Dodgers Pitcher Dustin May Nearly Died

A salad cost Dodgers pitcher Dustin May his season — and almost his life
May, who during the 2023 season had flexor tendon and Tommy John surgery, was rehabbing at the Dodgers’ Camelback Ranch facility in Arizona when he went out to dinner on July 10 and got a piece of lettuce stuck in his throat, which caused a serious tear in his esophagus, he told the Los Angeles Times.
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The athlete recalled being “pretty close” to his comeback with the Dodgers when a piece of lettuce set him back even further. May explained that on July 10, 2024, he went to dinner while in Arizona, where he was rehabbing at the Dodgers’ Camelback Ranch facility.
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