# Who was it? Pitcher injured horsing around? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 12, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090 "2022-10-12T00:36:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/1 "2022-10-12T00:36:22Z")
I think it was a 1960’s era pitcher. There was some horsing around on the team bus. Maybe cutting off his tie when he was injured. I believe the injury led to his retirement. Anyone know the name of the pitcher. Warren Spahn, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/2 "2022-10-12T00:53:45Z")
[Vern Law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-that-pitcher/916830) ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/3 "2022-10-12T01:10:20Z")
I think we already answered this one. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/4 "2022-10-12T01:15:46Z")
> [@19USMC69](#): > > I think it was a 1960’s era pitcher. There was some horsing around on the team bus. Maybe cutting off his tie when he was injured. I believe the injury led to his retirement. Vern Law retired briefly when an arm injury (caused by favoring his bad ankle) limited his effectiveness. But he returned to baseball, having one of his best years in 1965 when he went 17-9 with a 2.15 ERA. He pitched until '67. The latest dumbass celebration injury [has knocked a key Phillies reliever out of the NLDS](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34775067/philadelphia-phillies-david-robertson-hurt-celebrating-nlds). ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/5 "2022-10-12T15:58:41Z")
I don’t think it’s fair to describe an athlete as a dumbass for _checks notes_ jumping. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/6 "2022-10-12T16:18:37Z")
Mark Fidrych hurt himself shagging fly balls during batting practice. I remember Rusty Staub talking about it. He said he warned Fidrych, who was diving for balls and generally being reckless. Sure enough, he hurt himself. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/7 "2022-10-12T16:40:31Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Mark Fidrych hurt himself shagging fly balls during batting practice. Mariano Rivera blew out his ACL shagging fly balls before a game. Brewers pitcher Devin Williams broke his hand punching a wall in a victory celebration. > **[18 Athletes Who Have Injured Themselves Celebrating](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1707277-18-athletes-who-have-injured-themselves-celebrating)** > > Winning is fun. Celebrating a huge win is even more fun. Unless the end result is a trip to the disabled list... ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/8 "2022-10-12T17:08:28Z")
Quite a few athletes who hurt themselves celebration-jumping on that list. “According to Fox Sports, (Derrek) Lee entered the dugout amidst celebration, and relief pitcher Angel Guzman slapped Lee’s helmet-clad head, as baseball players are prone to do.” “Except that the slap left Lee with neck spasms, forcing him out of that game and the next.” Hard slaps to the helmet by teammates/coaches to “reward” football players for a good play are commonplace. I wonder how many such slaps it takes to trigger CTE, or at least a bad headache. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/9 "2022-10-12T17:18:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Quite a few athletes who hurt themselves celebration-jumping on that list. Players for the Green Bay Packers have been doing the “Lambeau Leap” – jumping up onto the wall bordering the seats – after scoring touchdowns, since the 1990s. As far as I know, no player has ever gotten injured doing a Lambeau Leap (or dropping back down to field level afterwards), but I imagine that it’s just a matter of time. [![](https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/1226/nfl_a_nelson_1296x729.jpg) ](https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/1226/nfl_a_nelson_1296x729.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/10 "2022-10-12T17:24:32Z")
I don’t know… but there have been quite a few dumb-ass baseball injuries over time. [Weird Baseball Injuries | Men’s Health (menshealth.com)](https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/g19521233/dumbest-baseball-injuries-ever/) My favorites are #10, #11, and #15. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/11 "2022-10-12T21:46:00Z")
Football, not baseball, and celebration, not horseplay, but Arizonal Cardinals placekicker Bill Gramatica blew out an ACL celebrating a successful field goal. Apparently “celebration injuries” is its own topic. > **[5 Infamous Injuries Suffered In Celebration](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/5-infamous-injuries-suffered-in-celebration/)** > > Careful how you celebrate, as Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch found out. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/12 "2022-10-13T14:00:30Z")
Of all celebration injuries, those caused by [dogpiles](https://www.abca.org/magazine/2013-3-Summer/Ground_Rules_Art_of_the_Dogpile.aspx) are among the absolute dumbest. Ohio State football fans (there are such) still remember [losing star player Ted Ginn Jr.](https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/infamous-football-celebration-injuries/) just after the start of their 2007 championship game when teammates jumped on him after he scored a touchdown (Florida won, 41-14). Duh, gee, who’da thunk that being crushed under thousands of pounds of leaping football players could hurt anyone? It’s just high spirits! \*it’d be fun to see scientists leaping on Nobel Prize winners during the awards ceremony. Less chance of season-ending injury too. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/13 "2022-10-17T00:24:48Z")
> [@bump](#): > > My favorites are #10, #11, and #15. I was _hoping_ the DVD incident would be on there! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/14 "2022-10-17T20:01:53Z")
Steve Sparks injured himself attempting to tear a phone book in half to show off his strength. David Wells injured himself kicking a bar stool. Rich Harden hurt himself trying to switch off an alarm clock. Joel Zumaya missed some time because he strained his forearm playing “Guitar Hero.” ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-it-pitcher-injured-horsing-around/973090/15 "2023-03-16T11:28:58Z")
Another celebration related injury > **[World Baseball Classic: Mets closer Edwin Díaz injures knee while celebrating...](https://sports.yahoo.com/world-baseball-classic-mets-closer-edwin-diaz-injures-knee-while-celebrating-with-puerto-rico-exits-in-wheelchair-023353864.html)** > > The Puerto Rican players went from joy to despair in seconds after their win Wednesday.