Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett may be eating some karma salad after playing a prank on teammate Scott Van Slyke. He and the rest of the Dodgers looked on as Van Slyke fell prey to the old "hot foot" wherein a bunch of cigarettes or matches are adhered to the victim's cleats with bubble gum and lit. The LA fire marshall even gave the entire team a stern lecture and a wag of the finger in the press. He must have ticked off someone in the "Do Unto Others" office because he injured his hip rounding bases this week. He has been placed on the 15-day disabled list after "tweaking" something on Tuesday.
A lot of people were laughing at the old-school hot foot prank. None of those people worked for the Fire Department (via TMZ):
"The whole thing made national news -- but Captain Jaime Moore from the L.A. City Fire Dept. tells us, 'These guys are supposed to be role models and playing with fire is not a joke.'
[Said Tom Olshanski, Director of External Affairs for the United States Fire Administration]"'We work tirelessly to warn people of the dangers of fire and to see it celebrated by professional athletes, on TV and in front of kids, is frustrating... Any sort of fire play like that is incredibly dangerous. Look at the recovery from even minor burn injuries.'"
While no one was harmed during the prank, Josh Beckett did injure himself merely days later rounding bases. This is rotten timing for Beckett, who was just starting to get his groove back after last year (via ESPN):
"Beckett has had a bounce-back season after missing most of 2013 and then having a rib removed to relieve the symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome."
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