Injuries are never fun to have whether an athlete or not. Sometimes, they occur in the most peculiar way, and Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell’s recent injury is no exception.
Blake Snell is coming off a Cy-Young season with the best team in baseball right now Tampa Bay Rays. Already off to another solid start, he has just been placed on the 10-day Injured List with a fractured toe. He will miss one start at least.
The incident in which he injured his toe, however, was more abnormal than a traditional case.
Marc Topkin, who covers the Rays for the Tampa Bay Times, shared the description as said by Snell on his Twitter account:
#Rays Snell said he was getting out of the shower Sunday night, decided then to move a decorative stand in the bathroom that he didn’t realize was in 2 parts, and as he lifted it the bottom piece, made of granite, fell on his right foot. That fourth toe is a bruised red mess. https://t.co/KHUOk5FcBL
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) April 16, 2019
Hopefully for the Tampa Bay Rays, Blake Snell won’t be concerning himself with decorative stands that have granite pieces on the bottom anymore, but it does bring back some interesting memories of other weird ways players have injured themselves.
In the earlier part of the month, Brock Holt was placed on the Injured List for a scratched cornea. Why? Because when he went to take his son to his bedroom, his son’s fingernails caught him in the eye.
Here’s Holt explained the situation to NESN.
During Spring Training, Joe Kelly experienced back tightness that scratched him from one of his first appearances in a Dodgers uniform. Good guy Joe was cooking a cajun feast for his new teammates while having to hunch over the stove for several hours.
He woke up the next morning with the back tightness and was forced to sit.
Lastly, who could forget the famous raw chicken incident with Brandon Nimmo. Back at the very start of Spring Training, Nimmo experienced a stomach bug and was sent home for the day due to the illness.
Mets Manager Mickey Calloway explained the incident to the media and it was shared by Tim Healey of Newsday:
Full quote from Mickey Callaway on Brandon Nimmo's apparent food sickness: "I guess he cooked some chicken and didn’t know how to cook or something. He was throwing up all night. So we’re going to have to teach him how to cook so he doesn’t miss any more games."
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) February 27, 2019
Hopefully, by now, Nimmo has increased culinary expertise.
Injuries are never fun to experience, but in situations like these, it’s hard not to laugh at the oddness.