Stupid Baseball Injuries #MLB

The list of baseball injuries is as long as it is stupid. Tommy Lee long and Mick Vick stupid. I am not talking torn ACLs or broken legs. I am not talking about torn rotator cuffs or Tommy John elbows. I am talking about guys hurting themselves carrying deer meet, (Clint Barmes) or combing their hair (Mike Marshall). I am talking about ball players hurting themselves while playing video games, riding in cabs or using a Q-Tip. All of that happened and that is only the beginning.

Ball players have scratched their eyes on feathers, nearly cut off their fingers opening CD’s or cutting the hedges, ruined their arms carrying bags of watermelon, or missed games because of the way they eat sunflower seeds. All true.

Add this one to the list.

I don’t know where it would fall on the ‘Stupid Meter’, but I know that it is on there. Probably somewhere between breaking a finger relaxing in a recliner, or burning yourself with an iron by holding it to your face to see if it is hot, also both true.

Chad Rogers, a player recently drafted by the Cincinnati Reds was bitten by a shark while surfing in Galveston, TX. He needed 60 stitches in his foot and missed a scheduled throwing session with the team. While the shark bite is certainly not his fault, his thought process after the attack earns him a spot on the list.

Rogers says that he plans on going back into the water, and will only stay out of he gets bitten a second time.

Genius. I get the whole, ‘horse, get back on it’ thing. Or at least I do if it is a horse and not a shark. Maybe the next time the shark decides it wants more than an appetizer. Maybe the shark is looking for a full entree the next time around. It’s a freaking shark attack, you really want to give it another chance?

Consider yourself lucky, never get in a swimming pool, much less an open body of water for the rest of your life. Get on the mound and go be a major league pitcher.

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