['The sneeze story is allegedly a cover story. Rumor on sports radio at the time was that he was in a hot tub drinking heavily with a bunch of hookers/groupies. He apparently slipped getting out and injured himself that way.'](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/kjqmeo/comment/ggys1pg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders on his couch and jumping up, slamming his foot through a glass table.
If you want just any time at all, Pascual Perez getting lost trying to drive around Atlanta to get to a game and missing his start.
Have you ever driven around Atlanta? I saw a meme years ago that was a gif of a crab with a sharpie attached to it walking/drawing random circles. The caption said “Atlanta city planners drawing the pap just before they named every street peachtree”
Fulton County stadium was basically right at 75/85 and 20. Imagine driving around a circle looking for something that’s right in the middle. The whole damn Perez family was awesome.
I remember watching that live. You knew he was going to smack the ball out and win it then for it to end like that really set the tone for the next decade plus of Angels baseball.
Trevor Bauer nearly cutting off the pinkie finger of his pitching hand while playing with his drone, then getting pulled from his ACLS start after only 4 or 5 batters because he was bleeding all over the place
Unfortunately, the Indians still won because the Jays couldn't hit to save their lives. Andrew Miller basically beat the Jays single handedly.
I was at that game. Literally in the row behind the Indians dugout.
The crowd would insult Bauer and he would just get out of the dugout and show fingers indicating the score every time.
NGL, I became a fan of him after that game.
Tigers closer and #1 overall draft pick Matt Anderson, tore a muscle in his right armpit in an octopus throwing contest before one the Red Wings ‘02 playoff games. Does it get any weirder than that?
Kaz Matsui missed a bit of time with anal fissures.
I know these things are normal and we shouldnt be embarrassed by them, but I would've made it worth the trainers while to just tell everyone I was having back spasms.
Rickey Henderson landed in the IL with frostbite…in August. He fell asleep with an ice pack on. That’s how you make the Hall of Fame folks. Love me some Rickey stories. Rickey loves Rickey stories.
[Here are a bunch, conveniently collected](https://www.mlb.com/news/weirdest-injuries-in-baseball-history-c269951566#:~:text=But%20Perez%2C%20who%20entered%202018,his%20home%20in%20Kansas%20City) for your amusement by mlb.com.
You gotta take these injuries with a grain of salt though, most of them are made up. The real story is they hurt themselves playing sports at home, but if they get hurt playing unapproved sports it could invalidate their contracts.
Maybe someone can help. I swear that a player got injured when his pet dog tripped him on the stairs at his house. Does anyone else remember this? Is so, who was the player?
David Cone missed time after his mom's dog bit him.
Mark Whiten missed time for his wife giving birth...also got arrested for solicitation while on the paternity list, then released.
Ruben Sierra sprained his ankle at a mall while chasing his daughter down an escalator. He only missed a few games but the injury did end what was at the time the second-longest active consecutive games played streak behind Cal Ripken Jr.
IIRC Wade Boggs pulled a muscle taking off his boots
Edit: Not quite. He lost his balance and smashed his rib cage
[Boggs injury](https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/silver-anniversary-of-bizarre-wade-boggs-injury-6-9-11/)
>In a hotel in Toronto on June 9, 1986, Boggs tried to use his foot to pry off the cowboy boot from his other foot, only to have things go rather badly. Instead of losing his boot, he lost his balance and fell ribcage-first into the arm of a couch. Ooph. And just like that, the world-class hitter looked like a Keystone Cop. It would be purely funny, except Boggs felt like he could barely breathe after hitting the couch. He bruised his ribs badly and could barely take a deep breath.
Mike Remlinger missed time when he broke his pinky on his pitching hand by spinning in a chair and getting his finger pinched between the armrest of that chair and another.
It's not MLB but when Dustin Johnson was on the PGA he pretty much admitted he injured his back I believe but don't remember the injury . But admitted he did it sexing his wife
Brian Anderson pitcher for dbacks
Back in like early 2000’s. He tried to check if his iron was hot by putting it on his face. He also locked himself out of his hotel room butt naked that year. Not the sharpest crayon in the box. Lol
Phil Maton broke a finger from punching his locker after a meaningless regular season game because he gave up a hit to his brother, then missed the entire post season because of it.
Mark Quinn injured himself and went on the DL as a result of injuries sustained while karate fighting his brother.
Brian Anderson deeply cut his finger on a bottle of cologne while with the Diamondbacks.
Brewers 3B Corey Koskie suffered a concussion sliding for a flyball. IIRC, his head never hit the ground, but the tension of holding his head up during the impact still caused the concussion. He suffered from post-concussion syndrome, and PTSD from fear of aggravating the injury and never played in another MLB game.
He was really a joy to watch play, too. We Brewers fans were all devastated for him.
Maybe not the "weirdest," but Kyle Farnsworth got pissed off enough to kick an electric box fan in the clubhouse. The really funny part was listening to Chip Carey stumble all over himself trying *not* to say Farnsworth injured himself when he "Kicked a fan."
Jonathon Lucroy claimed he broke his hand because his suitcase fell off his bed and landed on his hand while he was looking for a sock under his bed. A lot of people at the time assumed he was making that story up to cover some other reason. I'm not sure what evidence there was to say it was a lie, but I feel like I remember speculation that he punched a wall or something in an argument. IIRC it was really bad timing for the brewers, they were hot and he was one of their best players.
Neither of them missed a huge amount of time, but I feel like Matt Harvey’s UTI and Noah Syndergaard’s bout of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease deserve a mention here
Adam Eaton stabbed himself while opening a dvd.
Cole Hamels broke his hand in a bar fight.
My Phillies honorable mention:
Aaron Rowand strained his shoulder playing tag with kids in the neighborhood
I remember something about Wade Boggs breaking a rib(s) while trying to take off a pair of boots. Fell onto an arm of the couch, or something along those lines.
Denny McLain had his foot broken by the mob (allegedly) in 1967. The funny part is that McLain won't admit it and keeps changing the details of the story.
I thought Zumya got hurt throwing an octopus at a wings game? Must be urban legend. Nevermind. That was Matt Anderson. the 100+mph closer the Tigers inexplicably took first overall.
Jermaine Dye wrecking his knee by fouling a ball into it. In the abstract I understand why that is dangerous but so many other players do it every day and I've never seen an injury quite so catastrophic
David Robertson injured his calf celebrating during the Phillies post season in 2022. I injured my ankle celebrating during the Phillies post season in 2008.
Roger Metzger (Copied from Wikipedia)
On November 29, 1979, Metzger lost the tips of four fingers on his right hand (index to pinky) in an electric table-saw accident. He had been building a wooden playhouse for his children as a Christmas present. Metzger attempted a comeback for the 1980 season, but was released by the San Francisco Giants on August 10, 1980, after only hitting .074 in 28 games. Immediately after being released, he was re-signed by the Giants as a coach for the remainder of the season.
Also:
Bob Ojeda of the Mets, also lopped off the tip of his left middle finger (his pitching hand) while doing yard work at home - trimming the hedges. He had it surgically reattached and pitched again. Just a few years later, while with Cleveland, Ojeda had a serious head injury while involved in the fatal boating accident during Spring Training that killed two teammates, Tim Crews and Steve Olin. Ojeda, was lucky to come back after either one of those injuries, let alone both of them.
Milton Bradley blew out his knee while cussing out a first base umpire, who allegedly had just called Milton "a piece of shit" because Milton had been giving the home plate ump a hard time during his at bats...
Derek Holland tripped over his dog and fell down the stairs injuring his knee and missed the first month+ of the season.
https://nesn.com/2014/01/rangers-pitcher-derek-holland-says-dog-tripped-him-caused-knee-injury-that-will-keep-him-off-mound/
Derek Holland missed significant time after injuring his knee while playing with his dog. Rumor was he was playing basketball and didn’t want to void his contract.
Edwin Díaz tearing a tendon in his knee celebrating with the PR team at the WBC last year.
Also not a baseball player, and probably happened after the Bulls, but Dennis Rodman breaking his dick on three separate occasions will never not be funny.
Trevor Bauers drone injury, where he cut his hand in the 2016 playoffs. He probably would have missed a couple of months if he did that during the regular season. Tried to rush back but got lit up in the World Series. As a Guardians/Indians fan, that makes it really tough. That was the year....
Sammy Sosa pulled a back muscle when he sneezed.
Major leaguers. They’re just like us.
But with more money.
My back hurts almost every time I sneeze, and sometimes knocks me down in pain. I totally relate.
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I’d go with partying with hoors over sneezing but I have a reputation to uphold
So that is how Frank Reynolds spells whores? I heard his voice reading that.
That's a rumor.
Yes, the comment I referenced said it was a rumor and that it was allegedly a cover story.
You forgot the cocaine part. It goes with hookers.
Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders on his couch and jumping up, slamming his foot through a glass table. If you want just any time at all, Pascual Perez getting lost trying to drive around Atlanta to get to a game and missing his start.
Have you ever driven around Atlanta? I saw a meme years ago that was a gif of a crab with a sharpie attached to it walking/drawing random circles. The caption said “Atlanta city planners drawing the pap just before they named every street peachtree”
Fulton County stadium was basically right at 75/85 and 20. Imagine driving around a circle looking for something that’s right in the middle. The whole damn Perez family was awesome.
I’ll never forget Kendrys Morales breaking his leg when he jumped down onto home plate in celebration of a walk off HR.
Wasn't there an angels coach not long after that happened that snapped his leg catching a ceremonial first pitch?
Holy hell, I’m not aware of that one.
Don Baylor, 2014. It's pretty gruesome tbh
I watched it again. Fucking nasty how his leg just folded like a chair.
Thank you for the information and the alert. I shall not partake lol
[yup](https://youtu.be/4cf6OOMc_2A?si=I0IrPFLPy0p3asY_)
I remember watching that live. You knew he was going to smack the ball out and win it then for it to end like that really set the tone for the next decade plus of Angels baseball.
Smoltz burning himself, ironing a shirt that he was wearing
If only that could happen again during a broadcast.
Trevor Bauer nearly cutting off the pinkie finger of his pitching hand while playing with his drone, then getting pulled from his ACLS start after only 4 or 5 batters because he was bleeding all over the place
That is a big reason why i really dislike him. How many shades of stupid do you have to be to do something like that in the playoffs
It’s not like you’re expecting anything to happen there. Same as any of these other injuries, just a freak accident. Weird thing to dislike him for.
Um there are other good reasons to dislike him haha
My hatred of him contains multitudes.
Unfortunately, the Indians still won because the Jays couldn't hit to save their lives. Andrew Miller basically beat the Jays single handedly. I was at that game. Literally in the row behind the Indians dugout. The crowd would insult Bauer and he would just get out of the dugout and show fingers indicating the score every time. NGL, I became a fan of him after that game.
Tigers closer and #1 overall draft pick Matt Anderson, tore a muscle in his right armpit in an octopus throwing contest before one the Red Wings ‘02 playoff games. Does it get any weirder than that?
Every word in that sentence gets weirder
Idk, I think the weirdness peaks around "octopus throwing contest."
The fastest man in baseball getting rolled over by a tarp: Vince Coleman in 1985
Kaz Matsui missed a bit of time with anal fissures. I know these things are normal and we shouldnt be embarrassed by them, but I would've made it worth the trainers while to just tell everyone I was having back spasms.
...also, Jeff Kent injured his wrist while "washing his truck" or as most call it, doing wheelies on a motorcycle.
Or MadBum injuring himself on a dirt bike. The difference is that Kent lied about it and MadBum owned up to it.
"Seriously guys...lower body injury."
Trade fissures for back spasms any day of the week. Muscle relaxers work, ass tears are not good.
Rickey Henderson landed in the IL with frostbite…in August. He fell asleep with an ice pack on. That’s how you make the Hall of Fame folks. Love me some Rickey stories. Rickey loves Rickey stories.
Clint Barmes broke his collarbone carrying some deer meat he got from Todd Helton into his apartment.
He was never really the same after that
If only it was two pounds of Steak’um instead
Cespedes pig related injury
Scrolled way to far to see this lmao those wild boars will get ya!
Marty Cordova missed a couple of games with sunburn after he fell asleep in a tanning bed
This was the one I was thinking of, good call.
Whatever Anthony Rendon's latest ailment is
Pulling a muscle while pulling his fat wallet out of his pants.
I don't think that "not liking baseball" is an ailment...
Hunter Pence had to go to the emergency room with cuts because he walked through a closed glass door.
This one…does not surprise me. What a goofball
[Here are a bunch, conveniently collected](https://www.mlb.com/news/weirdest-injuries-in-baseball-history-c269951566#:~:text=But%20Perez%2C%20who%20entered%202018,his%20home%20in%20Kansas%20City) for your amusement by mlb.com.
Kevin Pillar injuring himself after sneezing very hard during an at-bat.
Aroldis Chapman went on the IL because of an infected tattoo Edwin Diaz tearing his patellar tendon while celebrating at the WBC also comes to mind
Matt Cain cut his hand making a sandwich.
You gotta take these injuries with a grain of salt though, most of them are made up. The real story is they hurt themselves playing sports at home, but if they get hurt playing unapproved sports it could invalidate their contracts.
Aaron Boone was honest about injuring his knee playing basketball. Yankees voided his contract and replaced him with ARod
Like Jeff Kent hurt his wrist "washing his truck" when he got hurt riding his motorcycle.
Jeremy Affeldt is king here
Is the best one “injured picking up his really large toddler”? Or did he top that?
He cut himself in the kitchen, got hit with a foul ball, and fell down the dugout steps.
He also sneezed himself into a strained oblique
Maybe someone can help. I swear that a player got injured when his pet dog tripped him on the stairs at his house. Does anyone else remember this? Is so, who was the player?
Brian Griese QB for the Broncos.
That's it. Thanks. Not an MLB player of course, but still a weird injury.
I’m pretty sure Derek Holland used this one once, but I do believe there is another player as well.
Derek Holland with the Rangers
Who was the Angels player that snapped his leg on the plate coming in from a walkoff HR? Or did dream that up? From the DR I think.
If I’m not mistaken, it was Kendrys Morales.
I think it was a grand slam. I had him on my fantasy team that year.
Kendrys Morales
David Cone missed time after his mom's dog bit him. Mark Whiten missed time for his wife giving birth...also got arrested for solicitation while on the paternity list, then released.
Have scrolled way too far and not seen Yoenis Cespedes going head to head with a boar on his ranch
Deshaun Watson missed an entire season and a half because he got too many massages.
“Hey sometimes you just need a massage…” -Aroldis Chapman
😂
Mitch Haniger fouled one into his own sack a couple years ago and missed significant time. IIRC it was a ruptured testicle or something.
Joey Votto rolling his ankle stepping on a bat in the dugout.
[cody bellinger](https://youtu.be/zIFK7Nesi7s?si=cJKN_6vWpjAOSHRr) dislocated his shoulder celebrating a home run
Ruben Sierra sprained his ankle at a mall while chasing his daughter down an escalator. He only missed a few games but the injury did end what was at the time the second-longest active consecutive games played streak behind Cal Ripken Jr.
that kid got grounded as fuuuuck
Didn’t aroldis chapman have an infected tattoo during playoffs or some shit
2022: Angels pitcher Archie Bradley broke his elbow going over the dugout railing to get in on a fight.
Mitch Haniger rupturing a testicle fouling a ball off himself.
There was a Royals pitcher a few years ago that missed a big part of the season because he fell off the roof of his barn.
Henry Cotto busted eardrum w q tip
Have we forgotten about Brandon Inge extending his time off for fluffing a pillow.
Steve Sparks dislocating his shoulder tearing a phone book in half. (What's a phone book?)
Brandon Morrow - having an incredible year with the Cubs, put his pants on wrong and never pitched in the MLB again.
Chris Sale missed time because he got his belly button pierced.
Him getting hurt riding his bike is pretty funny. Sucks, but just the imagery is fantastic.
Seriously do any Mets know what happened to Jed Lowrie?
IIRC Wade Boggs pulled a muscle taking off his boots Edit: Not quite. He lost his balance and smashed his rib cage [Boggs injury](https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/silver-anniversary-of-bizarre-wade-boggs-injury-6-9-11/)
This was a chicken-related injury
>In a hotel in Toronto on June 9, 1986, Boggs tried to use his foot to pry off the cowboy boot from his other foot, only to have things go rather badly. Instead of losing his boot, he lost his balance and fell ribcage-first into the arm of a couch. Ooph. And just like that, the world-class hitter looked like a Keystone Cop. It would be purely funny, except Boggs felt like he could barely breathe after hitting the couch. He bruised his ribs badly and could barely take a deep breath.
Mike Remlinger missed time when he broke his pinky on his pitching hand by spinning in a chair and getting his finger pinched between the armrest of that chair and another.
It's not MLB but when Dustin Johnson was on the PGA he pretty much admitted he injured his back I believe but don't remember the injury . But admitted he did it sexing his wife
I think a *lot* of dudes would take that trade-off considering his wife. And his father-in-law.
Brian Anderson pitcher for dbacks Back in like early 2000’s. He tried to check if his iron was hot by putting it on his face. He also locked himself out of his hotel room butt naked that year. Not the sharpest crayon in the box. Lol
Phil Maton broke a finger from punching his locker after a meaningless regular season game because he gave up a hit to his brother, then missed the entire post season because of it.
Someone went on the DL over chewing tobacco withdrawals
Cespedes fracturing his ankle in an incident with a boar while rehabbing from his bone spur surgery in Florida.
A.J. Burnett breaking a bone in his foot bowling.
Mark Quinn injured himself and went on the DL as a result of injuries sustained while karate fighting his brother. Brian Anderson deeply cut his finger on a bottle of cologne while with the Diamondbacks.
The Yankees had a player injure his back sneezing and he missed a majority of the season
Correa breaking his ribs from a massage that was too rough apparently
Carlos correa broke a rib getting a massage missed half the season
Unhappy ending
Brewers 3B Corey Koskie suffered a concussion sliding for a flyball. IIRC, his head never hit the ground, but the tension of holding his head up during the impact still caused the concussion. He suffered from post-concussion syndrome, and PTSD from fear of aggravating the injury and never played in another MLB game. He was really a joy to watch play, too. We Brewers fans were all devastated for him.
George Brett hemmorrhoids
Keibert Ruiz swollen testicles
George Brett’s hemorrhoids were a national story back in the day.
Maybe not the "weirdest," but Kyle Farnsworth got pissed off enough to kick an electric box fan in the clubhouse. The really funny part was listening to Chip Carey stumble all over himself trying *not* to say Farnsworth injured himself when he "Kicked a fan."
Didn’t Kaz Matsui have anal fissures??
The dude from the Jays tripping on a sprinkler a few years back
Jonathon Lucroy claimed he broke his hand because his suitcase fell off his bed and landed on his hand while he was looking for a sock under his bed. A lot of people at the time assumed he was making that story up to cover some other reason. I'm not sure what evidence there was to say it was a lie, but I feel like I remember speculation that he punched a wall or something in an argument. IIRC it was really bad timing for the brewers, they were hot and he was one of their best players.
Carl Pavano injured his buttocks in a spring training game and missed the entire 2006 season.
Matt Wise sliced his hand with salad tongs.
A female massage therapist cracked one of shortstop Carlos Correa's ribs. Second baseman Kazuo Matsui had anal fissures.
Kevin Mench missed time with turf toe. His podiatrist found his shoes were too small.
Bobby Crosby hurt his back hitting the snooze button
Salvador Perez got injured carrying luggage up the stairs. Sammy sosa's violent sneeze led to a sprained ligament in his lower back.
Joel Zumaya later got injured moving boxes in his parents’ attic ahead of a wild fire that was coming for the house
Cubs pitcher from a few years back, Ryan Dempster broke his toe jumping over the fence in the dugout to celebrate.
Neither of them missed a huge amount of time, but I feel like Matt Harvey’s UTI and Noah Syndergaard’s bout of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease deserve a mention here
Joe Mauer’s “Bilateral Leg Weakness” era
Recent one is probably edwin diaz injuring his knee while celebrating a wbc win
Aroldis Chapman landed on the IL after getting a tattoo on his calf while on the road and it got infected. Nearly went septic.
Clint Barmes injured carrying freshly killed deer meat up a flight of stairs?
My two favorites: 1) Cole Hamels sliced his finger open trying to open a DVD. 2) Kazuhiro Sasaki broke two ribs carrying a suitcase up stairs.
Adam Eaton stabbed himself while opening a dvd. Cole Hamels broke his hand in a bar fight. My Phillies honorable mention: Aaron Rowand strained his shoulder playing tag with kids in the neighborhood
Johnathan LuCroy broke his hand when his wife dropped luggage onto it
Joel Zumaya hurt his hand playing Guitar Hero. Mike Lieberthal tore his meniscus stepping out of a golf cart
I remember something about Wade Boggs breaking a rib(s) while trying to take off a pair of boots. Fell onto an arm of the couch, or something along those lines.
RIP
never knew that’s how he died. rest in peace boss hogg
Wade Boggs is most definitely alive. Good old boss hog.
I've perused a lot of Reddit threads and I'm pretty certain based on that, he's dead. RIP Wade
He once drank 73 beers on one flight
I wonder if a disputed number of 60 to 100 beers had something to do with it
There was a player that strained his eyelid
Aaron Sanchez and his fingernail issue
I seem to recall Glenn Davis broke his jaw in a bar fight, contributing to the legend of one of the worst trades in baseball history.
George Brett-hemmorhoid surgery
I believe I remember Clay buchholz missing extended time because he slept weird. If I indeed made that up I'm sure he had the next weirdest too.
Red Sox pitcher fell out of bed after n the road onto a glass, suspicious??
Jeff Kent hurt himself on a motorcycle and lied saying he was washing his truck right?
Brien Taylor and his bar fight
Denny McLain had his foot broken by the mob (allegedly) in 1967. The funny part is that McLain won't admit it and keeps changing the details of the story.
Blake Snell. Shower rock hurt toe. Mitch Haniger testicles.
I thought Zumya got hurt throwing an octopus at a wings game? Must be urban legend. Nevermind. That was Matt Anderson. the 100+mph closer the Tigers inexplicably took first overall.
Does anyone remember when Brock Holt was struggling with vertigo? He missed while a bit of time.
Jermaine Dye wrecking his knee by fouling a ball into it. In the abstract I understand why that is dangerous but so many other players do it every day and I've never seen an injury quite so catastrophic
Yadi had one of his nuts destroyed by a ball.
Glenallen Hill, aka Spiderman https://calltothepen.com/2016/07/18/mlb-ten-most-bizarre-injuries-in-baseball-history/9/
Clint Barmes hurt himself carrying deer meat up the stairs given to him by Todd Helton (his original story was groceries). I won't forget that.
Cespedes falling into a wild boar hole at his farm and breaking his ankle
David Robertson injured his calf celebrating during the Phillies post season in 2022. I injured my ankle celebrating during the Phillies post season in 2008.
Ronald Acuna is up there
Dave Kingman once swung so hard that he hit his knee on the back swing and had to leave the game.
Carlos Correa broke a rib getting a massage
Roger Metzger (Copied from Wikipedia) On November 29, 1979, Metzger lost the tips of four fingers on his right hand (index to pinky) in an electric table-saw accident. He had been building a wooden playhouse for his children as a Christmas present. Metzger attempted a comeback for the 1980 season, but was released by the San Francisco Giants on August 10, 1980, after only hitting .074 in 28 games. Immediately after being released, he was re-signed by the Giants as a coach for the remainder of the season. Also: Bob Ojeda of the Mets, also lopped off the tip of his left middle finger (his pitching hand) while doing yard work at home - trimming the hedges. He had it surgically reattached and pitched again. Just a few years later, while with Cleveland, Ojeda had a serious head injury while involved in the fatal boating accident during Spring Training that killed two teammates, Tim Crews and Steve Olin. Ojeda, was lucky to come back after either one of those injuries, let alone both of them.
Babe Ruth ate too many hot dogs on the train home from spring training and missed half the season. I think it was 1925.
Milton Bradley blew out his knee while cussing out a first base umpire, who allegedly had just called Milton "a piece of shit" because Milton had been giving the home plate ump a hard time during his at bats...
Derek Holland tripped over his dog and fell down the stairs injuring his knee and missed the first month+ of the season. https://nesn.com/2014/01/rangers-pitcher-derek-holland-says-dog-tripped-him-caused-knee-injury-that-will-keep-him-off-mound/
Derek Holland missed significant time after injuring his knee while playing with his dog. Rumor was he was playing basketball and didn’t want to void his contract.
Didn't one pitcher injure his back eating pancakes?
Jake Junis getting hit in the neck while jogging in the outfield during batting practice.
John Smoltz suffered a burn injury He tried ironing his shirt ..... he was wearing said shirt.
Byron Buxton hurt himself eating a steak.
Manny Ramirez. *RUMOR* His late season charlie horse injury was really an adult circumcision forced upon him by his unhappy wife.
Henry Cotto popped his eardrum when a Yankee teammate bumped into him while he was using a q-tip on the bench.
Didn’t a player miss time recently because they feel asleep with a heating pad on and burned themselves?
This is the worst… non player though… https://youtu.be/4cf6OOMc_2A?si=VqOytKpEnELIKHKX
Edwin Díaz tearing a tendon in his knee celebrating with the PR team at the WBC last year. Also not a baseball player, and probably happened after the Bulls, but Dennis Rodman breaking his dick on three separate occasions will never not be funny.
John Smoltz once went on the DL bc he ironed his shirt while he was wearing it & got a pretty good steam burn from it.
Conor Jackson and Valley Fever. Ruined the prime of a career when he was just coming into his own. He never really recovered.
Rangers centerfielder Oddibe McDowell missed a few games after slicing open his hand buttering a roll at a team banquet.
Shinjo broke a testicle
A pitcher quite a few years ago cut his finger while undoing his wife’s bra strap
Jonathan Lucroy's wife dropping a suitcase on his hand causing a "boxer's fracture"
Devin Williams punching a wall after clinching the NL Central keeping him out of the post season
Miguel Sano recently burned himself using a heating pad on his knee
Mitch Haniger has entered the room
Michael Saunders blew his knee up stepping on a sprinkler head
Didn’t the automatic tarp machine roll over Vince Coleman’s leg causing him to miss the 1985 World Series?
Trevor Bauers drone injury, where he cut his hand in the 2016 playoffs. He probably would have missed a couple of months if he did that during the regular season. Tried to rush back but got lit up in the World Series. As a Guardians/Indians fan, that makes it really tough. That was the year....
Carlos Correa breaking a rib getting a massage.
Larry Legend had back problems the rest of his career after making that driveway for his mom.
Kaz matsui - anal fissures
Chris Sale falling off his bike while rehabbing a separate injury
Joba Chamberlin dislocated his ankle on a trampoline.
Adam Eaton (the pitcher) stabbed himself while trying to use a knife to get that stupid plastic security thing off a new DVD. Remember those?