At least Tampa Bay Rays infielder Sean Rodriguez didn’t play for the Detroit Tigers. In what we can easily call the Stupid Injury of the Day, Rodriguez was stung by a stingray on Monday morning behind his Redington Beach condo when he took his 2-year-old daughter, Sofia, into the water to get a closer look at some dolphins.
According to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, Rodriguez saw a falsh in the water and felt something on right heel.
“I actually thought it was a catfish at first, that it grazed me. I didn’t think much of it,” Rodriguez said. “And then I got out of the water, and I was like whoooaaaa.”
Shortstop Jason Bartlett and his 1-year-old son were with the Rodriguez’s and assisted in the situation.
“I ran up and called 911 and had the paramedics come out just in case,” Bartlett said. “They got there, they looked at it and they’re like, yeah, it’s a stingray. We were panicking, wondering if they&...
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