Newest Excuse to Sit Out: You’re Skurred of Ghosts

By Spencer Hall
There is a long history of athletes missing games for awesome reasons.
Awesome reasons like:
--Kevin Mitchell of the San Francisco Giants cracking his tooth on an improperly microwaved donut.
--Joel Zumaya missing three games due to an overuse injury from playing Guitar Hero.
--Brent Mayne, wrenching his back when he turned to look around in traffic.
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This is not Almunia, but he plays goalie for the Arsenal. Close enough.
While baseball has Congressional permission to hold a monopoly on baseball, it can’t be the only sport with a thing for bizarre excuse notes. Manuel Almunia, goalie for Premier League giants Arsenal, is missing time this week due to his house being haunted.
[quote="The Sun"]“One night, we were sleeping and my wife suddenly woke me up with a shout. She said there was this monk-like figure with a candle in his hand. She was in bed, next to me. I didn’t see him but I was s*** scared.[/quote]
Andy Pettitte, if you’re reading this, don’t even try to use this same excuse this season: That strange man watching you sleep is Roger Clemens, and he’s got a reason to be stalking you.
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