Pirates Rookie Jameson Taillon Takes Line Drive Off The Head, Stays In The Game
Word to Pittsburgh — Jameson Taillon ain’t the dude you wanna get in a bar fight with, unless of course he’s on your side. That was no graze like the broadcasters were thinking it was before they saw the replay. Dude got smoked right in the dome with that line drive, and stayed in the game to finish the inning like an absolute savage. And it wasn’t just one of those, oh, I wanna stay in for the rest of this inning because my adrenaline’s pumping, no. At the time of me writing this, he came back out for the next inning and faced the minimum in the third, and has worked through the fourth. Should they have taken him out for precautionary reasons? Maybe. But if an athlete passes the concussion tests, and he wants to compete, you should let him compete. Good for Taillon. Grit and balls.