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Unusual ways Major League Baseball players hurt themselves:
Rickey Henderson...got frostbite (in August)
Charlie Hough...broke pinkie shaking hands
Rick Aguilera...injured lifting a suitcase
Denny Neagle...slipped in shower, tore rotator cuff
Greg Harris...injured elbow flipping seeds into stands
Adam Eaton...stabbed himself opening a DVD
Wade Boggs...strained back pulling on cowboy boots
Cal Ripken Jr.*...broke his nose
* Roberto Hernandez slipped on tarp at All-Star Game and accidentally punched Ripken
Source: World Features Syndicate
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