Brandon Inge on DL because of...pillow

[OleMissCub]

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080625&content_id=3001197&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det

 

Brandon Inge was finally back to playing after a few days of resting his pulled left oblique muscle. Catching was no problem. Playing third base was relatively normal. Hitting had finally gotten manageable.

 

Moving a pillow for his young son, it turned out, landed him on the disabled list.

 

"You know what? That's just par for the year right there," Inge said. "That's unbelievable."

 

The tipping point came on Monday night while he was in bed at home with his wife and son. He tried to shift the pillow for his three-year-old son, Tyler, to support his head, but when he stretched to do that, he jumped out of bed in pain.

 

"You take swings at a baseball and it's not as bad," Inge said. "You do that, and you can't push a pillow down. It was the stupidest, freakiest thing. I wish I could come up with something different."

 

This reminds me of some of these weird baseball injuries:

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/1138/strangeinjuries.html

 

Charlie Hough broke his pinky finger while shaking hands.

 

Jose Cardenal missed a game in 1974, because he couldn't blink. He swore his eyes were stuck open.

 

David Cone missed a start after getting bit by his mother-in-law's dog, a Jack Russell Terrier.

 

Carlos Perez broke his nose in a car accident....as he was trying to pass the team bus.

 

Vince Coleman missed the 1985 World Series when he got rolled up in the tarp machine.

 

Pitcher Steve Sparks dislocated his shoulder while tearing a phone book in half, as he was trying to emulate a motivational speaker.

 

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.

 

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.

 

And of course who can forget John Smoltz burning himself while trying to iron a shirt that he was wearing and also Zumaya's Guitar Hero incident. Can't forget also the Sosa sneeze and Wood's hot tub.

[CoolHandLuke]

Vince Coleman getting rolled up in a tarp machine is the best one.

 

Add Hunter Pence's sliding glass door incident and Clint Barmes' venison staircase mishap to the list.

[splintersag]

Remember Brandon Marshall, the wide receiver for the Broncos?

 

He slipped on a McDonalds' bag while "wrestling" with family members, causing his arm to smash his TV and cut himself.

 

...Right...

[Tarver]

Who was the 80's outfielder (I believe at one time for the Sparky Anderson Tigers) who pulled himself out of a game for "Sleeping on his eye wrong"?

[BCVM22]

Didn't Roger Craig cut himself while undoing a bra?

[Schwarber Fan]

This is probably the worst one I've heard

[Tarver]

The player was Chris Brown, a 3B who had some good years with the Giants. He missed over 250 games in four seasons, and once missed time because of a "bruised tooth".

 

In 1989, while with the Tigers, he told Sparky Anderson he couldn't play because he "slept on his eye wrong". He was soon released and never played again. He died from burns sustained in a house fire two years ago.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Brown_%28baseball%29

[FergieJ31]

Chris Brown's story reminds me of Jose Cardenal, a Cubs OF in the 70's, who once took himself out of the lineup because of a sticky eyelash.

 

One of my all-time fave injury stories is George Brett, who once broke his toe running from the kitchen to the living room to catch a Bill Buckner at-bat on TV.

[NCCubFan]

Let's not forget Glenallen Hill and his nightmare about spiders.

[jersey cubs fan]

"Par for the year."

 

That's fantastic. Why was he in bed with his son anyway?

[Jehrico]

Z's carpal tunnel? It didn't land him on the DL, but it was an issue for awhile.

[Derwood]

Mike Matheny's hunting knife gift

[Banedon]

"Par for the year."

 

That's fantastic. Why was he in bed with his son anyway?

 

Could be a lot of things...maybe the kid had a nightmare and climbed in with mom and dad...

[Joe_Cub]

remlinger broke his finger trying to adjust a recliner

[chuckywang]

Hahahahaha ... John Smoltz was wearing a shirt and ironing it at the same time?

[TruffleShuffle]

what about jeff kent's broken wrist from "washing his truck"

[Post Count Padder]

Hilarious

[jersey cubs fan]

So did he injure his teeth?

[questionmarkgrace]

mark pawelak our first round draft pick a couple of years ago. Tripped over his playstation while going for a glass of water in the middle of the night and broke his non pitching arm.

[GlassCow]

I would have made something up, rather than admitting to injury in this fashion, possibly a freak accident during kinky sex with the wife or something.