Russell Martin of Blue Jays gets stitches After High-Five

Major League Baseball players have had their fair share of weird injuries over the years.

John Smoltz injured himself ironing a shirt, Clay Buchholz got hurt by sleeping in a strange position and Rickey Henderson famously missed a game after getting frostbite … in August.

On Tuesday night, Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin joined that group of less-than-distinguished gentlemen by injuring himself while celebrating Toronto’s win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Even by baseball standards, the way Martin hurt himself is pretty embarrassing:

Russ Martin split open the pinky finger on his left hand giving a high five after the game. Got stitched up. Says he’s fine to play.

— Arden Zwelling (@ArdenZwelling) October 5, 2016

Still, at least he’ll be getting back out there, unlike Jeff Baker did after the same issue in 2013.

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