On Wednesday, new Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett was hit in the face by a ball and was sent to Pittsburgh for tests on his right eye.
That came a day after the team's director of Florida operations made a much better play. Trevor Gooby delivered a baby at the team's spring training field in Florida during an open house for season-ticked holders and sponsors.
Bradenton resident Latasha Kirk, who was eight months pregnant, starting having contractions in the picnic area at McKechnie Field. Just minutes later, before an ambulance could arrive, Gooby essentially caught a baby boy, using training he had when his wife delivered. "We had 10 minutes, 15 tops," Gooby told the Bradenton Herald.
The baby was five weeks early. And his name is appropriate: McKechnie, after the Pirates' stadium.
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