In recent years we've seen far too many pitchers on the business end of vicious line drives. Brandon McCarthy, now of the Los Angeles Dodgers, always comes to mind first because of the serious damage he sustained . McCarthy suffered a skull fracture, brain contusion and epidural hemorrhage and continued dealing with the after effects for close to a year . It's happened to others as well. In 2011, Juan Nicasio was struck by a liner and suffered a C-1 vertebrae fracture on the fall. Most recently, Archie Bradley of the Arizona Diamondbacks was lucky to sustain only minor sinus damage on a Carlos Gonzalez liner. It's a scary reality of the game that people are trying to address, but are being met with reluctance from the very people they're attempting to protect. It's also a scary reality that nearly reared its ugly again on Friday, as Oakland A's ace Sonny Gray was inches away from catching a Matt Joyce line drive in the chops. The ball was absolutely smoked and looked like a blur as it traveled some 60 feet into Gray's domain. Gray, who falls off to the left side of the mound after his pitches, moved right into the ball's track. With a split-second reaction, however, he was able to...