Bizarre injuries that happened during Cal's streak.

[samikeyp]

Today is the 10th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive game record with his 2,131st game in a row. This is from the article on ESPN.com about it...the strangest injuries that happened while Cal was making history.

• Brewers pitcher Steve Sparks dislocated his shoulder trying to rip a phone book in half following a motivational speech.

• Larry Andersen strained a muscle in his chest getting out of a Jacuzzi -- and diagnosed it as a "Jacuzzi-tusion."

• Jeff Juden was unable to pitch because of an infected tattoo.

• Indians pitcher Ted Power pulled a hamstring jumping off the bullpen bench to join a brawl.

• Reds pitcher Steve Foster needed surgery after blowing out his shoulder knocking down milk bottles on "The Tonight Show."

• Tigers outfielder Junior Felix strained a hip flexor sliding between Mike Henneman's legs during batting practice.

• Pascual Perez missed a start because he couldn't find the stadium, drove 100 miles on a loop freeway around Atlanta, circled the city two hours, missed his exit five times.

• Perez missed another start because he jumped the Braves to consult a witch doctor.

• Expos pitcher Dennis Martinez hurt his arm tossing his suitcase on the team equipment truck -- an injury later described by Expos public-relations wit Richard Griffin as "Samsonitis."

• Goose Gossage threw his back out sneezing.

• Kent Hrbek missed 10 games after spraining his ankle wrestling with a clubhouse attendant.

• Darren Daulton missed a month after he watched a videotape of himself striking out, punched a wall and broke his hand.

• Vince Coleman missed an entire postseason when he was swallowed up by the automatic tarp machine in St. Louis.

• Marlins infielder Bret Barberie, one of Ripken's former double-play partners, couldn't play because he was slicing habanero chilies in the clubhouse and rubbed juice in his eye.

• Ripken's teammate Mark Smith cut his hand sticking it in a hotel air conditioner.

• Brewers shortstop Jose Valentin cut his hand on a pineapple.

• Dwight Gooden missed a start after Vince Coleman accidentally hit him with a golf club in the locker room.

• Jose Canseco blew out his elbow throwing 50 warm-up pitches in preparation for his dramatic pitching debut.

• Reds pitcher Johnny Ruffin hurt his knee watching television.

• Former Padres malingerer Chris Brown missed a game with a strained eyelid.

• Marlins pitcher Randy Veres bruised his hand pounding the wall of his hotel room to get the people next door to keep it down.

• And Gregg Jefferies missed a game because his wife went into labor while watching him hit for the cycle.

[Duff McCartney]

• Marlins infielder Bret Barberie, one of Ripken's former double-play partners, couldn't play because he was slicing habanero chilies in the clubhouse and rubbed juice in his eye.

Dumb .

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• Darren Daulton missed a month after he watched a videotape of himself striking out, punched a wall and broke his hand.

atleast he didn't have to watch him strike out anymore.

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• Pascual Perez missed a start because he couldn't find the stadium, drove 100 miles on a loop freeway around Atlanta, circled the city two hours, missed his exit five times.

@ that

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• Goose Gossage threw his back out sneezing.

aka Sammy Sosa.

[FromWayDowntown]

Somehow they left off one of my all-time favorite baseball injuries. John Smoltz missed a start a number of years ago because he burned himself while ironing a shirt. Curiously, he was wearing the shirt at the same time he was ironing it.