Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy's breakout season is expected to be put on hold for four to six weeks while he recovers from a "boxer's fracture." Bernie Augustine of The New York Daily News passed along the timetable on his recovery.

The injury occurred in his right hand. Lucroy, 25, tried to play through the injury but, as you can imagine, a fractured hand made it difficult for him to swing a bat. 

While the injury is popularly called a "boxer's fracture," it apparently can happen outside the ring. We don't need to look any further than Lucroy's injury to decipher that. 

He injured his hand while being violently assaulted by a suitcase, and the attack may have been set up by his sock. 

Augustine reported that Lucroy was reaching around for his sock under his bed when his wife moved a piece of luggage and it fell onto his hand. No charges were filled on the luggage or the sock, which still may be on the loose. Those ...

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