Top Ten: Dumbest Non-Sporting Injuries

[denverobsession]

So, as training camp and the preseason approach, everyone’s top concern is getting their players to the regular season injury free.

Injuries while playing in the regular season are hard enough to endure, but injuries that happen during camp and the preseason can be heart breaking. The Broncos have had their share of these injuries:

* Quentin Griffin fractured this fibula on the first day of Training Camp in 2003.

* Mike Anderson was lost of the 2004 season when he injured his groin in the final 2 minutes of the last preseason game (on a punt protection play).

* Gerard Warren dislocated his toe during training camp last year.

And then, we have the off-the-field injuries, like Brian Griese tripping over his dog (or knocking himself unconscious on TD’s driveway) or Big Ben recklessly driving a motorcycle without a helmet — right into a moving car. Most of these are gut wrenching for fans, because they seem so meaningless and random.

As there is little to do this week (TC is still a couple weeks away), I checked around to find some of the most random, silly and/or humorous non-sports injuries and came up with a surprisingly long list. Here are my top ten dumbest non-sporting injuries: LIST HERE (http://mydenverobsession.com/2007/07/19/stupid-injuries/).

I'm sure there are many, many more I'm missing but I think you get the picture...

Let’s just all hope and pray that our Broncos can avoid stupid injuries this camp and preseason. This is not the type of top ten list I want to see any of our Broncos making.

Stay safe, guys! :pray:

[crowebomber]

Clint Barmes falling while carrying deer meat from Todd Helton's house. He was on track for ROY, and since then he's been stuck in Colorado Springs with the Skysox.

[denverobsession]

Clint Barmes falling while carrying deer meat from Todd Helton's house. He was on track for ROY, and since then he's been stuck in Colorado Springs with the Skysox.

Yeah, I heard about that one and these other three almost immediately after I posted the list... any of them could have made the list! :rofl:

* Blue Jay Designated Hitter, Glenallen Hill, went on the DL because of cuts suffered after smashing a glass table while dreaming he was being attacked by spiders.

* Expos Pitcher, Carlos Perez, broke his nose in a car accident ... while trying to pass the team bus.

* Pitcher Joel Zumaya's late season forearm tendon problems ended up being the result of playing Guitar Hero for hours on end.

[Kaylore]

Offensive lineman PJ Alexander tearing his ACL two years ago when he crashed his four wheeler in the woods during offseason.

How about David Kircus injuring another guys face?

[crowebomber]

Wasn't there a baseball player a couple years ago who went on the 15 day DL for a bad sunburn after sitting in a tanning bed too long? I'm going to google it.

[crowebomber]

Marty Cordova, Baltimore Orioles
Was the AL Rookie of the year while playing for the Twins in '95. However during his stint with the Orioles he had a certain injury which i recall quite well. Apparently unhappy with his baseball tan he went to a tanning salon and fell asleep in the tanning bed. He sustained severe burns on his face from the tanning lamps and had to miss a game or two. How do explain that one to the guys in lockerroom?

[plummershelper]

Wasn't there a pitcher or somebody who had to go on the DL because he burned his chest by ironing his shirt while on his body? That's #1 to me.

[AtlantaBronco]

Don't forget IHOP.

[Drek]

While not a dumb one, Jon Lester, Red Sox pitcher (now in AAA but with the club when it happened) was rear ended in a taxi last year while in NYC, when doctors did a check up on the mild back pain associated with the incident they found he had non-hodgkins lymphoma.

Had it not been for the accident he could've finished the season and been away from the team's doctors all winter without diagnosis, which likely would've made the situation much worse. As it was the cancer was quickly and easily treated while Lester is pitching in AAA and looks to be pretty much fully rehabilitated.

[KipCorrington25]

* Pitcher Joel Zumaya's late season forearm tendon problems ended up being the result of playing Guitar Hero for hours on end.

A likely excuse, I'm sure he was really just masturbating too much. :kiss:

[Beantown Bronco]

No mention of Plummer yet?

Breaking his foot while getting up from the couch is pretty classic.

[dragondawg]

that mike anderson one was just bad

[Bronco Bob]

Could this be considered a non-sporting injury even though it happened on the field?

Australian rugby player Ben Czislowski finally found out an eye infection, lethargy and shooting pains were the result of having a tooth embedded in his head for four months.

"I can laugh about it now, but the doctor told me it could have been serious, with teeth carrying germs," said Czislowski, who kept playing through the pain.

The Brisbane Wynnum player acquired the tooth April 1, when he bumped noggins with the Tweed Heads' Matt Austin. The people who patched up Czislowski didn't notice the tooth and stitched up the wound over it.

"I've got the tooth at home, sitting on the bedside table," Czislowski said. "If he wants it back he can have it. I'm keeping it at the moment as proof that it happened."

[denverobsession]

that mike anderson one was just bad

yeah, I remember seeing him doubled over on the field holding his groin... dude, that sucked just watching it -- I'd hate to have to go through that! :saywhat:

[cousinal11]

Carlos Zambrano (elbow injury) from too much chatting on the internet with his brother.

Clinton Portis (shoulder) tacking a defender who had intercepted a pass in their first preseason game last year.

[dragondawg]

yup in a meaningless game and the last 2 minutes and special teams that cost him the whole season, i think he had to go in cause there was no one else supposedly

[Triplelefthook]

i have to vote for the Barmes one. it makes it worse that his career has plummeted since that incident

[BroncoBuff]

There was a Blue Jays pitcher who burned himself while ironing a shirt .... that he was WEARING!



Absent that, I'll vote for K2 on his mini-bike.

[Hotrod]

Was there not a wood chopping injury in some teams lockeroom last year???

[Rashomon]

There was a Blue Jays pitcher who burned himself while ironing a shirt .... that he was WEARING!



Actually, I am pretty sure that was John Smoltz of the Braves, in early 90's before they starting winning their division all the time.

[ward63]

Didn't Sammy Sosa said he hurt his ribs or something sneezing?

[Jens1893]

Santiago Canizarez missed the 2002 World Cup because he broke his foot by dropping an aftershave bottle on it.

Rio Ferdinand once pulled a leg muscle after his leg on the coffee table for too long.

[sirhcyennek81]

Jaguars punter Chris Hanson taking an axe in the lockeroom and smacking a stump with it, misses, and hacks into his own leg, missing the season.

:Broncos:

[ward63]

Jaguars punter Chris Hanson taking an axe in the lockeroom and smacking a stump with it, misses, and hacks into his own leg, missing the season.

:Broncos:

That takes the cake!

[Sir Mawn]

Mike Pritchard's injury was football related but extremely frustrating for us fans. I landed on the ball during preaseason and never was himself again.

[Moon§hiner]

First round draft pick for Kansas City, Percy Snow...crashing at training camp while riding a moped...can you say wasted pick?

[Bob's your Information Minister]

Last year Michael Bennett blew out a hammy racing some dude for fun in training camp.

[SoDak Bronco]

eddie kennison sprained his vagina and went to the chiefs

[BroncsRule]

Jeff Lewis tore his ACL in a pickup basketball game, then lied to Greek & Shanny about it. (said he twisted it while jogging).

If not for that, the Griese years might have been the Jeff Lewis years.