MLB Player Suffers Pillow Injury
By Wyatt Earp | June 27, 2008
I swear to God, you can’t make this stuff up, kids.
We’ve heard about players getting hurt while sneezing, while sleepwalking through a nightmare about spiders and after kicking an iron bar stool.
But we had never heard of a pillow-lifting injury in baseball — that is, until Detroit Tigers’ everyman Brandon Inge reported an overstuffed owie on Wednesday, earning a feather-paved (and probably overdue) path to the injury list.
“It was the stupidest, most freakish thing,” Inge said Wednesday, explaining why he had just been placed on the 15-day DL with the pulled side muscle (oblique) he suffered 3 1/2 weeks ago.
“I have a 3-year-old son who sleeps in the bed with my wife and me,” Inge said. “I was trying to push the pillow down behind his head (two nights ago), and when I did … I repopped (the strained muscle). (H/T – !)
Aaannnddd . . . dumbass! It reminds me of that scene in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: “Those aren’t pillows!”
Topics: Uncategorized | 7 Comments »
June 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Why would he even give a reason if it is that lame?
June 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
At least he wasn’t biting it.
June 27th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
He can’t seriously expect people to…hmm, maybe he does.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Nothin’ to say but, “DUH!”
June 27th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Admiral – My four-year old would have thought of something better.
Randal – Oh, that’s nice!
Leoni2 – He’s a professional athlete. Of course he expects people to believe him!
RT – Double dumbass on him!
June 27th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
He is a professional baseball player. Has he no pride??
June 28th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Deanna – Apparently not.