It is a generally accepted principle that baseball players tend to do some foolish things. Take San Francisco Giants' closer Brian Wilson, who took out the frustrations of a second straight blown save on the team's water coolers and dugout walls and came out lucky to avoid any injury.

But the Cincinnati Reds' Brandon Phillips did something on May 25 that allowed the Philadelphia Phillies - and more specifically utility infielder Wilson Valdez - to re-write the record books. You may remember th...
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