Posted on Mon Jan 22, 2007 at 05:29:21 PM EST in MLB
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[Sportscolumn is running down the ten dumbest in-game injuries in sports. Here's #10.]

This isn't exactly in-game but it's close enough to game time that it made our Top 10 list. Before game 3 of the 1985 NLCS, the grounds crew decided to roll up the electronically-operated tarp. The only problem? Vince Coleman was standing behind the cylinder. All of the sudden, Coleman was trapped underneath the contraption and suffered a serious leg injury.

Coleman sustained a bone chip in his knee and leg bruises and would miss the rest of the postseason. Alls well that ends well (almost) as the Cardinals were able to pull out the NLCS despite being down 2-1. They did lose to the Kansas City Royals (yes, Virginia, once the Royals weren't a Triple A level team) in the World Series. According to Coleman, "that tarp was a real man-eater."

(Source: Baseball Library.com)

See #9 in the Top 10 Dumbest in-game injuries of all time.

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