Compiled from many sites.... Kevin Mitchell chipping his tooth on a cookie that he had put in the microwave. Clint Barmes broke his collarbone last week falling on the stairs with an armload of venison, calling to mind another awkward hunk of deer meat, former Tigers slugger Rob Deer, who in 1992 broke his wrist striking out. Glenallen Hill dreamed that spiders were all over him, jumped out of bed, and I think broke a glass table, which put him on the DL. Juan Gonzalez throwing out his back tying his shoe. Roger Craig cut the back of his right hand when he snagged it on the hook of his wife's bra. Sam Torrance cracked his sternum while attacking a potted plant that he mistook, while sleepwalking in his darkened hotel room, for an intruder. John Smoltz showed up one day with a welt on his chest. It was learned that he had attempted to iron his shirt...when the shirt was on him! I don't think he missed any time, though. Bret Barberie got Chili juice in his eye..... Glenn Healy required 10 stitches to repair the hand he gashed trying to repair a vintage bagpipe. Jon Nelson is on the disabled list with a broken hand. The cause? Punching a drinking fountain in a fit of frustration. The following day, there was a sign posted above the dent: Water Fountain 1, Nelly 0 Vince Coleman got rolled up in a tarp, bruised his legs so bad he missed the game he was playing in, and the World Series. Chris Brown missed a game because of a sprained eyelid. -The STL Cardinal in the 1960's who came to the park with a major hangover and could not play because he claimed two masked gunmen held him hostage and forced him to drink bootleg whisky! Adam Donachie going to coach first base and getting hit in the head with a bat wieght. -David Wells injuring his groin in the '03 ALCS when stepping out of the dugout as the benches cleared after Pedro Martinez nailed Jorge Posada. -Marty Cordova, when he was with the Orioles, got sunburn from a tanning bed. He apparently fell asleep while tanning. Anyways, the burn was so bad, he couldn't play out in the sun for several days Dave Rozema, who fell on the glass bottle of cough syrup in his back pocket, knocking him out of the rotation. Kirk Gibson pulled a chair out from under him. Steve Sparks dislocated one of his fingers while trying to tear the Yellow Pages in half. -Lane Mestepey of the LSU Tigers slept on his arm the wrong way - which caused him to miss his next 2 starts -Terry Mulholland getting poked in the eye with a feather from a pillow. -Chris Hanson, a punter for the Jacksonville Jaguars, hit his leg with an axe. -Chris Hanson, Hanson, his wife and former Jaguars kicker Jaret Holmes were severely burned while they were making fondue at Hanson's house, and the fondue pot overturned. Steve Dillon... he broke his arm... while combing his hair in the locker room. John Smiley breaking his finger while slamming it in the door of a taxi cab Rickey Henderson fell asleep with an ice pack on his ankle and was frostbitten in August. Greg Vaughn straining his back while taking luggage out of his car. Tom Glavine Who among us hasn't broken a rib while vomiting up an in-flight meal Randy Johnson who sprained his ankle while putting on his socks. Dave Magadan, NY Mets.....was on the DL due to underarm surgery, he had a reaction to anti-perspirant. Clarence Blethen hurt his ass while sliding into second base with his false teeth in his back pocket. Terry Harper, pulled a muscle in his side waving in a runner from home while waiting to bat. He had to leave the game! Art Howe, once pulled a hammy walking out to first base. Oddibe McDowell, dropped a plate on his toe and missed the 1984 Olympic Team Adam Eaton stabbed himself in the stomach with a knife. He was not committing hara-kiri, or even Harry Caray, but was trying to open the vexing shrink-wrap on a DVD. Oddibe McDowell, cutting his finger while trying to butter/slice a roll while at a banquet. Henry Cotto punctured an eardrum while prospecting for wax with a Q-tip Wade Boggs, injured his back while removing his cowboy boots. Bill lee, while in montreal, hurt his leg falling on a fence while jogging one morning. he claims he was spooked by a six foot cat. Sammy sosa, threw his back out from sneezing!...also when his left big toe got infected, take your pick Mike Matheny, slicing his hand while opening a birthday gift from his wife. The gift? A very large, very sharp hunting knife. Brent Mayne wrenched his back looking both ways before he crossed the street
-Chris Hanson, Hanson, his wife and former Jaguars kicker Jaret Holmes were severely burned while they were making fondue at Hanson's house, and the fondue pot overturned. Didn't he also hurt himself with an ax? stupid kickers...
Pittsburgh Pirate's Pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter in the 1970's while under the severe influence of LSD. Not exactly an injury, but still cool.
Alou....Wasn't it Alou that hurt himself falling off an exercise bike? Canseco.....I think Canseco had a concussion hitting a Home Run. Off his head while playing outfield. Bird....Tried to fly in between home plate and pitcher's mound during a preseason game only to be killed by a Randy Johnson fastball.
No concussion for Canseco, but it was one of the most boneheaded plays ever. I remember that bird incident. That sucker just exploded on contact. Anyone still got that video?
All of a sudden, "Incense and Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock started playing in my head. Seriously. Here's a funny article on Dock
I'll always thought that the Boggs injury was him banging his ribs on his couch in his hotel room as he was trying to take off his cowboy boots and hurting that - his ribs and not his back. Regardless, it was still pretty funny stuff. I have pulled a muscle in my upper back before while taking my shirt off.
Bill Gramatica for the Arizona cardinals- Tried to do a celebration leap after kicking a fg 7 minutes into a game and his plant knee buckled... I can't remember how long he was out for.
Was Donne Wall the former Astro who kept breaking the same rib while sneezing? He eventually had it removed and wore a sliver of it on a chain around his neck. I also recall Roger Metzger lopping off a finger with a saw in his workshop. And, don't forget that the ax that that dumbass, Hanson, hacked into his leg with was put in the locker room with a tree stump by that dumbass, Jack Del Rio, to motivate the loser Jaguars to "keep chopping wood". I hate the Jags.
