Vinnie Pasquantino’s video-game quarterback suffered same injury he did with Royals
Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino is a die-hard New York Jets fan, so he’s known his fair share of heartbreak when it comes to the team.
But in an odd twist, the latest misfortune came in the Madden video game.
And in an even stranger turn of events, a Jets player who was injured in Madden was one that Pasquantino created and named after himself.
There’s one more quirk to this story: Pasquantino, the Jets’ video-game quarterback, suffered the same injury as Pasquantino did this season with the Royals.
Pasquantino underwent season-ended surgery to repair a torn labrum in June, sidelining one of the Royals’ best players.
When the NFL season started, Pasquantino began playing Madden and decided to create a quarterback for the Jets that shared his name.
Pasquantino posted a photo of what happened to the fictional Jets quarterback on X (née Twitter) and wrote: “You’ve gotta be kidding me.”
The Madden quarterback Pasquantino had led the Jets to a 12-1 record before he went down with the injury while New York was losing 45-20 to the Patriots, the Royals star noted.
“I started him as a 75 and he has improved himself to an 85 so far,” Pasquantino wrote on X about QB Pasquantino’s Madden rating.
That’s a weird coincidence wouldn’t you say?
Another twist of fate: Zach Wilson replaced the Jets’ Pasquantino, just as Wilson has taken over for the injured Aaron Rodgers.
It’s not all bad news for Pasquantino. He shared a video on X of taking swings in a batting cage.
This is good to see.
This story was originally published November 1, 2023 at 11:39 AM.
