SHUT UP DAVEY

by Brian P. Foley, The College Baseball Blog

Davey Johnson who is serving as the United States manager in the 2008 Olympic Baseball tournament has accused Cuban pitcher Pedro Lazo of throwing at the head of Jayson Nix in the 11th inning. There was runners on second and first as is accustomed in the 11th inning of an international baseball tourney with Nix up to bat. When Nix squared around to lay down the bunt, the ball deflected off his bat hitting him in the forehead. Nix went down immediately and had to be helped off the field and rushed to a local hospital. The USA ended up failing to come up with a hit in the inning thus losing the game 5-4.

Davey Johnson after the game started to say that Lazo was throwing at Jayson Nix's head when it was pretty clear that the ball was nowhere near his head and it was actually Nix who ended up hitting himself in the head with the ball. I have been able to secure some video of the incident in question and you can make judgment on it for yourself. It can be watched by clicking here.