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Orioles broadcaster Ben McDonald suffers concussion after 25 foot fall from deer stand

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BALTIMORE — Former Orioles pitcher and current broadcaster, Ben McDonald, 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 the hospital showing several people at his bedside explaining what happened.

"I must have a concussion, I can't remember a whole lot," McDonald says in the video, at which point a woman responds "you do!"

As for when we can expect McDonald back in the broadcast booth, he says "soon!"