What Is a Ruptured Testicle? An MLB Player's Painful Injury, Explained

Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, a Major League Baseball player for the Athletics team currently based in West Sacramento, had already hit the first home run of his professional career Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks when his night took a painful turn. In the fifth inning, the 23-year-old rookie infielder hit a foul ball that ricocheted directly into his groin, dropped to his knees in the batter's box, then got back up and reached first base with a hit on the very next pitch. He kept playing for another half-inning before leaving the game. Hours later, he underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured testicle. The Athletics initially said Kuroda-Grauer had suffered a testicular contusion, or bruising caused by blunt trauma, but an ultrasound later revealed a rupture. Manager Mark Kotsay said after visiting Kuroda-Grauer in the hospital that the rookie was in "great spirits" and was even joking about the injury. He marveled that Kuroda-Grauer had returned to the field despite the damage. "I think he might be the only player in history to (rupture) a testicle, stay in the game, get a hit and play another half inning of defense," Kotsay said, according to MLB.com.What do urologists th...