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World Series Pitcher suffers Guitar Hero injury.

 I love it, he should stay away from the Wii then...

Stolen from the Detroit Free Press:

The Tigers are satisfied they won't see a recurrence of the right wrist and forearm inflammation that sidelined Joel Zumaya for three games of the American League Championship Series.

Why? Club president and general manager Dave Dombrowski told WXYT-AM (1270) on Wednesday the team had concluded Zumaya's injury resulted from playing a video game, not from his powerful throwing motion.

"That was probably what was taking place," Dombrowski later told the Free Press.

Zumaya, 22, was known to play "Guitar Hero," a PlayStation 2 game in which a player uses a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the performance of popular songs.

During the radio interview, Dombrowski said the Tigers' athletic training staff discovered that Zumaya's forearm pain was more consistent with the action of a guitar player than a baseball pitcher. The Tigers asked Zumaya to stop playing the video game, and he did. Zumaya then pitched pain-free during the World Series, and went 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA in three appearances.

"He felt fine in the World Series, to tell you the truth," said Steve Springer, one of Zumaya's representatives. "I didn't even think twice about it."

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Published Dec 14 2006, 06:59 PM by sauer
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Comments

 

Raul Duke said:

Wonder how long until we see riders in contracts forbidding Guitar Hero II and the Nintendo Wii!

December 14, 2006 4:40 PM
 

sauer said:

i've played a lot of guitar hero, and ive never actually hurt myself from playing. Wii is a different story, my arm was sore for a few days after launch. too much Wii tennis.

December 14, 2006 4:46 PM
 

Seth Von Linkershmidt said:

I played guitar hero at Best Buy the other day against a skinny kid with a back pack who was Eddie Van Halen to my Tiny Tim in the virtual universe. That game is awesome! I have to say that as a guitar player who gets to play on stage, the sensation of succeeding in a fierce run in guitar hero truly rivals the feeling...and sometimes (dare I say?)tops it.

December 15, 2006 12:02 AM
 

sauer said:

yeah, it's pretty much confrimed that Guitar Hero > real guitar playing. ha ha.

December 15, 2006 8:34 AM

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