Jose Valverde is either the gutsiest closer of all time, or the craziest one. I'm leaning toward the latter.
Coming into his 18th save situation of the year, the animated Houston Astros righty was nailed in the cheek by a Pedro Feliz liner on a 1-2 pitch in the ninth. Valverde immediately collapsed while Astros trainers examined his face and players gathered around, hoping against the worst.
Instead of heading to the bench for an ice pack like any normal person would do, Valverde hung in there to earn his NL-leading 15th save of the season. Seriously.
[MLB]
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Nuts.
Definitely nuts.
Yeah, apparently that was just one of those soccer injuries. A couple minutes of writing on the ground, and then you're good to go. Still, I'm amazed he's not concussed. That ball came hard at the face. HARD.
AT THE FACE!
Perhaps a little bit of both, but I'd say "douche" is the best word to describe him.
Is it the emphatic fist pumps and grunting that piss you off, Joe?
te amo papa!
we miss valverde in phoenix. :[
I was at that game and when he went down, it wasn't like he got hit and flailed, he got hit and just fell, and the first pitch he threw to Shane Victorino, was a 96 mph fastball, right down the pipe, blew the Victorino away.
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