Headlines

[DOUGHBOYS]

Most of us know why Victor Martinez is on the disabled list. Fantasy sites presume that we know about VMart too, in shortening their headlines.
This was a headline yesterday....

'MARTINEZ PUT ON DISABLED LIST WITH HEARTBEAT'

A friend of mine swears this story is true....
A college player was dominating as a hitter. So much so, that he had walked eight times in a row covering two games.
Before the next game, he told a reporter that he was not going to take a base on balls, even if it meant swinging at bad pitches.
True to his word, he did not walk in the game, but hurt his leg in making a diving catch late in the game.
The reporter mixed his two stories from the game in one headline.
The headline the next day....

'JONES HURTS LEG, SAYS HE'LL NEVER WALK AGAIN'

There have been several Bartolo Colon headlines....

'COLON SPOTLESS'

'RANGERS GET WHIFF OF COLON'

'COLON ABSORBS ANOTHER POUNDING'

There was also the headline when it was thought Brad Hand had the Closer role

'MANAGER TO GIVE HAND JOB'

Last year, Pat Venditte made his Major League debut. As we all know, Venditte threw with both his left and right arms.
One newspaper writer and his editors did not remember the word for Venditte.
Here was the headline...

'AMPHIBIOUS PITCHER MAKES DEBUT'

My favorite is an old one.
Dizzy Dean was struck in the head by a line drive and was carried off the field.
The headline the next day...

'DIZZY STRUCK BY LINE DRIVE; XRAYS OF HEAD SHOW NOTHING'

[Edwards Kings]

Good stuff!