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Weird Injuries

Anthony DeSclafani delivers a pitch

Anthony DeSclafani dealing with injury from unfortunate off-field incident

San Francisco Giants pitcher Anthony DeSclafani exited his start against the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier than expected on Saturday, and apparently a piano bench was to blame. DeSclafani threw just 77 pitches while allowing five hits and three earned …

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts looking on

Dodgers pitcher goes on IL after suffering bizarre injury in warmups

The Los Angeles Dodgers can now add strange injuries to their list of woes to begin the 2023 season. Dodgers right-hander Michael Grove, who got the start on Thursday against the Chicago Cubs, was forced to exit early with a groin strain. Grove …

Kevin Durant in street clothes

Video emerges of Kevin Durant’s bizarre warmup injury

Fans who came to watch Kevin Durant play on Wednesday got a rather unpleasant surprise. Durant was a late scratch for the Phoenix Suns’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Durant injured his left …

Joe Musgrove with his hat backwards

Padres All-Star suffers unusual injury in weight room mishap

One San Diego Padres player suffered an unfortunate (and almost cartoonish) injury this week. The Padres revealed on Tuesday that starting pitcher Joe Musgrove broke his left big toe in a weight room accident on Monday. Musgrove suffered the injury …

Derrick White in his Celtics uniform

Celtics’ Derrick White dealing with unusual ear injury

Derrick White has an injury that you probably won’t see (or rather, hear about) every day. In the second quarter of Tuesday’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics guard White took a shot to the left ear during a collision with …

Marcus Smart dribbles the ball

Marcus Smart has concerning revelation about 2018 glass-punching injury

Marcus Smart is making a troubling revelation about his infamous injury from five years ago. The Boston Celtics guard Smart told reporters in a recent interview that he still plays with some glass in his hand as a result of the 2018 incident where he …

Joe Mazzulla on the sideline

Unusual reason for Joe Mazzulla’s absence from Celtics revealed

It turns out that the players are not the only ones who can be sidelined with strange injuries. Boston Celtics interim coach Joe Mazzulla has not been with the team for the last two games. He missed Tuesday’s game against the Houston Rockets …

Xavier McKinney addressing the media

Giants safety suffered strange injury during bye week

New York Giants safety Xavier McKinney seems to have had a little too much fun during the team’s bye week. McKinney revealed in a post to his Twitter page on Monday that he suffered a hand injury while riding an ATV in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico …

Myles Turner during warmups

Myles Turner misses Pacers’ season opener after bizarre injury in warmups

The Indiana Pacers’ season is starting off on the wrong foot … literally. Pacers center Myles Turner was a late scratch for Wednesday’s season opener against the Washington Wizards after injuring his left ankle in pregame warmups. …

Phil Maton talks with reporters

Astros reliever out for playoffs due to off-field injury

The Houston Astros will be without one of their relief pitchers for the entire postseason due to an off-field injury. Phil Maton fractured a bone in his throwing hand when punching his locker in disappointment on Wednesday. Astros RHP Phil Maton …

David Robertson throwing a pitch

David Robertson out for NLDS after suffering bizarre injury

Philadelphia Phillies reliever David Robertson will not pitch in the NLDS thanks to a strange injury he suffered during the second and deciding game of the NL Wild Card Series. Robertson suffered a right calf strain while jumping in the air to …

A look at the Oakland Coliseum

Athletics pitcher missed start with extremely bizarre finger injury

Oakland Athletics righty James Kaprielian suffered a real “Looney Tunes” moment this week. Kaprielian, who was supposed to start Friday’s game against the Chicago White Sox, was scratched just hours before the first pitch. The team …

Maason Smith injury

Extent of LSU lineman’s celebration injury revealed

LSU defensive lineman Maason Smith has unfortunately gone the way of Bill Gramatica. The Tigers defensive tackle was injured during Sunday’s loss to Florida State when he jumped up to celebrate a tackle for loss and landed awkwardly on his left …

Kliff Kingsbury looking ahead

Cardinals CB lands on injury list after bizarre cooking accident

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Antonio Hamilton will miss the first four games of the 2022 season due to a strange cooking accident. Hamilton, a reserve cornerback, was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list Thursday, with what NFL …

Aroldis Chapman in his Yankees cap

Aroldis Chapman lands on injured list with bizarre infection

Though not quite Fernando Tatis Jr. getting a haircut, Aroldis Chapman now finds himself out of commission for an extremely unusual reason. The New York Yankees placed their star reliever Chapman on the 15-day injured list this week (retroactive to …

Archie Bradley falling out of the dugout

Angels reliever suffered big injury during brawl with Mariners

The wildest brawl of the MLB season so far has taken an unfortunate twist. Los Angeles Angels head athletic trainer Mike Frostad told reporters on Tuesday that reliever Archie Bradley suffered a fractured right elbow during Sunday’s brawl …

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