My favorite rule in baseball? The dropped third strike. Even if you completely swing and miss at a horrible pitch -- or maybe a good pitch -- there's still a chance for redemption. Hey ook: I struck out but I'm still on first base! (A.J. Pierzynski remembers this well.)
But, as the above clip between Shane Victorino and Conor Jackson shows, sometimes the angle of a throw from the catcher ends up causing a bit of a ruckus at first base. Victorino stayed in the game and ended up scoring that inning. Jackson wasn't feeling too pretty after the game.
But yeah: ouch.
HT: The 700 Level.
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1. remember when randy johnson hit that bird with a pitch a couple of years ago, and it exploded? that's what conor jackson looks like. everything that's not secured to him goes flying...
Posted at 11:27AM on May 8th 2008 by Adam