Harrison Bader's left foot may never be the same after he crashed a scooter into the back of a fire truck at the end of July. He is currently suspended without pay. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
The San Francisco Giants have taken the unusual step of suspending outfielder Harrison Bader without pay "until he is able to resume performing services for the Club."
Bader, who signed a two-year, $20.5 million contract with San Francisco hasn't played since May 29th as he has been suffering from planter fasciitis in his left foot. In the 30 games he did play for the Giants, he slashed a paltry .170/.198/.358, with five home runs.
On the last weekend of July, according to a public report made by the San Francisco Fire Department, at around 2 a.m., Bader (although not mentioned specifically by name), drove his scooter into the back of a fire truck in the Cow Hollow District. Per the report, the injured individual was "transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries."
It turns out that those injuries were a crushed left foot, the result of the fire truck rolling over said foot, which is the same one that has kept Bader out of the lineup for more than two months. The irony of the situation is that Bader was scheduled to fly to Indianapolis the day after the crash to have the planter fasciitis examined by a medical specialist. As reported by MLB.com, a Giants source stated that the accident "changed the nature of the evaluation."
#FIRE #truck
The San Francisco Giants have taken the unusual step of suspending outfielder Harrison Bader without pay "until he is able to resume performing services for the Club."
Bader, who signed a two-year, $20.5 million contract with San Francisco hasn't played since May 29th as he has been suffering from planter fasciitis in his left foot. In the 30 games he did play for the Giants, he slashed a paltry .170/.198/.358, with five home runs.
On the last weekend of July, according to a public report made by the San Francisco Fire Department, at around 2 a.m., Bader (although not mentioned specifically by name), drove his scooter into the back of a fire truck in the Cow Hollow District. Per the report, the injured individual was "transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries."
It turns out that those injuries were a crushed left foot, the result of the fire truck rolling over said foot, which is the same one that has kept Bader out of the lineup for more than two months. The irony of the situation is that Bader was scheduled to fly to Indianapolis the day after the crash to have the planter fasciitis examined by a medical specialist. As reported by MLB.com, a Giants source stated that the accident "changed the nature of the evaluation."
#FIRE #truck
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