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We have a winner for the oddest spring injury!
Astros outfielder Hunter Pence fell through a sliding glass door in the bathroom of his spring training home, leaving him with enough damage to keep him sidelined a week. Pence spent the Monday night in the hospital and reported to camp on Tuesday with a gash on his right finger and brace on his knee.
“I just didn’t see the door and jumped through it,” Pence told the El Paso Times. “I have small cuts everywhere.” The 24-year-old outfielder downplayed the injuries, claiming they weren’t as serious as they looked.
“I didn’t really think I’d go through a glass door,” he said. “I was actually lucky, because none of the glass got stuck in any of my wounds.”
When the Astros held their first full-squad workout on Tuesday, Pence was unable to bend his injured finger. I don’t know about you, but I’d like to think Hunter was trying to reenact the scene from at least a couple of the Bourne movies where one of the villians pursuing Jason Bourne crashes through the window in dramatic fashion. Fortunately, it doesn’t sound like fantasy owners should adjust their rankings because of this injury. In my book, he’ll still rank among the top 25 outfielders in mixed leagues.
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