Diamondbacks reliever Andrew Chafin may have suffered a first when it comes to professional sports injuries: He broke a crown because he was chewing his gum too hard.
In last Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Chafin gave up a two-out double to Enrique Hernandez in the 9th inning. That’s when he snapped, literally.
“Well, I just gave up a double so I was a little bitter so I probably chomped my gum a little harder than normal,” Chafin said. “It was a tooth I had a root canal on and fillings and then we put a crown on top of it so once you grind it all the way down and put a crown on it there ain’t much there.