Braves’ catcher Brian McCann doesn’t always see so well. He’s had trouble with blurred vision, post-Lasik surgery adventures, eyeglass issues and dabbled in some rather unorthodox eyewear.
But don’t tell McCann he can’t hear.
Thanks in part to his eagle ears — and a clutch bottom-of-the-ninth-inning rally by the Braves to tie the Marlins at six — McCann made history on Sunday by hitting the major’s first walk-off home run to be verified by instant replay. He reached low to golf a long drive to right field, which hit high on the outfield wall near the ‘home run line’, but ricocheted back into the outfield. McCann knew all along the ball was out; he had the sound to prove...
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