A little more than two weeks ago, word got out that former big leaguer Jose Canseco accidentally shot himself in the hand during a gun-cleaning accident. Rumors spread that he shot his finger off, but those were never confirmed.
On Friday, Canseco confirmed he did in fact shoot his finger off. But apparently doctors were able to reattach it, at least for two weeks. The finger literally fell during a poker tournament earlier this week. Like, in the middle of a card game, his finger fell off. Canseco explains:
Dam I was playing in a poker tournament last night and something crazy happened to my finger that I shot off and they put back on.
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014
I knew something crazy was going to happen with this dam finger cause it felt like it was falling off.
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014
My finger should have been amputated from the beginning. It was very loose with no bone to connect it.it was also smelling really bad.
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014
But wait! There's video of the finger falling off incident as well. Whoever took the video sold it to Canseco's agent.
Ok well I might as well tell you .I was playing in a poker tournament last night and my finger fell off .someone took a video of it.
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014
This guy called my agent and sold him the video.of my finger falling off .it looks kinda funny.lol
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014
Canseco tweeted out a photo of his finger after it was reattached but before it fell off. I'm not going to embed it here because it's really gross, but click here if you want to see it. You are forewarned: it is not pretty.
(h/t Deadspin)
