Rich Dauer, Astros Coach Who Nearly Died During 2017 Championship Parade, Joins All-Star Game Coaching Staff

This is very cool. Rich Dauer has been out of baseball since he collapsed during the Houston Astros championship parade last November and nearly died of an acute subdural hematoma. He had to undergo emergency brain surgery, and endured a lengthy recovery process; the closest he’s come to baseball since then was an emotional first pitch he threw back on April 2, at the Astros’ first home game of the season. Astros manager A.J. Hinch is managing the American League team in tonight’s All-Star Game, and with Dauer up and about, Hinch invited Dauer to return to his staff for the big night. Apart from being a swell gesture, it gave Dauer a chance to do something he’d never done before, which was participate in an All-Star game: This is an excellent development, especially consider…