Tag Archives: line drive to the head
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Blue Jays Pitcher J.A. Happ Stretchered Off After Being Hit in the Head by a Line Drive (Video)
Most observers would tell you that the Toronto Blue Jays need a good slap on the side of the head to wake them up after a putrid start to a season in which they were supposed to be a shoe-in for the playoffs. That, however, is just a metaphor. What happened to starting pitcher J.A. [...]
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A’s Pitcher Brandon McCarthy Takes Line Drive To The Head (Video)
There was a terrifying incident during the A’s-Angeles game yesterday in Oakland. Oakland ace Brandon McCarthy was pitching to the Angels’ Erick Aybar with one out and nobody on in the top of the fourth when Aybar scorched a line drive right back up the middle that hit McCarthy in the head. The ball [...]
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Close Call: Little League Pitcher Saved From Line Drive By The Bill Of His Cap (Video)
I always figured the purpose of the baseball cap was to keep the sun out of your eyes. Well, it turns out that, for one tough kid playing in the Little League World Series, the baseball cap is also an extremely important piece of safety equipment. Braydon Salzman is a pitcher for Huntington Beach, California. [...]
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Softball Pitcher Takes Comebacker To The Head
Total Pro Sports – Softball may not be known as one of the more dangerous sports, but there may be nothing scarier than when a ball it lined back at the pitcher’s head. That was the scene at a local softball game. This come backer was too fast for the female pitcher and before she [...]
