On Sunday, Shane Victorino tested Brandon McCarthy’s reflexes with a liner up the middle, thoroughly terrifying anyone who knows McCarthy’s story:
Shane Victorino gives Brandon McCarthy a scare, apologizes to the whole family
A happy, funny ending for a scary moment.
Jared Wickerham
Thanks to luck and to McCarthy’s Matrix moves, no harm was done. Still, McCarthy’s wife Amanda couldn’t help but reflect on the fallout from Brandon’s skull fracture in 2012...including all the Twitter fame:
Just think @BMcCarthy32 If you would have ducked like that last year you would only have like 50,000 twitter followers.
— Amanda McCarthy (@Mrs_McCarthy32) August 5, 2013
And Victorino, who probably scared the crap out of his own self at the moment of contact, took the opportunity to apologize:
U be nice @Mrs_McCarthy32!!!!! @BMcCarthy32 I was worried and sorry for making ya DUCK...that's ok I have the bruise though lol #StayHealthy
— Shane Victorino (@ShaneVictorino) August 5, 2013
...and apologize again:
@ShaneVictorino @bmccarthy32 haha, this is me being nice. :) YOU were worried?! I almost went into mommy mode and jumped over the dugout
— Amanda McCarthy (@Mrs_McCarthy32) August 5, 2013
Sorry @Mrs_McCarthy32!!!!! Good luck @BMcCarthy32 the rest of the way
— Shane Victorino (@ShaneVictorino) August 5, 2013
That brawl would have been something, but yeah, I think we’re all especially thankful that ball continued on its way. It’s a wonder McCarthy’s still willing to face down line drives after all he’s been through.
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