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Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC was completely Pete Rose‘d in the midst of a star softball recreation … getting leveled at residence plate and breaking his hand within the course of — however one way or the other, the dude saved enjoying by way of the damage!!
TMZ is advised … the musician was considered one of a number of large names invited to take part within the Rock ‘N Jock fundraiser for Folds of Honor in Nashville on Monday — and at one level within the pleasant competitors, CK proved simply how robust boy bands could be!!
The second went down within the third inning … when native radio host Jeremy Loper rounded third base and headed for residence.
Kirkpatrick was defending the plate, however Loper was out for blood (fairly actually) … pummeling his opponent as he tried to earn a run.
Within the clip of the aftermath, Kirkpatrick is proven hugging Loper to verify he knew there have been no exhausting emotions … nevertheless it’s clear the singer can really feel a little bit of ache when he daps up one other dude — ‘trigger he shortly pulls his proper hand again to his facet.
As for Loper, he confirmed off his personal points — with each his knees oozing with blood on account of the play.
We’re advised Kirkpatrick initially thought his hand was simply sore, so he toughed it out and performed the remainder of the sport … however when the ache lingered a bit, he obtained checked out by a doc — and certain sufficient, he busted his paw.
Regardless of the damage, it seemed like a profitable evening — elevating $408,000 for navy households … with names like Deandre Hopkins, Taylor Lewan, Charles Esten and Ross Chastain getting concerned within the enjoyable.
Naturally, there was additionally a second the place Kirkpatrick hopped on the mic and gave the entire stadium a rendition of “Bye, Bye, Bye” … so he actually was placing all of it on the market for his workforce!!
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However on an actual be aware, it is nice to see everybody was in nice spirits over all of it … ‘trigger Ray Fosse was by no means the identical after Rose bowled him over again in 1970.