Feb 24, 2021; Bradenton, Florida, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Tony Wolters (93) has some fun while taking batting practice during spring training at Pirate City. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports
Pirates catcher Tony Wolters had one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days against Yankees side-armer Darren O’Day on Saturday.
In fact, he experienced the platonic ideal of the kind of moment that made many of us give up youth baseball a long time ago.
It looks ridiculous, but sometimes a pitch has such nasty movement that it ends up nicking your body on the inside corner mid-swing, and you end up whiffing on what should’ve been a free base.