Jesus Luzardo Broke His Hand 'Bumping' a Table While Playing Video Games
Jesus Luzardo started for the Oakland A's on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, giving up five hits and six runs in three innings. And he did it with a broken bone in his throwing hand. Luzardo broke a bone in his left hand while he was playing video games in the clubhouse ahead of the game. Luzardo now enters the pantheon of weirdest baseball injuries, this one a close cousin of former Detroit Tigers fireballer Joel Zumaya's Guitar Hero mishap.
Jesús Luzardo has a hairline fracture, Melvin says. He hurt it hitting his hand on the table while playing a video game yesterday before the game.
— Shayna Rubin (@ShaynaRubin) May 2, 2021
Trainers deemed him good to pitch yesterday, but had an X-Ray after the game and it revealed the fracture.
The team's official story was that he "bumped" his hand on a desk. As one does while playing video games.
Bob Melvin explains how Jesus Luzardo broke his pinky finger before Saturday's start while playing a video game pic.twitter.com/GaWwY4W0uc
— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) May 2, 2021
The fact that he pitched at all is kind of remarkable. Look how swollen his hand was on Sunday when he was placed on the 10-day DL.
Oakland A's pitcher Jesus Luzardo walks with a medical device on his left hand while in the dugout during their MLB game on May 2, 2021. Luzardo was placed on the injured list with a broken throwing hand from playing video games. #rootedinoakland #RideTheWave #oakland @Athletics pic.twitter.com/UffvcDFE14
— Jose Carlos Fajardo (@jcfphotog) May 3, 2021
This is yet another reminder that people need to keep their cool while playing video games. It's surprising that this isn't brought up more often when people talk about how bad video games can be for you. Look at that hand. That's just from a bump!