The injury bug has bitten several Yankees players more than once this season, but no one could’ve predicted a team staffer falling ill from an actual bug bite.
Pat Murtaugh, a pro scout for the Yankees, is lucky to be alive after suffering a black widow bite a few weeks ago that nearly turned into a life-threatening bloodstream infection, which could’ve caused his organs to fail.
But not even an emergency surgery derailed the scout, who has nearly 30 years of experience, from doing his job as the Yankees pursue their 28th World Series title.
“I just thought I’d been standing too long, so I did some squats and stretched out a little bit,” Murtaugh told Yahoo Sports of when he first felt something on the inside of his left thigh.