In which Red Sox pitcher Charlie Zink hurts his neck on the Harry Potter ride

Former Red Sox hurler Charlie Zink spent eight seasons getting to the majors, then was demoted to the minors by the Cardinals, and was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery during spring training in Florida. With a three-day weekend on his hands and looking for some excitement, he did what most pro athletes would do: he went to Universal Studios to try the new Harry Potter ride.

“While I was rehabbing in Florida, they gave us a three day weekend and I wound up tweaking my neck,” Charlie said. “My fiancé came down to Florida to visit me and we took a trip to Universal Studios because we knew that the Harry Potter ride had opened up and we heard it was amazing. We went on so many rides that I guess it could have happened on any of them, but my neck started to hurt on the Harry Potter one. I had to go get an MRI on my neck for having a bulging disc.”

Zink’s shoulder has now healed, and he has no regrets.

“It was amazing,” Zink said of the Harry Potter ride. “We really want to go back, but Maddie is pregnant now so that means no rides. Maybe when the baby is a few years old, we’ll take him there.”

Look Charlie, when pro athletes do inappropriate, foolhardy things, it’s supposed to be DUIs and making it rain in Vegas and stuff like that. Not falling off your broom at Hogwarts.

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