Ian Kennedy Injured During Tragic Dishwashing Accident, Will Miss Start Today vs. Texas

Do NBA and NFL players not do dishes? How come we so rarely hear about athletes from those sports suffering pathetic injuries such as Kennedy’s?

My favorite part about this one is manager Kirk Gibson stating the team considered several options that would allow Kennedy to pitch, “including glue,” but decided against it so as not to interfere with the healing process. That makes for a wonderful bookend to Kennedy’s dishwashing downfall.

In unrelated news, I suffered a finger injury myself opening the mailbox on Memorial Day – foolishly, since mail isn’t delivered on holidays – and my writing status for Tuesday is undetermined. [via LA Times]