BALTIMORE — Former Orioles pitcher and current member of the Birds broadcast booth, Ben McDonald, said he suffered a concussion and two cracked vertebra during a July 17 hunting accident.
"Apparently I fell out of a deer stand 25 feet up yesterday morning," McDonald wrote on X. "I’m fine and appreciate everyone checking on me."
McDonald also posted a video from a hospital bed, with his family reminding him of what happened.
"I must have a concussion, I can't remember a whole lot," McDonald says in the video, at which point one woman in the video responds "you do."
This is what a severe concussion looks like and sounds like!🤦♂️ (I still don’t remember anything) Apparently I fell out of a deer stand 25 feet up yesterday morning….I’m fine and appreciate everyone checking on me. Very lucky….concussion and 2 cracked vertebra’s….I’ll be back… pic.twitter.com/uvczgV1uOq
— Ben McDonald (@realbenmcdonald) July 19, 2025
As for when we can expect to hear McDonald back to calling games, he says "soon!"
