San Diego Padres pitcher Mat Latos recently had to go on the disabled list for a sneezing-related injury. He tried to stifle the sneeze, but his finely-tuned athlete body couldn't handle the pressure and he pulled a muscle.Is this the most humiliating athlete injury of all-time? Not even close.Here are the Top 20.#1 -- Lionel SimmonsIn 1991 Sacramento Kings rookie forward Lionel Simmons missed two games due to tendonitis in his right wrist and forearm from playing too much GameBoy. News of this injury shocked many fans at the time who weren't even aware that Sacramento had an NBA team, much less one stocked with brilliant athletes who could make it to level 25 on Tetris.#2 -- Steve SparksDuring Spring Training in 1994 the Milwaukee Brewers received a visit from an inspirational team of strongmen. After the group left, journeyman knuckleballer Steve Sparks tried to replicate their stunts by ripping a phone book in half. Big surprise: he dislocated his shoulder and failed to make his first big-league roster. Tough break for a knuckleballer, and this incident is why to this day Tim Wakefield won't rip anything larger than a copy of Mike Lowell's memoir Deep Drive: A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within.#3 -- Wade BoggsWade Boggs is a man of many appetites. He loves chicken, ill-fated rides atop police horses, and dressing like a cowboy. That third love caught up to him during his career, though. Boggs once missed a seven-game stretch after straining his back while pulling on his cowboy boots. Most baseball historians feel this injury was karmic payback for taking the wrong side in the legendary Lord Palmerston/Pitt the Elder debate of 1992. San Diego Padres pitcher Mat Latos recently had to go on the disabled list for a sneezing-related injury. He tried to stifle the sneeze, but his finely-tuned athlete body couldn't handle the pressure and he pulled a muscle.Is this the most humiliating athlete injury of all-time? Not even close.Here are the Top 20:#1 -- Lionel SimmonsIn 1991 Sacramento Kings rookie forward Lionel Simmons missed two games due to tendonitis in his right wrist and forearm from playing too much GameBoy. News of this injury shocked many fans at the time who weren't even aware that Sacramento had an NBA team, much less one stocked with brilliant athletes who could make it to level 25 on Tetris.#2 -- Steve SparksDuring Spring Training in 1994 the Milwaukee Brewers received a visit from an inspirational team of strongmen. After the group left, journeyman knuckleballer Steve Sparks tried to replicate their stunts by ripping a phone book in half. Big surprise: he dislocated his shoulder and failed to make his first big-league roster. Tough break for a knuckleballer, and this incident is why to this day Tim Wakefield won't rip anything larger than a copy of Mike Lowell's memoir Deep Drive: A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within.#3 -- Wade BoggsWade Boggs is a man of many appetites. He loves chicken, ill-fated rides atop police horses, and dressing like a cowboy. That third love caught up to him during his career, though. Boggs once missed a seven-game stretch after straining his back while pulling on his cowboy boots. Most baseball historians feel this injury was karmic payback for taking the wrong side in the legendary Lord Palmerston/Pitt the Elder debate of 1992.
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