# All-time stupid baseball injuries **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424 "2007-09-25T15:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/21 "2007-09-25T22:53:10Z")
That jackass Jeff Kent fractured his wrist “[washing his truck](http://espn.go.com/columns/ratto_ray/1355410.html).” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/22 "2007-09-25T22:58:54Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] 1. **Vince Coleman** getting rolled up in the tarp roller. Video of that incident has to be the funniest thing ever put to tape. [/QUOTE] Is there a link to the video anywhere? Youtube doesn’t seem to have it and I would love to see this! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/23 "2007-09-25T23:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Uhm, Ok, not being a sports fan and all that, I saw the little preview and I **have** to ask – the guy’s name is _really]Milton Bradley_? Seriously, and people think me spelling my son’s name Niq instead of Nick is “weird.” [/QUOTE] Yep. And for the record, he got game. Alternately, I will say of Bradley, “And he came to _play_!” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/24 "2007-09-25T23:06:38Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Uhm, Ok, not being a sports fan and all that, I saw the little preview and I **have** to ask – the guy’s name is _really]Milton Bradley_? Seriously, and people think me spelling my son’s name Niq instead of Nick is “weird.” [/QUOTE] Why do you hate the letter “C”? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/25 "2007-09-25T23:28:21Z")
[QUOTE=JKellyMap] Why do you hate the letter “C”? 😛 [/QUOTE] It’s the result of a trauma he suffered as a school boy where he was attacked by a bat. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/26 "2007-09-25T23:29:18Z")
A cat? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/27 "2007-09-25T23:32:04Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] A cat? [/QUOTE] No, a bat. (In this instance, a baseball bat.) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/28 "2007-09-25T23:34:08Z")
No, a bat. Edited to add: **garygnu** , you, sir, are a dick. Sneaking in here like that on me. But can you say the letter “k”? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/29 "2007-09-26T00:32:20Z")
Red Sock Wade Boggs injured his back pulling on his cowboy boots. The Blue Jays’ Glenallen Hill missed some time when he cut himself in his hotel room. He had a nightmare about spiders, jumped out of his bed, and fell into a glass table. Marty Cordova burned himself in a tanning booth so badly he missed several days of play because he wasn’t allowed to go out in the sun. Kerry Wood, who’s been injured in pretty much every way possible, missed some time with a rib cage injury sustained falling out of his hot tub. Carlos Perez suffered a broken nose in a car accident. He was trying to pass the team bus when it happened. Jeff Juden missed some time when he got a tattoo and suffered an infection from it. Dwight Gooden missed a start due to being hit with a golf club a teammate was swinging in the clubhouse. Kevin Mitchell was famously felled by tooth pain caused by a donut. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/30 "2007-09-26T00:54:41Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] you, sir, are a dick. [/QUOTE] No, he’s a silly bunt. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/31 "2007-09-26T01:29:23Z")
Cardinals catcher [Mike Matheny](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/inpitch.htm) cut himself with a gift hunting knife in 2000, missing the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/32 "2007-09-26T02:19:35Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] No, he’s a silly bunt. [/QUOTE] What, he popped it straight up while trying to move the runner over? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/33 "2007-09-26T02:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Uhm, Ok, not being a sports fan and all that, I saw the little preview and I **have** to ask – the guy’s name is _really]Milton Bradley_? Seriously, and people think me spelling my son’s name Niq instead of Nick is “weird.” [/QUOTE] 1. Yes, it’s Milton Bradley. The story behind his name is a little sad; his mother’s boyfriend, Bradley’s father, was named Milton Bradley, and he filled out the birth certificate when Bradley’s mother was still unconscious, against Bradley’s Mom’s wishes. He was a drug addict and kind of a bum, and Bradley has always been kind of ashamed of him, but kept the name because, according to him, it motivates him to be more than his father was. 2. Yes, “Niq” is weird. Sorry. Do you pronounce it “Neek”? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/34 "2007-09-26T02:25:46Z")
I am sad to report the Kevin Brown incident: In the middle of a pennant race in September of 2004 this overpaid, injury prone jerk had a foolish rage moment and punched a clubhouse wall with his left hand. He broke his hand and missed the rest of the regular season, but of course got back in time to give up that damn homer to David Ortiz in game 7. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/35 "2007-09-26T03:40:45Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Jason Isringhausen derailed his career by breaking a wrist while punching a trash can in the dougout. [/QUOTE] This Isringhausen, with the 2.32 ERA this year? [Official St. Louis Cardinals Website | MLB.com](http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=116414) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/36 "2007-09-26T12:00:22Z")
RE: Kevin Brown’s self infliction [QUOTE=What Exit?] … but of course got back in time to give up that damn homer to David Ortiz in game 7. [/QUOTE] Ah, like Tavarez then did for Bellhorn in the 8th to gift Game 1 of the WS. [QUOTE=RickJay] Carlos Perez suffered a broken nose in a car accident. He was trying to pass the team bus when it happened. [/QUOTE] Not sure why but this one cracked me up more than any other. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/37 "2007-09-26T12:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Is there a link to the video anywhere? Youtube doesn’t seem to have it and I would love to see this! [/QUOTE] I doubt it exists. I’ve seen retrospective footage on tv, and even the network didn’t seem to have a shot of it actually happening. It was before the game, and I bet no one had a camera on him at the time. Most of the cameras probably weren’t running at all. They only have shots of him being attended to, and getting unstuck, IIRC. As for the Isringhausen “derailment”, I realize that maybe it was meant that he temporarily was derailed. Was that the intent? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/38 "2007-09-26T13:34:55Z")
Oh, how did I forget [Mark Quinn](http://royalsreview.com/story/2007/7/2/95151/90641), rookie slugger for the Royals in 2000, injured himself playing Bruce Lee with his brother. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/39 "2007-09-26T13:46:40Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] 1. Yes, it’s Milton Bradley. The story behind his name is a little sad; his mother’s boyfriend, Bradley’s father, was named Milton Bradley, and he filled out the birth certificate when Bradley’s mother was still unconscious, against Bradley’s Mom’s wishes. He was a drug addict and kind of a bum, and Bradley has always been kind of ashamed of him, but kept the name because, according to him, it motivates him to be more than his father was. [/QUOTE] Well, it’s great that he uses his past to motivate him, but the guy hardly has a, you know, monopoly on hard-luck stories. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424/40 "2007-09-26T14:04:38Z")
Hey, I checked the thread and no one brought up the David Wells “stool tripping” incident. > [@](#): > > While horsing around with a friend, Wells tripped over a bar stool at home, knocking a bottle of wine onto the floor. He landed on the bottle and a glass he was holding, severing a tendon in his right wrist, which required surgery, and cutting his left palm. Yah, “horsing around”. This was back when he hadn’t played for Boston yet so his reputation was that of a Yankee. Our city rolled our eyes pretty hard. Me? I always sort of liked the guy. But this was a stupid injury (though not all-time). I don’t know if we’ll ever know the true story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-stupid-baseball-injuries/420424.md?page=3)