With Joel Zumaya about to be activated off of the DL by the Tigers, it got us thinking about the injury he suffered late last year, when he missed a portion of the ALDS because of intense “Guitar Hero” playing. An amazing story if there ever was one.

Although that is the only video game-related injury we’ve ever heard reported happening to a professional athlete, we’re pretty damn sure there have been others in the past that went unreported:

One can only imagine the pinching, scratching and slapping that went on in the Manning household over a game of Bubble Bobble. And it’s pretty easy to see Nate Robinson as that spastic kid everyone knew that stood up and moved his entire body while playing Street Fighter 2.

As if flailing around like a fish out of water would make T. Hawk any better of a character. God that guy fucking sucked.

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