Miami Marlins outfielder Dane Myers joined the pantheon of MLB players to suffer injuries in self-inflicted, embarrassing fashion when he fractured his left ankle on Saturday.
The 28-year-old explained to reporters on Sunday how the injury happened, telling them that he kicked a door in the visitors' clubhouse after being ejected the previous day.
Dane Myers revealed his fractured left ankle was a result of kicking the clubhouse door in frustration after his ejection yesterday. https://t.co/9Yftxix6eM pic.twitter.com/ZvFXyytLOS
— Bally Sports Florida: Marlins (@BallyMarlins) July 14, 2024
"I took a swipe at the door with my foot, and I didn't think I kicked it that hard, but ended up fracturing my foot," Myers said. "However long it’ll be it’s not going to be easy. I’m a competitor. I want to play. I don’t really look at our record at the time. I want to win every game that we play so when things don’t go well, I take it pretty hard. I don’t want to say I care too much but I care a lot. If things don’t go my way I have to learn how to deal with it the right way."
According to Craig Mish of the Miami Herald, Myers is facing a six-to-eight-week absence.
The former sixth-round pick said that composure is the "last missing piece" to his game.
"(Manager Skip Schumaker) just wants to see me stay even-keeled and not take the emotions onto the field or off the field like I did," Myers said.
Self-inflicted injuries aren't limited to baseball players, as men's tennis professional Arthur Rinderknech went down with a similar issue during the second round of the French Open in May. Rinderknech was forced to retire from his match against Tomás Martin Etcheverry after kicking an advertisement board out of frustration and suffering a left foot injury.
Myers made his big-league debut with the Marlins on July 4, 2023 and went 18-for-67 (.269) across 22 games last season. He's gone 22-for-83 (.265) with two home runs and 14 RBI in 40 games in 2024.
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