Freak Injury Thread

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Ick! Let's get a White Sox media guide and find out where they stay when they're in Cleveland, so we will know never to frequent that hotel!

Thanks for the story Irish.

[Guest seawolf17]

Jayson Stark's Historical Freaky Injuries [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2153049]column[/url] from today.

[Guest Giant Squidlike Creature]

Bump for the end of the year top ten tally.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Here's my tally. It was a relatively mild year for freak injuries, but there were still some notable ones -

10. Dustin Mohr started off the year with a bang on April 4th, straining his left calf while jumping out of the dugout to celebrate the Rockies' Opening Day victory.

9. Oliver Perez of the Pirates landed on the DL by breaking his left toe while kicking a laundry cart in the clubhouse after a loss.

8. In May, the Twins' Terry Mulholland scratched the white of his right eye with the sharp end of a feather sticking out of the pillow on his bed at a hotel.

7. Hotels were also unkind to Jermaine Dye, who missed several games in July after bug bites that he got in the team hotel in Cleveland became infected.

6. During Spring Training, Jason Phillips received a welt and cut under his eye that he reports was the result of being hit in the face with a bat by 19-month-old Jason Jr. while the older Phillips was napping.

5. Mike Remlinger was placed on the DL after he fractured a finger on his left hand while relaxing on a reclining chair in the clubhouse -- he put the wooden handle down to recline, and his hand slammed into the next chair.

4. Kaz Matsui missed two games in April after he scratched the cornea of his left eye with his therapeutic contact lens.

3. Colorado Rockies rookie Clint Barmes missed most of the season after he broke his collarbone -- Barmes was carrying a package of deer meat (a gift from Todd Helton) when he fell up the stairs in his apartment building.

2. Twins shortstop Jason Bartlett missed a game in April after he ripped off a fingernail in his hotel room while trying to rotate the television set so he could watch a basketball game.

1. In May, Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs was treated for a sore elbow. The Cubs trainer told him to limit his Internet usage to one hour a day instead of his typical 4-5 hours. This could happen to any of us....