Suggested reading -
Recap of our year in baseball.
My favorite highlights:
1) From the "Top Ten Injuries of the Year" -
Eighth Prize (Better to wiggle than waggle dept.): Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks tore a tendon in his wrist -- while sitting in the dugout, waggling his bat back and forth.
2) The "Foul Ball of the Year" -
Just last weekend, Baltimore's Jay Gibbons pulled off a hitting feat that might be tougher than thumping five homers in one game:
He hit a foul ball into the stands -- that conked his own wife, Laura, in the rib cage.
3) From the "Quotes of the Year" -
• From rookie Rockies pitcher Justin Hampson (to the Denver Post's Troy Renck), after facing Bonds for the first time: "It was surreal being out there against Barry Bonds. I'm used to going against him in video games. It's a lot easier to make the pitches go where you want with the controller."
4) From the "Late Nighters of the Year" -
• Fifth Prize: from Jay Leno, on those two weeks in July when the Dodgers forgot to win: "[That's] 11 losses out of 12 games. In fact, today the IRS said they would no longer let the Dodgers deduct their bats as a business expense."
5) Oh, and the Twins winning the AL Central yesterday wasn't bad either.
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