Jorge Posada, and Nike have been developing new catcher gear together. Today, Posada got one of his catching innovations that he worked on with Nike. Its a titatium catchers mask that is much lighter than the standard one, much stronger, and is easier to see out of. From mlb.com
So everyone has already heard by now that Griffy, broke his hand wrestling with his kids, If you didnt know, now you do. Between that and the Kerry Wood incident earlier this week, i wanted to take a look back on some other embarrassing injuries to athletes:
These are from a collection of sources:
John Smoltz once burned his chest while ironing a shirt…yes he was wearing a shirt and ironing it…wow
Clarence Blethen injured himself by taking out his false teeth. He wanted to look mean by not wearing his false teeth. He placed them in his pocket. When he slid into second base, well he “bit” himself.
Jason Isringhausen stabbed himself in the chest opening up a CD, he also punched out a trashcan.
Steve Sparks dislocated his shoulder ripping a phone book in half.
Glenallen Hill had a nightmare about spiders, paniced, rolled off his bed and into a glass table.
Denny McLain went to bed and he was fine and healthy. Woke up with four dislocated toes.
Bret Barberie made some amazing nachos with spicy sauce. Put his contacts in. He didnt wash his hands so the sauce got in his eyes and he missed his next game.
Adam Eaton stabbed himself opening a DVD… those security tapes are dangerous
Human Interest and Baseball usually create those types of responses…I do believe that the Griffy Injury, cause of its severity (broken hand) will land a spot on this list.
Hall of Fame also anounced its Veteran Committee Ballot, the nominated can be found here:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070111&content_id=1777217&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
