Snyder on DL for...A Fractured Testicle?

It may seem impossible to wrap your brain around this one, but Chris Snyder, the Arizona Diamondbacks catcher, did just that when a foul ball off of Corey Hart's bat nailed him in the family jewels.

I think we can say this is in the books as one of the worst injuries of the year, and probably Snyder's life. I don't know if he has kids yet, but if he doesn't he may have missed his window.

Other injuries that are hard to talk about this year: Felix Pie went down with twisted testicle that required surgery, and Kaz Matsui suffered from anal fissures. I have no idea what that is and I have no intention of finding out.

Here is video from Fan IQ of the ball fracturing incident, but viewers beware, this is not for the weak stomached man.

Steroids: What's Your Excuse?

During a mid day email discussion, a few friends and I got to thinking about how Jason Giambi took a lot of heat a couple of years back when he admitted to using steroids, but in hindsight he looks like the smart classy guy with all of the recent news on steroid use.

So what are the other guys' excuses when they get hit with it instead of admitting their guilt like Giambi?

So here you go:

Bonds’ defense “why does everyone hate me? Is this because im black? Blame the media”

Clemens’ defense “but my wife was doing it”

Rafael Palmeiro’s defense “tejada said it was a vitamin”

Tejada’s defense “me no understando”

Mike Cameron’s defense “I could’ve sworn when I read the bottle, it said ‘supplement’.” Stay in school kids, reading is fun!

Ed Hochuli’s Defense “I was not aware they started testing NFL officials”

Greg Maddux’s defense “look at me, I have a wine-gut. Im fat! You think im on steroids?” ***definitely not a steroid user.

Giles defense "I'm a leadoff hitter now"

M. Giles Defense "I'm too short and my chin was never as big as my brothers"

T Gwynn's Defense "Does KFC test their chicken?"

Lenny Dykstra "I thought it was chew"

Rosey Odonnell "I'm actually a man"

Benito Santiago "Its not illegal in Puerto Rico.......what? It's a US territory?........well i can still throw you out from my knees"

Chuck Knoblach’s excuse: “I couldn’t even throw it from second to first any more.”

Gregg Zaun: “Even Matt Wheatland was striking me out.”

David Justice: “At least I still made the People Magazine’s 50 most Beautiful people…you don’t see Sammy Sosa on that shit”

Eric Gagne’s defense “I took steroids and im still gay”

Rick Ankiel’s defense “I used to be a pitcher and now im a power hitter?!?! Oh screw it, ‘im Rick James Bitch!’”

Jose Canseco’s defense “Steriods is my middle name”

Bill clinton’s defense “I did not have performance enhancing relations with that drug, Viagra”

Allen Iverson’s defense “Are we talking about steroids? Steriods? Are we talking about a game or steroids?”

Don’t hate me for this one… but I think it’s the best so far…

Ken Caminiti’s defense “they said this stuff was better than coke, fuckin liars”

Got anything else?

Thanks to The Baseball Almanac for the Cartoon.

Peavy and Oswalt Injured Following Opening Day Game

It was reported that Roy Oswalt would be staying with Jake Peavy during the Padres vs Astros Opening week series, and what sounded like a harmless idea turned ugly after the Padres 4-0 win, when the two got drunk and ended up fighting at Peavy's home.

Apparently upon returning from the game in which Jake Peavy outpitched (and outhit) Roy Oswalt, the two decided to throw back a few drinks. Peavy's wife reported that it started out with Jake giving Roy a hard time over getting two RBI's off of the Astros pitcher but took a turn for the worse.

"Jake was giving Roy a little bit of a hard time for losing, and Roy seemed a little upset. After about an hour, Roy brought it up again and this time he was much more angry."

The argument eventually turned into a short but dangerous fight when Oswalt started swinging at Peavy. Both ended up with injured hands, but Peavy seems to have suffered the worst when he heard a crack in his wrist upon landing a bunch to the back of Oswalt's head.

There is no news yet as to the seriousness of each injury, but due to Peavy's history throughout high school of wrist injuries, things look disappointing for a repeat of his Cy Young.

More news to come shortly.

Oh yeah, and none of that is true...April Fools...hope it gave you a short scare only.