posted by Heretic
Pro athletes must be the ultimate idiot savants. Where they are so unbelievably good at what they do that people like us can only watch in wonder...but are such complete incompetents at random everyday things that doing anything more complex than using a plastic spoon to scoop out protein supplement is gonna end up in a bizarre injury.
Pretty sure it was the Tribe's catcher, Ron Hassey, back in the late 70's/early 80's, who had to go on the DL because of a cigarette he was smoking in the dugout flicked a lit ash into his eye.
I'm one to talk though. I posted in the lifting thread about my shoulder injury and I'm pretty confident the injury came in my sleep, not while lifting, but I'm almost 56 and not even close to an elite athlete. lol