The Houston Astros are anticipated to be with out star third baseman Alex Bregman for the subsequent couple of video games as a consequence of a proper elbow harm that has been bothering him in latest days.
The supply of that harm was not one thing associated to the sport of baseball.
In Bregman’s phrases, it was as a result of he slept on it flawed and he’s simply bored with attempting to play by the ache that it has precipitated him.
The excellent news is that checks revealed no main structural injury to his elbow and it’s not anticipated to be a long-term factor. Nonetheless, lacking some video games since you slept in your arm flawed might be probably the most relatable knowledgeable athlete will ever be to the followers watching them on TV.
After a sluggish begin to the season, the Astros have opened up a three-game lead within the American League West over the Seattle Mariners, and Bregman’s bat has been an enormous a part of that turnaround these days.
He has been excellent because the begin of June, and particularly robust on the plate in latest weeks. He has a .887 OPS over the previous 30 days and is over 1.000 over the previous two weeks, making him top-of-the-line hitters in baseball throughout each stretches.
His harm additionally brings again recollections of a number of the most weird accidents in baseball historical past. A number of gamers, together with Sammy Sosa, Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero missed time as a consequence of accidents sustained whereas sneezing. Glenallen Hill as soon as missed time as a consequence of an harm that he mentioned was suffered whereas dreaming about attempting to get away from spiders, whereas former knuckleballer Steve Sparks was injured by dislocating his shoulder whereas attempting to tear a telephone e book in half.
