Barry Bonds took a shot to the head during batting practice. How, you ask? He was standing behind the cage, arms up on the railing, not paying attention, and boom, foul ball drills him above the right eye.
Now, I own Barry Bonds in a fantasy league (he was still there in the 10th round, I had to take him), but even I grinned when I heard the news, as if the fates are coming together to prevent Bonds from surpassing the Babe. But then I saw the video, the closeup of Bonds, followed by the blur of the ball and Bonds hitting the deck…and I laughed my ass off. Okay, first I said, “Oooooooh,” but then I laughed. Hard. Soon after they showed the tape, Orel “Bulldog” Hersheiser, who is calling the Toronto/Boston game on ESPN, commented on how a veteran player like Bonds should know to pull the netting that surrounds the batting cage back far enough to see how much give it has, so they don’t accidentally get beaned like Bonds did. Whoops. Somebody in the house say “Nelson Muntz!” (Nelson Muntz!) Haaaa-ha!
