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Odd Athlete Injuries

For those who don't know Francisco Rodriguez is done for the rest of the season because of a torn ligament in his pitching hand.  Not a crazy story until you hear why he tore that ligament.  K-Rod punched his girlfriends dad after a game and injured his hand in the process.  Pretty stupid, so I got curious and decided to research other dumb athlete injuries and I came up with some winners.

Sammy Sosa--It was safe to say Sosa's career was coming to a close by 2004.  But nobody could have seen this coming.  Sosa sneezed, that's right sneezed and sprained a ligament in his back.  No offense Sammy but if you can't sneeze without hurting yourself that should be a sign.

Joel Zumaya--Zumaya has had some arm injuries, most not his fault.  In 06 it was his fault, Zumaya missed the ALCS because of Guitar hero.  Apparently Zumaya like the rock out but maybe he should wait until the offseason.

Gus Frerotte--He head butted a cement wall, enough said.

Adam Eaton--Do you ever get mad how hard it is sometimes to open DVDs, I know I do.  Well so does Adam Eaton, the only difference between me and Eaton ive never stabbed myself in the stomach with a knife trying to open those DVDs, Adam always point the knife away from the body.

Marty Cordova--He fell asleep in a tanning bed, loser.

Milton Bradley--His career has been full of disappointing mishaps.  The one ill mention is while arguing with the umpire Bradley tore his ACL.  It might have been a bad call but was it worth screwing up your knee, gotta be smarter.

Hey I could go on and on with dumb injuries but eventually I would run out of space.  I know I missed a ton of them but if you have any you remember go ahead and comment, im sure the list is never-ending.

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