In light of Sammy Sosa...
In light of Sammy Sosa...
I went out searching for funny injuries that have plagued baseball players over the years. Here are a few of the good ones that i found on various websites.Charlie Hough broke his pinky finger while shaking hands.Jose Cardenal missed a game in 1972 because he was kept awake all night by crickets chirping in his hotel room.Jose Cardenal missed a game in 1974, because he couldn't blink. He swore his eyes were stuck open. Bob Feller scalded himself with 200-degree water after he lost control of the hose in a whirlpool. He scalded himself from the waste down, and couldn't do anything for a week. Rickey Henderson missed several games because of frost- bite. In August.Vince Coleman missed the 1985 World Series when he got rolled up in the tarp machine. Pascual Perez missed a start in Atlanta when he circled the city for more than two hours searching for the exit ramp from Highway 285 to Fulton County Stadium. Pitcher Steve Foster injured his shoulder knocking over milk bottles during a segment with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show." Wade Boggs missed several games after straining his back while pulling on his cowboy boots.Outfielder Bret Barberie missed a game when he accidentally rubbed chili juice in his eye after making chili and then putting in his contacts.Ken Griffey Jr. missed a game after his protective cup slipped and pinched a testicle. Pitcher Steve Sparks dislocated his shoulder while tearing a phone book in half, as he was trying to emulate a motivational speaker. Florida's Randy Veres hurt his hand pounding on a hotelroom wall trying to get the people in the next room to quiet down. Chris Brown missed a game with a strained eyelid after sleeping on an eye a funny way. Former Seattle shortstop Rey Quinones was unavailable as a pinch-hitter because he was in the clubhouse playing Nintendo. Glenallen Hill missed a few games after falling out of his bed while having an arachnophobic dream about spiders. He dreamt that spiders were devouring him, jumped off his bed, fell through a glass table, and crawled through the shards of glass. Odiebe McDowell cut his finger buttering a roll at the Texas Ranger's welcome home luncheon.Nolan Ryan was bitten by a coyote. John Smoltz burned his chest while ironing a shirt that he was wearing.