An eye injury won't keep Deshaun Watson off the football field Sunday, but it will keep the Houston Texans quarterback off the baseball field.
Watson was scheduled to yell "Play Ball!" at Minute Maid Park before Game 7 of the World Series Wednesday night. However, the Pro Bowler has backed out of the pregame festivities in order to rest his injured eye, according to Sarah Barshop of ESPN.
He initially suffered the injury on an impressive play during Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders:
Bleacher ReportDeshaun Watson is ridiculous: u2796 Broke the sack u2796 Got kicked in the face u2796 Threw the TD WOW.