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** Such incidents seem to be commonplace in Seattle Mariners history. In 1980, pitcher Mike Parrott took a liner to the man area early in the season. Parrott went from 14-12 in 1979 (the team went 67-95) to 1-16 in 1980.
* This seemed to be missed by most people, but in 2006 when the Dallas Mavericks were playing the San Antonio Spurs for the NBA Western Conference championship, coach Avery Johnson made a last second player change, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV3a4CgYLE Josh Howard received some collateral damage].
* After a bungled plot to blow up Glasgow International Airport: [http://current.com/items/88862229_i-kicked-burning-terrorist-so-hard-in-the-balls-that-i-tore-a-tendon-in-my-foot.htm I Kicked Burning Terrorist So Hard in Balls That I Tore a Tendon in My Foot]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Best. Headline. Ever.]] Because as ''[[Cracked|Because.com]]'' [http://www.cracked.com/article/79_the-5-most-embarrassing-failures-in-history-terrorism_p2/ points out], they still make MEN up in Scotland]].
** Indeed, he did deal a kick to a burning man whose cohort was fighting with police, as the two men had [[Moral Event Horizon|just attempted to attack a civilian transportation center]] with a vehicle bomb and failed, putting the recipient of said kick somewhere in the middle of a Venn diagram of [[Asshole Victim]], [[Acceptable Target]], and [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]] categories for most Western audiences.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc5p3TmQx34 This slalom skiier] had an unfortunate encounter with a flag.