Top 10 Dumbest in-game Injuries: #6 Clarence "Climax" Blethen

Posted on Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 06:08:39 PM EST in MLB
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[Sportscolumn is running down the ten dumbest in-game injuries in sports.  Here's #6.]

We're going old school with this injury.  Clarence Blethen isn't a name that most baseball fans know, but once you've heard his story he's pretty hard to forget.  Blethen was a toothless 30 year old rookie pitcher for the Red Sox in 1923.  Climax felt that he appeared more intimidating on the mound when he removed his false teeth.  In order to keep his choppers safe while pitching he would keep them in his back pocket.  On September 21, it finally happened; he forgot to reinsert his dentures and while sliding into second base, he literally bit his own ass.

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