"...This Just In...In Twelve Months Or So, Joe Biden Will Break His Leg..."

This story is a little funny.

And a little surreal, too.

But not for the reasons you might think.


(CNN) -- The New York Yankees' World Series hopes may have just taken a hit, as shortstop Derek Jeter fractured his left ankle in game one of the American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.

Jeter suffered the injury while fielding a ground ball in the top of the 12th inning, with New York trailing 5-4. He immediately went down in pain, staying face down momentarily.

 

Jeter was helped off the field, putting no weight on the ankle, with fans chanting "Derek Jeter!"

Yankees manager Joe Girardi confirmed the severity of Jeter's injury after the game.

 

"It won't jeopardize his career, but he will not be playing anymore for us this year," he said, adding it will likely take three months to recover from the injury.

 

Girardi said Eduardo Nunez will be activated to replace Jeter's spot on the roster. He added that third baseman Alex Rodriguez -- a former shortstop -- would not replace the Yankees captain at the position, citing that it's been too long since he has played there.

 

Detroit won the game 6-4. Game two is Sunday afternoon in New York.

 

 

Now the injury suffered by Jeter is certainly nothing to laugh about. And his loss to the team as they enter the home stretch to another World Series is no laughing matter.

 

What is a little funny is the back and forth in the comments section on CNN.com

 

brewsense
Why is this in International News?
World Series? Which other country is playing?

 

taiwanjohn 1

Because people in just about every country in the world follow.

 

cindysriley 1

Baseball is played and followed all over the world. The World Series is not what the article is about, it's about Derek Jeter. People all over the world who are in to baseball know who Derek Jeter is

 

iPostEyeAm                     

Sorry to hear that, but why did CNN use a picture of Joe Biden sneering at something Paul Ryan said in the debate?

NanookoftheNorth 1

Oops :-(

A little levity to lighten the load.

Oh...and as for the "surreal" of it all?

The caption on the picture of Jeter (as shown) as it appears on this internationally seen major news network web site staffed, one would think, by highly trained and qualified news reporting professionals reads...

Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees reacts after he injured his leg against the Detroit Tigers on October 13, 2013.

 

Not only does CNN.com provide us with a laugh or two.

 

They can apparently predict the future.