I have been one of the many who has publicly declared that 2010 is The Year of The Pitcher; but after hearing about Chris Coghlan’s…mishap that occurred over the weekend, I am hereby recanting my original statement and acknowledging that 2010 is now “The Year of The Embarrassing Injury.” Coghlan, the left fielder for the Florida Marlins and reigning NL Rookie of the Year, went down like a pile of bricks after he tore a meniscus in his left knee. But the injury, which team doctors say might require surgery, didn’t occur as a result of Coghlan running down a fly ball or hustling down the first base line to beat out a throw––nope; Coghlan busted up his knee by…wait for it…attempting to deliver a pie to a teammate’s face. That’s right, Coghlan’s injury occurred while he was in the act of pieing Wes Helms following the pinch hitter’s bases-loaded single in the 11th inning of a 5-4 win over Atlanta on Sunday.
I’m not here to frown on the celebratory ritual of a pie to the face (although, it is getting old), but if you can’t successfully hit a guy in the face with a pie without tearing a meniscus in your knee, it’s probably a good idea not to try it. If anyone is having a good laugh at this (and by anyone, I mean everyone who is not currently employed by the Florida Marlins), it is the Anaheim Angels. It was the Angels who back in May lost first baseman Kendry Morales for the season after he broke his left leg while trying to stomp on home plate during a celebration following his game-ending grand slam against Seattle.
How many more celebratory injures will baseball have to endure before all skippers place a moratorium on celebrations following a win? Memo to major leaguers: control your emotions and remember that it’s a 162-game season.
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