Just as my beloved Cubbies were just starting to get healthy, starting pitcher, Ryan Dempster, broke his toe hopping over the dugout railing after a victory.

It can’t get any weirder than that, can it? You have no idea.
CLINT BARMES: Broken Collerbone

The then-rookie shortstop first said it was a trip down the stairs that caused his trip to the emergency room. But a few weeks later, he fessed up to the scandalous truth: He was carrying deer meat that teammate Todd Helton had given him.






