When they say baseball is a game of inches, surely they couldn’t have meant something like this!
On Sunday, Colorado Rockies pitcher Noah Davis had a scary encounter with a hard-hit ball in his first-ever start with the team. In the bottom of the second, facing the heart of the Seattle Mariners’ order, Davis had to duck out of the way of a screaming ball driven right at his face. While Davis was able to avoid being clobbered in the face, the ball grazed the back of his cap on the way past his head, knocking it off with surprising ease.
The result? A scary-looking scene as Davis just barely gets his head down, with his hat taking all of the damage as the ball flies away.
Noah Davis Getting his Hat Knocked Off. 😳 pic.twitter.com/eYyEsQIPMg
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 16, 2023
Look, there’s a reason why I never wanted to pitch when I played softball as a kid and this right here is Exhibit A. Terrifying stuff!
Here’s how MLB fans reacted to Davis’ hat going flying after a near-miss with a hard-hit baseball.
Good lord, that reaction time might’ve just saved his life https://t.co/O1MyFKZezt
— M.A.D. (@DuoBandz) April 16, 2023
Back of the head at 100mph+ could’ve been…yeah that coulda been reallllll bad https://t.co/PEzhbHqnqu
— Edwardian (@DepressedDETN) April 16, 2023
This could have been very, very bad https://t.co/CV1NNrRGNj
— Danielle Allentuck (@d_allentuck) April 16, 2023
Baseball is a game of inches. https://t.co/7ATU0WJ6B1
— Michael Schlact (@michael_schlact) April 16, 2023
this is the CRAZIEST thing ever.. man what? https://t.co/CJpmwJ3u72
— cordelia (@JasDaFlame) April 16, 2023
I’d take two pitch clock violations for how much time I’d need after this close of a call https://t.co/AsXmMIt1X8
— Nick Gioia (@Ngioia16) April 16, 2023
https://t.co/HoHutAAyo0 pic.twitter.com/FSga5Nz9yg
— Christian 🤙🏽📸😎🐻 (@BigGrizzChris) April 16, 2023
