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Baseball catcher suffers the most horrific of injuries

Being a major-league catcher is an incredibly dangerous job.

While collisions have been outlawed, catchers generally take a beating behind home plate. As such, it's not all that surprising to see catchers placed on the disabled list fairly often.

Baltimore Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph is the latest catcher to suffer this fate. And while a backup catcher hitting the disabled list wouldn't normally be news, well, the Orioles were really specific with his injury.

During a game against the Boston Red Sox recently, Joseph unfortunately took a foul ball to a very sensitive region.

Amazingly, Joseph was actually able to remain in the game and keep playing.

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

If you haven't cringed enough at the above video or the phrase "testicular injury," this ought to do it for you. According to Roch Kubatko of MASN, Joseph underwent a surgical procedure due to the issue.

Everything about this injury screams nooooooooooooooooooope to us. Some people dream of playing in the majors, but this story makes us happy we sit at a desk on a computer all day. That may sound boring, but there's far less risk of suffering a horrific injury of that nature in this line of work.



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