The only thing remotely as gruesome as the still shot of Kyle Schwarber’s knee bending the opposite of the way a knee is supposed to bend was the outpouring of hot takes from people who claimed the Cubs were “asking for it” by playing Kyle in left field.
Many of you know that on the dangerous professions list, the fatality rate basically goes:
- Power line repairer/installer
I honestly can’t think of a safer place on the field than left field. Until Schwarber hurt himself on Thursday, the only other injury to a left fielder in baseball history was the time the automatic tarp tried to eat Vince Coleman.