There was an Orioles game in the early 90's in which the Orioles had to scramble to find a replacement starter for the injured Ben McDonald. Big Ben's injury? He had cut his fingernails too short. This year, we have had the Kevin Mench story, featuring a major league baseball player who gets a pair of shoes that actually fit him, and immediately goes on a hot streak. Fingernail clipping and ill-fitted shoes were the funniest injuries I knew of in baseball, until I read this.