Joe Martinez line drive video – The Scores Report – The National Sports Blog https://www.scoresreport.com The National Sports Blog Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Giants’ Joe Martinez takes line drive off head https://www.scoresreport.com/2009/04/10/giants%e2%80%99-reliever-joe-martinez-takes-line-drive-off-head/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:30:44 +0000 https://www.scoresreport.com/?p=16479 I’m not posting this video for the shock and awe of watching a young pitcher being struck in the head by a line drive. I’m posting this video to show the camaraderie of baseball players throughout the league. I watched this game live and was touched by how caring the players were on both teams for this young man’s health.

Here is Giants’ reliever Joe Martinez being stuck in the head in the ninth inning by a Mike Cameron line drive in San Fran’s 7-1 win last night over the Brewers:

It’s often said that all baseball players share a brotherhood and this situation proves it. Cameron’s sensitivity and general care for Joe Martinez’s health shouldn’t go unnoticed.

Hopefully Martinez bounces back and considering he took a line drive to the head and immediately got up, it shows how tough this kid is. I would have laid there for a week after taking a Mike Cameron line drive to the noggin…

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