May 27 2017 by Yardbarker: St. Louis Cardinals
At the age of 35, after having won a Gold Glove the three previous seasons and in four of the previous six, Mike Matheny had to face reality. Back-to-back games in which he took several foul balls off his catcher's mask left his life in limbo. When he went up to hit in the second inning of a May 31, 2006, game at Florida, the Giants' catcher struck out during a five-pitch at-bat -- none of which he could remember seeing.
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