I saw the "highlight" and a camera caught Ishii react as if flinching or bracing for impact, but he could not duck or get his glove up in time. It would not surprise me if he lost some memory of time before being struck.
There is some controversy now. This game was started at 4:10 PM. It was dekayed because of some triathelon event or something.
Some people are saying the shadow that always falls between the mound and the plate in games with these starting times contributed to Ishii not seeing the ball.
I have heard some on sports talk saying these late afternoon start times should be banned.
Did you notice how long it took for the umpires to call "time"? I'm not sure if they waited until the play was completed totally or not, but they did wait.
If I was umpiring, I have no doubt that the second I saw that hit I'd be up with my arms waving calling "ball is dead, time out" and yelling for some help to come, then sorting out the baserunners later.
As I said in my previous post, it looked like the batter was wondering the same thing on his way to first. I couldn't believe when I read he made it to second base on that play.