Funny Baseball Injuries

Pitcher Rich Harden strained his shoulder turning off his alarm clock.
Pitcher Doc Gooden missed a start when a teammate accidentally hit him with a golf club in the locker room.
Outfielder Kevin Mitchell strained a muscle while vomiting.
Kevin Mitchell also was hurt by a microwaved donut. Supposedly eating this led to his needing a root canal.
Pitcher Ricky Bones injured his lower back getting out of a chair while watching television in the clubhouse.
Outfielder Dustan Mohr strained his groin while trying to get out of the dugout for a celebration for another player's home run.
Pitcher Greg Harris suffered a strained elbow flipping sunflower seeds while sitting in the bullpen.
Pitcher Randy Veres injured his hand pounding on the hotel room wall, trying to get the people in the next room to be quiet.
Catcher Brent Mayne missed an entire month in the 2002 season because he turned his head to check traffic as he was crossing the street - and wrenched his back.
Outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. missed a game after his cup slipped and pinched a ********.
Second baseman Jeff Kent claimed he hurt his wrist while washing his truck
Outfielder Sammy Sosa was disabled after a violent sneeze.
Pitcher Oliver Perez went on the 15 day disabled list after breaking his toe while kicking a laundry cart in the visitor's clubhouse.
Infielder Paul Molitor dislocated a knuckle when it got stuck in another player's glove.
Pitcher Phil Niekro was injured while shaking hands.
Pitcher Adam Eaton stabbed himself in the stomach as he was using a knife to open a DVD wrapper.
Wade Boggs hurt his back putting on his cowboy boots.
Nolan Ryan missed a start after being bitten by a coyote
Carlos Zambrano was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome after spending as many as five hours daily on the Internet.

Red Sox Clarence Blethen thought he looked older and meaner if he took his false teeth out when he pitched. He forgot to put them back in his mouth when he was batting. While sliding into second base to break up a double play, his own teeth bit himself in the butt.

What about Snyder and his nuts?

zumaya playing too much GH kept him out with elbow problems

didnt smoltz burn his hand with an iron or something?

:lol: Good stuff

championMan said:

Outfielder Dustan Mohr strained his groin while trying to get out of the dugout for a celebration for another player's home run.

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That was after Clint Barmes hit a walkoff on Opening day in 2005. That was right before Barmes tripped on some stairs carrying a bag of meat.

Can't forget Zumaya's guitar hero injury during the playoffs.

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one of the funniest imo is Glenallen hill hurting himself while dreaming of spiders crawling on him and falling through a glass table. Its amazing how many weird injuries there have been

colts1888 said:

one of the funniest imo is Glenallen hill hurting himself while dreaming of spiders crawling on him and falling through a glass table. Its amazing how many weird injuries there have been

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THATS CALLED DROPPING SOME TABS :lol: :lol:

Here's a couple more:

I remember Steve Sparks got hurt trying to rip a phone book in half as a motivational tool.

Milton Bradley tore his ACL while being restrained by a coach in an argument with an ump.

And Bobby Ojeda missed some playoff time after a mishap with some hedge clippers.

colts1888 said:

one of the funniest imo is Glenallen hill hurting himself while dreaming of spiders crawling on him and falling through a glass table. Its amazing how many weird injuries there have been

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Now that's funny. :lol:

here is a list of some I found some may have been posted already

Charlie Hough broke his pinky finger while shaking hands.
Mickey Tettleton went on the DL with a severe case of athlete's foot - caused by tying his shoes too tight.
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.
Russ Davis missed a game after he slept wrong and awoke with a sore shoulder.
David Cone missed a start after getting bit by his mother-in-law's dog, a Jack Russell Terrier.
Sammy Sosa missed a game after sleeping wrong on his shoulder.
Jim Corsi slipped coming out of the shower and sprained his wrist. Corsi has poor eyesight, wasn't wearing contacts, and misjudged his step.
Bob Stanley missed a couple of games slipping down the stairs while taking out the trash.
Ken Griffey Jr. got a sore back lifting boxes.
Carlos Perez broke his nose in a car accident....as he was trying to pass the team bus.
Brian Anderson suffered nerve damage in his elbow after a cab ride.
Tony Gwynn missed a couple of games after he smashed his thumb in the door of his luxury car. While going to the bank.
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.
Kevin Mitchell strained a muscle while vomiting.
Twins farmhand David Foster was knocked out for the season when a lightning strike through a phone line zapped him while he was making a call.
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.
Paul Molitor dislocated a knuckle when it got stuck in another player's glove.
Milwaukee's Dave Nilsson missed part of this season with Ross River Fever, a mosquito-borne virus that annually affects 200 out of Australia's 17 million residents.
Twins general manager Terry Ryan required dozens of stitches when he was scouting a game and a bat flew out of the hitter's hands, sailed through a space in the backstop and struck him in the forehead.
Pitcher Jeff Juden had a start early in the 1994 season pushed back after getting an infection from a tattoo.
Outfielder Bret Barberie missed a game when he accidentally rubbed chili juice in his eye.
Ken Griffey Jr. missed a game after his protective cup slipped and pinched a ********.
Doc Gooden missed a start when Coleman accidentally hit him with a golf club in the Mets' clubhouse.
Mark Portugal missed a start because of food poisoning from eating bad mahi-mahi.
Pitcher Steve Sparks dislocated his shoulder while tearing a phone book in half, as he was trying to emulate a motivational speaker.
Reliever Larry Anderson strained a rib muscle getting out of a Jucuzzi.
Pitcher Ted Power pulled a hamstring jumping off the bullpen bench to join a brawl.
Kent Hrbek missed the final 10 games of the 1990 season when he sprained an ankle while wrestling with a clubhouse attendant.
Florida's Randy Veres hurt his hand pounding on a hotelroom wall trying to get the people in the next room to quiet down.
Dennis Martinez injured his arm tossing his luggage onto the team bus. He was diagnosed with Samsonitis.
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.
Terry Harper (Atlanta, OF) injured his shoulder after giving another player a high five.
Greg Harris (Texas, pitcher) injured his shoulder trying to flick sunflower seeds into the stands from the bullpen.
Baltimore's Mark Smith was hurt when he stuck his hand in an air conditioner to see why it wasn't working properly.
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.

Former Brewers reliever Matt Wise cut his middle finger on his pitching hand with a pair of salad tongs (are those even sharp?).

Kaz Matsui and his anal fissures from taking it up the pooper.

17ROCKIES12 said:

:lol: Good stuff
Can't forget Zumaya's guitar hero injury during the playoffs.

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Oh I should add that to the list. They should have fined him for missing playoff games :evil:

Wasn't there someone recently that fell through a sliding glass door?

thefasterblade said:

Kaz Matsui and his anal fissures from taking it up the pooper.

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:lol:

You've obviously never pinched a ********.

Had you ever pinched a ********, you'd know it could never... EVER... be considered "funny".

I'm pretty sure Smoltz burned his arm or chest while trying to iron a shirt he was wearing.