Kicker - A shirt-ripping fracture

MARY REICHARD, HOST: The Cleveland Indians put starting pitcher Zach Plesac on the 10-day injured list this week. That, after he broke the thumb on his pitching hand.

Let’s see if you can guess how he injured it.

BROWN: Maybe while he was batting during an interleague game?

REICHARD: Nope.

BROWN: Trying to make a bare-handed play on a ground ball?

REICHARD: Nope.

Plesac was reportedly quite frustrated after a rough start on Sunday. And, well, Indians manager Terry Francona explained it this way:

FRANCONA: He was, I think probably rather aggressively, ripping off his shirt, and he caught it on his chair.

BROWN: Oh, my!

REICHARD: The Indians have had their share of injuries this year. We hope this is the only ripping-off-a-shirt fracture this season.

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