Myers changes story; Son's haymaker to blame for injury

Brett Myers has changed his story for a second time by coming clean about how he sustained an injury that forced him to miss his scheduled rehab start on Saturday.

The Phillies originally said Saturday that Myers injured his eye while playing catch with his 4-year-old son.

Later that day, Myers told the team he slipped on a banana peel while getting out of his truck, hit his face and noticed several birds flying around his head.

Myers finally said Sunday that the injury did involve his son, but certainly not during a routine pitch-and-catch session with a 4-year-old. Instead, Myers said he was initially too embarrassed to admit the toddler popped him in his eye after an attempt to get him to eat his broccoli.

The Phils pitcher pled not guilty to assaulting his wife in 2006, though the case was later dropped.

“It looks like my son has already picked up on one of my bad habits,” said Myers with a right eye the size of a grapefruit. “I throw a 90-plus fastball too, but I don’t see him mimicking that. Kids are weird that way.”

Zaki is the Chief Rocka and senior writer for PhillyGameday.com.