Guitar Hero benches pro athlete

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Tigers' fireballer Joel Zumaya missed playoff games because of injuries sustained from playing RedOctane's guitar sim, not from launching 100-mph-plus fastballs.

When Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya was scratched from three games in the American League Championship Series this past October, many suspected it was another case of a young arm succumbing to the lengthy MLB season.

Zumaya, who tops the 100-miles-per-hour mark on his fastball, was benched in the ALCS against the Oakland Athletics because of forearm inflammation. However, the Tigers training staff was confused because his injury seemed to be caused by the same motion of playing guitar, not from an overhand pitching motion.

The pitcher and trainers quickly realized that Zumaya's problem stemmed from his addiction to RedOctane's Guitar Hero, the PlayStation 2 rhythm game that uses a guitar-shaped controller, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Once Tigers staff asked him to stop playing the game, Zumaya felt better and went on to pitch pain-free in the World Series.
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Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163209.html

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Yeah, I love guitar hero awesome game. Your arm does hurt the first few days paying it but it doesnt hurt much after that. He probly just started playing it
 
this game is the shyt! lol im like 1 song away from beating the game lol
 
I am playing on Expert right now, i've beaten the first 4 songs on expert..... guitar hero2 a bit hard...... but the game kicks massive arse...
 
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