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K.J. McDaniels Blocked a Shot So Hard it Gave a Fan a Concussion
By Jim Adair
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Remember this block that K.J. McDaniels laid on a Greivis Vasquez shot about a month ago? The lady that got hit by the ball probably doesn’t, because it gave her a concussion.
According to Sports Illustrated — which also has an unrelated but amazing profile of Madison Bumgarner — K.J. is now the owner of this Paul Bunyan/Bill Brasky-esque tall tale:
The jewel of his rejection résumé might just be the play of the season to date: A complete demolition of a Greivis Vasquez runner, rocketed into the stands at such a violent velocity as to cause actual injury.
“I surprised myself,” McDaniels said of the block. “There was a lady who got hit by the ball who got a concussion, I believe.” McDaniels, upon hearing what happened, sent flowers.
The whole piece on McDaniels by Rob Mahoney is essential reading, but let it serve at least one purpose: As a warning for everyone in the lower bowl to cover your head when K.J. rises up for a swat.
Kyle: It’s basically what Jim did to Eliot Shorr-Parks during our pickup game at the Wells Fargo Center… if there had been people in the stands.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.