San Francisco: San Francisco Giants closer Hunter Strickland, feeling the pain physically and emotionally, apologised to the team and their fans for breaking the pinkie on his pitching hand while punching a door in anger earlier this week.
Strickland had just blown a save chance against the visiting Miami Marlins when he pounded a door at AT&T Park. He allowed three runs in the ninth inning and took the loss as the Giants fell 5-4.
He underwent surgery to put two pins in his hand, and he is expected to miss six to eight weeks.
“Obviously, this is on me, and if I could go back and take it back, I would, 100 per cent,” Strickland said. “This is something I will always regret. But I don’t have time to sit here and feel sorry for myself, because I’m the one that created this problem.” The incident is Strickland’s latest involving his temper. He got into a verbal confrontation with Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez in the 2014 World Series, and he threw a pitch at Bryce Harper last year, three years after a beef with the Washington Nationals outfielder.
