and the 2004 "Dumb and Dumber" Award goes to . . . (fanfare) . . .

[OneBlueSky]

NY Yankees 3rd baseman Aaron Boone! . . . let's hear it for him, people! . . .

okay . . . you've just signed a one-year contract with the Yanks for $5.75 million . . . the contract has a few stipulations, one of which is that you don't play basketball . . . so what do you do? . . . why, you go out and play some hoops, and tear a ligament that will probably keep you out the whole season . . . and, because you violated your contract, said Yanks are not obligated to pay you . . .

dumb, dumb, dumb . . .

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1719255

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Yikes! The ACL! Nothing is more painful (personal experience). And

until the swelling goes down, you are partially crippled as the leg become unstable because it can't support your body weight.

If there's an issue of reconstructive surgery, he will need a graft from either his hamstring area (yow!) or from a cadaver and months of rest and then careful physical therapy.

Can he apply for disability?

[GOPisEvil]

2. Nice going, dumbass.

:dunce: