Hit By a Pitch

While watching some Red Sox highlights a couple days back, we heard that someone got hit in the chest with a pitch. Ok, interesting, how bad of a pitch, or even better, how bad of a batter can one be that you get hit in the chest with a pitch? Anyway, I was intrigued. As I thought it over and looked at Bri-Man, we both pondered about the pitch that the replay was about to show.

My thoughts were that the batter either decided to swing and miss, and while in the process, got hit by the pitch, or that the pitcher had one of the greatest pitches ever and while breaking over home plate, it made a turn to the left to hit the batter. Ever so curious, but the replay was about to solve my problems.

Foulke on the mound, Hinske up at bat.

The pitch... nothing special. It didn't hit his chest. My first words out of my mouth to Bri-Man were, "What?!? That didn't hit his chest, it looks like it took his nipple off!" No joke. I was dissapointed. I thought I was about to see the greatest pitch of my time. However, I get to see Hinske get his nipple nearly removed from his body.

Bri-Man to the rescue. After a long afternoon meeting, Bri-Man hits me up with an email entitled, "you called it, bro." Intrigued yet again, I open to find a quote he sent me.


"He said on the mound he didn't try to hit me. I just looked at him and said, 'Come on man.' It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off." -- Blue Jays 1B Eric Hinske, whose right nipple was taped and iced after being plunked by Keith Foulke

And so it ends, my run in with Eric Hinske's nipple.