Spring Dings

Some of baseball's most bizarre injuries—including three this year—happen before the season even starts

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1

David Price

Rays

March 8, 2012

Leaves start due to neck spasms brought on by drying himself with a towel.

2

Ronald Belisario

Rays

2014--15 Off-Season

Righty fractures his left shoulder on an undisclosed date while getting out of a swimming pool in native Venezuela.

3

Hunter Pence

Astros

Feb. 18, 2008

Cuts hands and knees after falling through a glass door he didn't realize was closed.

4

Josh Outman

Rockies

April 4, 2012

Strains oblique because of excessive vomiting brought on by food poisoning.

5

Michael Saunders

Blue Jays

Feb. 25, 2015

Steps on outfield sprinkler head, tears cartilage in left knee.

6

Chris Sale

White Sox

Feb. 27, 2015

Ace lefty injures foot stepping off back of his truck.

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

A neighbor of the Orioles' spring training site in Sarasota, Fla., called police with a noise complaint after the team practiced with recorded crowd noise.

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