How Did A Ham Sandwich Nearly Kill This Healthy Teenage Boy?

Kevin Mitchell’s Donut

sandwich-caused throat injury
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In 1990, Kevin Mitchell attempted to eat an unthawed microwave donut, resulting in the necessity of a root canal and missing several days of spring training. The story has several apocryphal splinters — some say Mitchell broke his tooth, some say the “icing melted into Mitchell’s fillings.” Mitchell himself maintains the story is completely false.

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