Baseball history is flooded with tales of bizarre injuries, from dangerous flying drones, to falling asleep in a tanning bed, to rushing into the family room to watch former major-league first baseman Bill Buckner hit. Yes, George Brett did that on an off day in 1983 and somehow broke his toe on the door jam.
But on the first day of spring training, the Royals revealed a strong contender for the strangest baseball injury of 2017.
Days before he departed for camp, reliever Brian Flynn crashed through the roof of a barn at his home in McAlester, Okla.