Oakland A’s outfielder Michael Taylor is currently sidelined with an injury that could only happen during spring training. According to Susan Slusser of SFGate.com, Taylor sliced his finger last week after he hit his hand on a light fixture in the team’s dugout.
We hate to ever laugh at a player’s misfortunes, but to make matters even more comical Taylor suffered the injury while attempting to throw his gum away. At 6-foot-5, the 27-year-old is walking proof that it doesn’t always pay to be tall. He has already missed a week of spring training action and cannot resume play until the cut on his pinkie heals.
Wait a minute, Taylor’s not a pitcher. You mean position players can cut their fingers when they’re throwing their candy away, too? So far this offseason, we’ve seen starting pitchers injure their back while picking up their kids and others suffer rug burn while playing with their dogs. Bizarre injuries are certainly nothing new when it comes to baseball in March, but it’s usually the pitchers who are having the bad luck. Unfortunately for Taylor, that’s not always the case.
