My favorite weird baseball injury is easily Francisco Rodriguez stepping on a cactus while playing in the Cactus League a couple years ago — the story just writes itself.
But Russell Martin threw his hat into the ring today after word leaked that he’d miss a couple days after injuring his knee after an unfortunate trip to the sauna.
That’s right, Russell apparently got lightheaded and took a tumble in the shower:
Gibbons on Martin:Russ was in sauna yesterday, was in too long, got lightheaded, fell in shower & hurt knee. Needs couple days off #BlueJays
— Hazel Mae (@thehazelmae) July 22, 2016
Russell went into extreme detail with reporters while talking about the events that led to this snafu:
Russell Martin on his sauna wooziness/pass out/knee injury. Hope the font isn’t too small #Jays pic.twitter.com/Pr9PouF5h4
— Chris O'Leary (@olearychris) July 22, 2016
The Blue Jays seem to have bad luck with these random injuries. Last spring training, Michael Saunders tore knee cartilage after stepping on a damn sprinkler.
