Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Daikon Yoh is out of action for probably six weeks after breaking his left thumb in a game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on May 4 in Sapporo. He sustained the injury while attempting to perform one of the stupidest and unnecessary plays in baseball.
He slid ¡°head first¡± into first base while trying to beat out an infield grounder.
The quotes are around the words ¡°head first¡± because it is a misnomer. No one does a head-first slide or, as it is called in Japanese, ¡°head-sliding.¡± If Yoh had slid head first, instead of fracturing his thumb, he might have broken his nose, suffered a fractured skull or a broken neck. It¡¯s the hands that go into the base first ¡ª not the head.
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