MLB Star Roasts Commentator Who Blamed Him for Horrific Injury

MLB pitcher Brandon McCarthy suffered a horrific injury last season when he was nailed in the head with a line drive.

McCarthy somehow avoided longterm major damage and is back playing this season, but an MLB Network commentator brought the scary moment up again on Wednesday in decidedly indelicate fashion.

We'll let @HeardOnMLBT, a Twitter account poking fun at the often inane things said on MLB Network, take it from here:

"If you don't pitch in, this is what's gonna happen." - Mitch Williams, during a clip of @BMcCarthy32's injury last year.

— Heard on MLB Tonight (@HeardOnMLBT) July 11, 2013

For the uninitiated, here's the point Williams (himself a former Big League pitcher) was trying to make: Pitchers should aim for the inside part of the strike zone — that is, closer to the batter's body — to be effective and keep offensive players on guard. To assign McCarthy blame for a freak play that legitimately could have killed him, however, is ignorant at best and downright offensive at worst.

McCarthy, not surprisingly, took exception to Williams' line of thought, posting this on Twitter early Thursday:

.@WildThingMLBN I hope the clip of me nearly dying helped you make one of your asinine points.

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 11, 2013

But that was just the beginning.

McCarthy then posted a series of follow-up tweets mocking Williams' reasoning. Before long, many of his 118,000 followers had joined in on the party, creating a mini-meme of their own:

"If you go to autotrader dot com this is what's gonna happen"- Mitch Williams, talking over a clip of an 8 car pileup

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 11, 2013

"If you teach your child to throw a football, this is what will happen"- Mitch Williams, over a clip of Tom Brady's knee injury

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 11, 2013

@BMcCarthy32 "If you sit down on a toilet, this is what happens." - Mitch Williams. pic.twitter.com/vVJs4K0TGN

— AJ Jones (@justplainaj) July 11, 2013

@BMcCarthy32 "If you fail out of art school this is what happens" -Mitch Williams on the Third Reich

— Ryan M (@Bulbastroyed43) July 11, 2013

@BMcCarthy32 "If you make a movie, this is what's going to happen." - Mitch Williams on "Gigli"

— Passwaters (@Passwaters_78) July 11, 2013

@BMcCarthy32 "If you're gonna be a rock band, this is what's going to happen" - Mitch Williams on Nickleback

— Christian Allen (@ChristianAllen1) July 11, 2013

@BMcCarthy32 "If you stay up til 3 am this is what's going to happen" -Mitch Williams watching me try to think of a good Mitch Williams joke

— Tyler Jones (@tyjo1710) July 11, 2013

And justice was served, Twitter-style.

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