Sometimes, not often, but sometimes one of those days come along when you open up the newspaper and a story literally jumps off the page and stares you straight in the face.  You know- man calls cops to report stolen marijuana, middle-aged dude streaks through middle school campus, teacher tells students to urinate in bottles, stories so ridiculous you couldn't possibly script them.  With that in mind, I bring you one of the more brilliant baseball injuries of the home run era.

You remember when Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya was unavailable with a forearm injury for the ALCS against the A's?  Well, all you sick pukes out there who thought he was spending a few too many minutes checking out Deep Throat Heather guess again.   Club president and general manager Dave Dombrowski told WXYT on Wednesday that the team concluded Zumaya's injury resulted from playing a video game.

"The Tigers' athletic training staff discovered that Zumaya's forearm pain was more consistent with the action of a guitar player than a baseball pitcher.  Zumaya, 22, was known to play "Guitar Hero," a PlayStation 2 game in which a player uses a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the performance of popular songs."

I knew young athletes in particular enjoyed video games and rocked some Madden tournaments on the road.  I've heard about Gilbert Arenas' professional Halo team...I know Adam Morrison and AA Redick game it up against each other, but Clay Zumaya Studdard, you really think the ALCS is the time to be practicing your stairway to heaven?  Dude, if you had waited a few weeks you could've had the entire off-season to strum your pain.       

Baseball injuries can be quirky: Carlos Zambrano's elbow injury from spending too much time on the computer is up there.  Same with Sammy Sosa "sneezing" his way out of the lineup.  The website Funny2.com has compiled an excellent list for your enjoyment...but when it comes to baseball injuries, it doesn't get much better than Axl Joel.  Hey Zumaya, keep those billboard hits coming.  You think Joel could jam like this?