Page 9 - Sports Illustrated for Kids Magazine (December 2019)

BOO-BOOS

PERILS

OF THE

PASTIME

BY SAM PAGE

Photograph by
Scott Taetsch/Getty Images

BASEBALL IS A SPORT with a long
season and lots of downtime. That means
plenty of opportunities for players to injure
themselves in bizarre ways. Test how well
you remember some of the strangest

maladies from 2019.

1 Nationals ace Max Scherzer ended up
with a black eye and a broken nose in June
after he did what during batting practice?
A) Ran into the batting cage
B) Fought the Pirates’ mascot
C) Walked in front of a pitch
D) Bunted a pitch into his face

2 Already on the injured
list, Mets outfielder
Yoenis Céspedes suffered
RICH SCHULTZ/GETTY IMAGES (CÉSPEDES) Scherzer looked like May doing what?
BRUNT OF THE BUNT
multiple ankle fractures in

he got the worst of a
A) Tripping while walking
bench-clearing brawl,
into the doctor’s office
but the real source
B) Attempting to run the bases
of his shiner was far
stranger.
C) Falling into a hole at his ranch
D) Celebrating a Mets win

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