So, just as Brad Lidge makes his return, Ryan Madson gets himself sent off to the DL. Why? Because, as you’ve probably heard by now, he got angry and kicked a chair, breaking his toe.
Pitchers Are Selectively Delicate
↵It’s a stupid injury, and a pointless one, but one that is in no way unprecedented. Just in the past few years, we’ve seen Jeff Bennett hurt his hand punching a door, John Bale hurt his hand punching a door, Neal Musser hurt his finger punching a chair, Kevin Brown hurt his hand punching a door, and Kyle Farnsworth hurt his knee kicking a fan. And that’s not the complete list. That’s just the end of my Googling.
↵Pitchers get mad, pitchers do stupid things, and pitchers hurt themselves. People always say that pitching is a dangerous activity because overhand throwing is an unnatural motion, but the danger is due as much to issues off the field as it is to issues on it.
↵Athletes are supposed to be cut from a superior physical cloth, but it seems appropriate that the only kind of force a pitcher’s body can withstand is a calamitous blow to the skull.
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