing and a column related to the death of Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh; reporter Jessica Bauer, health-related coverage for a story on staph infections; and photographer Liberty Parks ...

... coach from South Alabama (John Pelphrey). MOST TOUCHING GESTURE: The Colorado Rockies voted the family of the late Mike Coolbaugh, the first-base coach who was killed by a line drive in a game at Ray Winder Field while coaching for Wichita ...

... honorable mention citations were: McCollum, Sports Column, for a column on the death of Arkansas Travelers player Mike Coolbaugh and how it related to a childhood memory and in Sports News for a story on the UCA-Southeastern Louisiana football ...

... Sydney Stewart. Other honorable mentions went to McCollum for a column on the death of Arkansas Travelers player Mike Coolbaugh and how it related to a childhood memory, and another for a story on the UCA-Southeastern Louisiana football game ...

SAN ANTONIO Mike Coolbaugh became a coach with the Tulsa Drillers ... soon after the accident that claimed Mike Coolbaugh." The Drillers, a Colorado Rockies ... organization grieves at the death of Mike Coolbaugh," Rockies president Keli McGregor ...

... minor league camp. KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Reassigned INF Chris Clapinski, INF Benji Gil, INF Wilson Valdez and INF Mike Coolbaugh to Omaha of the PCL and INF Alex Gordon to Wichita of the Texas League. Optioned C Paul Phillips to Omaha. National ...

... start on a 12-hour bus ride to San Antonio to attend the funeral of former first-base coach and hitting instructor Mike Coolbaugh, who died after being hit by a foul ball in the Drillers-Travelers game July 22. "We are doing everything we ...

... some fun with and I'm not in a fun mood today. I can't stop thinking about the unbelievably freakish death of Mike Coolbaugh, the Tulsa Driller hitting instructor who was killed after being struck in the head by a line drive foul ball while ...

... occasion few wanted was the Drillers were returning to Dickey-Stephens Park just four days after assistant coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by one of the most freakish of freakish accidents imaginable: Getting struck in the neck after being hit ...