The New York Daily News has more on the Joba Chamberlain injury, and while trampoline-related injuries sound like things that would be narrated by Bob Saget, this particular one was was incredibly awful.
Joba Chamberlain Injury Caused Open Dislocation, ‘Life-Threatening’ Blood Loss
Joba Chamberlain lost so much blood Thursday when he hurt his ankle while playing with his son that there initially was concern for his life, a Yankees' source said.At the very least, the gruesome open dislocation of Chamberlain's right ankle could be career-threatening and probably will preclude Chamberlain from pitching for the Yankees this season.
Chamberlain underwent surgery on Friday morning to repair the ankle. The Daily News quoted a Dr. Stephen Weinfeld in the article who brought up the dreaded Joe Theismann comparison, long the standard for a gruesome, bone-revealing sports injury.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman said that he’d “like to say” it wasn’t a career-ending injury, but he didn’t have enough information or expertise to say for sure. Dr. Weinfeld says that the injury isn’t just career-threatening, but “limb-threatening,” though that’s an unlikely scenario. Horrific stuff, to be sure.
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