A New & Improved List Of Avoidable Injuries


Vince Coleman is Taken Off the Field, Original caption: Covering his face with his hand, the Cardinals rookie speedster Vince Coleman is carried off the field with the help of teammates Terry Pendleton (9) and Cesar Cedeno after he was injured when an automatic tarp rolling machine caught him on the left leg. Coleman didn't play in the Cardinals 12-2 victory over the Dodgers., © Bettmann/CORBIS, RM, Accident, African Americans, Americans, Athlete, Baseball, Baseball player, Blacks, Busch Stadium, Carrying, Celebrities, Cesar Cedeno, Dominicans, Group, Hispanics, Injury, Males, Medical equipment, Midwest, Missouri, National League, North America, People, Professional sports, Prominent persons, Sports, St. Louis, St. Louis Cardinals, Stretcher, Terry Pendleton, USA, Vince Coleman, West Indians

With assistance from a couple of reader recommendations, here is a slightly expanded (and improved ) Top 10 list...


10. Sammy Sosa injuring his back after sneezing

9.   Infielder Chris Brown missing a game after "sleeping on his eye wrong"

8.   Jake Peavy injuring his rib cage in a post game celebration

7.   Kirk Broadstreet losing a battle against a poached egg

6.   Marty Cordova missing a game after spending too much time under a tanning lamp & burning his face 

5.   Milton Bradley tearing a knee ligament while arguing with an umpire & being restrained by manager Bud Black

4.   Gus Frerotte head-butting a wall and hurting his neck

3.   Joel Zamaya injuring his throwing arm & missing part of the AL Championship series after playing Guitar Hero

2.   Bill Gramatica tearing an ACL while celebrating a field goal giving his team a 3-0 lead

1.   Vince Coleman getting injured & missing the entire NL Championship series after being trapped under a tarp 







 
Trackbacks
  • Trackbacks are closed for this post.
Comments
  • No comments exist for this post.
Leave a comment

 Name

 Email (will not be published)

 Website

Your comment is 0 characters limited to 3000 characters.