AS A MAJOR LEAGUE pitcher, it isn't every day that you turn around and find a baseball in your neck. Which is a good thing - turns out it hurts.
"It's like I got punched in the throat from around the corner," Sean O'Sullivan said.
This was in the sixth inning of the Phillies' 6-0 win over the Diamondbacks yesterday. On most afternoons, the six scoreless innings that O'Sullivan pitched would have been the headline, but he spent at least as much time after the game talking about a throw from his own catcher that nearly ended his outing at its most pivotal moment.