Mariano Rivera might have just broken the record for most photographers capturing a grown man playing in the dirt:
When Padres pitcher Chris Young took a line-drive to the nose off the bat of Albert Pujols, everyone cringed. The same thing with Nick Blackburn last June, Bryce Florie in 2000 and Fresno’s Tanner Scheppers in 2007.
We’ve just named a few. There are many, many more pitchers who have taken line drives to the face. And it’s never, ever funny.
Unless, of course, that batter is swinging with a garbage can and the pitcher’s tossing a yoga ball. At that point, when the comebacker strikes, it’s freaking hilarious!
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IRABOOOOO: George Steinbrenner once called ex-Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu a “fat, pussy toad.”
It must be the toad species that can handle alcohol better than us humans, because Irabu was arrested last night for assault after consuming 20 beers in Japan.
Irabu “allegedly pushed the bartender against the wall, pulled his hair and smashed at least nine liquor bottles” after his credit card was rejected, according to the NY Post.
ANATOMY OF A SHITTY QUARTERBACK: