No I'm not mixing a drink, those are just the things that can happen to a player during spring training. With weird and unusual injuries popping up all around spring training, it’s actually nice to see these headlines rather than the taboo word…STERIODS on every fish wrap.

Freakish accidents happen all the time. My question is how do some of these accidents happen?

Lets take Hunter Pence for instance. If you’ve never seen him run before, imagine a lion running through the high grass on a hot African day as he’s chasing down a gazelle. Each stride is in perfect harmony with its body. So fluid and precise, not a step taken out of rhythm. That’s exactly how Pence looks when he’s tracking down a fly ball in the outfield. It’s picture perfect.

If that’s the case, how in the world do you fall through a glass door? Now, I know some of us put these guys on a pedestal, but come on. Can you really trust a guy who can’t figure out if the sliding glass door is closed or opened? Granted I’ve done that before I’ll admit it, but I going on a beer run not trying to track down a fly ball. I might be a professional beer drinker, but I don’t get paid millions to do it. If I fall through a glass door it’s the story I tell my friends for years. If you’re a professional ball player it’s one you hope doesn’t make the papers.

That being said, I know these guys have rookie orientations, so why isn’t this in the manual:

“When walking through the hallway ensure sliding glass door is opened before proceeding. If the glass door is closed, grab the handle and proceed to open the glass door until you can fit your body through it. In case of emergency, call a friend to open it for you. Never ever try to walk, fall or run through the glass. This could be hazardous to your career”.

I know weirder things have happened.

Here are some other weird injuries:
• 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.
• Jose Cardenal missed a game in 1974, because he couldn't blink. He swore his eyes were stuck open.
• Rickey Henderson missed several games because of frost- bite. In August.
• Kevin Mitchell strained a muscle while vomiting.
• Wade Boggs missed several games after straining his back while pulling on his cowboy boots.
• Pitcher Steve Foster injured his shoulder knocking over milk bottles during a segment with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show
• Ken Griffey Jr. missed a game after his protective cup slipped and pinched a testicle.
• Pitcher Ted Power pulled a hamstring jumping off the bullpen bench to join a brawl.
• Chris Brown missed a game with a strained eyelid after sleeping on an eye a funny way.
• Terry Harper (Atlanta, OF) injured his shoulder after giving another player a high five

The ten above were found on http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/1138/strangeinjuries.html check it out for some more funny injuries.