For any female readers out there, the simple explanation is that it's part of being a guy.
At least that's the only excuse Tampa Bay pitcher Grant Balfour can hope to use for the intercostal (rib area) strain he suffered before Friday's game while "horsing around" with pitching coach Jim Hickey.
"It's obviously very frustrating and obviously very avoidable now that you look back on it in retrospect," Friedman said. "Both guys were kidding around; it's what happens in a major league clubhouse all the time.
Every guy around the world is guilty of "horsing around" at some point in their life, but as is the case with many freak injuries featured on this site, one would hope a professional athlete in peak physical condition would be immune to sustaining injuries in situations like this.
Tampa responded to the loss of Balfour, a valuable piece of their bullpen, by acquiring Chad Qualls from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
"Just kind of a freaky thing, just messing around, pitching coach and the pitcher that know each other well doing some freakish thing, just interacting … something that guys do every day and nothing ever happens. It happened," Maddon said. "It's just a freaky, goofy thing
Balfour is expected to miss four-to-six weeks of action.
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