Pirates’ Pitcher Gerrit Cole is Nearly Decapitated by Line Drive, Gets Hat Taken Off

By Jason Smith on April 14, 2016

YIKES. Gerrit Cole barely avoided absolute disaster. pic.twitter.com/FgQoGi2ZjS

— El Gran Iván (@theiri) April 14, 2016

Gerrit Cole was centimeters away from having his face demolished by a line drive on Thursday afternoon.

The Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher barely ducked away from a Jordan Zimmerman batted ball that took off his cap. Terrifying.

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"I need to leave it in the hands of a new technical team going into the future."

"I just wanted to make sure everybody could showcase their abilities in front of all 32 NFL teams."

"Fans deserve that.”

"He's the engine that's driving all of our winning."

Coach is ready to get rolling.

"I’m going to be in this game unless LSU fires me."

"I need to leave it in the hands of a new technical team going into the future."

"I just wanted to make sure everybody could showcase their abilities in front of all 32 NFL teams."

"Fans deserve that.”

"He's the engine that's driving all of our winning."

Coach is ready to get rolling.

"I’m going to be in this game unless LSU fires me."