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After suffering a torn ligament in the thumb on his throwing hand, New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, affectionately named K-Rod, will miss the remainder of the 2010 season. K-Rod's teammates, coaches, fans, and fantasy owners (myself included) will never forgive K-Rod for this disgraceful exit from what had been developing into a solid season for the guy. We are disgusted because this was not an injury sustained in typical baseball player fashion; he did not attempt to carry luggage that was too heavy; he did not drop a weight on his finger; nor did he tear the ligament while stretching to grab a tissue. Instead, K-Rod injured his hand while laying the smack down on his father-in-law in the family room of the team clubhouse. Stay classy, Francisco.
It has been a tumultuous past couple of days for K-Rod. He was arrested and taken into custody after a recent Mets game. He was then suspended for two games by the team. He served the suspension, came back, and got in one inning of shutout ball. Then news spread of the apparent injury, and poof, his season is now over. Now, the Mets are trying to figure out a way to recover some of the money that K-Rod was due to receive, claiming that the injury was non-baseball related (are they ever baseball related?).
There are so many angles you could take with this story: a disaster for a team whose season has been a large disappointment; a contractual minefield through which management and K-Rod's agent must now navigate; and a selfish, shameful decision made by a father and husband. But the one that perhaps interests me most is the fact that this serves as yet another example of a baseball player getting injured doing something so completely random--others include a player scalding himself while ironing a shirt that he was wearing on his body; a player falling out of bed and crashing into a nightside table after nightmares of being covered by spiders; and a player suffering back spasms while violently sneezing. You can't help but ask the question: what is it about baseball players that makes them prone to such ridiculous injuries? It is a silly phenomenon unique to baseball. And only God knows why.
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