Doug Melvin, the Brewers GM, Was Stung by a Scorpion While in Arizona For Spring Training

All, Animals, Baseball Stephen Douglas March 7th. 2013, 11:30am

Doug Melvin, the General Manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, is in Arizona for Spring Training. Wednesday night he got a Kleenex to pick up what he thought was a harmless bug in his condo. Nope. Never mind, it was a freaking scorpion. He then decided to go to the hospital. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Brewers Blog:

“It stung me right through the Kleenex. My arm started swelling and then the numbness started going up my arm, like when you hit your funny bone. I was wondering if it might go all the way up my arm and go to my heart. I got nervous when it get up to my shoulder, so I went to the emergency room.

Well, that sounds fun. (*crosses “Cactus League Spring Training game” off to-do list*) Melvin spent three hours at the hospital where they assured him it was not fatal and gave him an anti-venom injection.

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Update: Not A’s manager Bob Melvin.

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49 Responses to “Doug Melvin, the Brewers GM, Was Stung by a Scorpion While in Arizona For Spring Training”

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Shining Base Path Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
cashman’s injury still in the lead
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I am Fat Bob Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Bob Melvin is the A’s manager. Its Doug Melvin
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GloriousMullet Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
Bob Melvin is the A’s manager. Its Doug Melvin
!!!
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Details shmetails bob
/i didnt notice
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Ouchie.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:39 AM
In ninth grade when we did frog dissections there was a scorpion in my frog’s stomach, that was one of the happiest moments of my life.
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I am Fat Bob Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:41 AM
I apologize. I dont mean to be a “pointer outer.” But this one needs fixed.
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
In ninth grade when we did frog dissections there was a scorpion in my frog’s stomach, that was one of the happiest moments of my life.
That had to be a pretty badass frog.
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arkbadger Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
In ninth grade when we did frog dissections there was a scorpion in my frog’s stomach
I caught a largemouth bass a couple years ago with a crawfish pincher hanging halfway out of it’s ass.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Needs fixing you mean
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hussler2 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Two weeks ago in Naples. FLA, deathly hungover at my best friend’s wedding, I encountered a rattle snake playing golf at the Tiburon course in the rough. That went into strike mode five feet away from me.
Probably the scariest moment of my life, but escaped unscathed.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
I hope this leads to a wind of change for the Brewers organization.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
Scorpions creep me the fuck out. So strange looking. Put them on the list next to spiders and things I refuse to mess with.
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Roethlishotdog Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
But this one needs fixed.
Needs fixing you mean
Fat Bob must be from Western PA – we drop the “to be” from “needs to be fixed” all the time.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
A snake playing golf is pretty scary
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johndewar Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Two weeks ago in Naples. FLA, deathly hungover at my best friend’s wedding, I encountered a rattle snake playing golf at the Tiburon course in the rough. That went into strike mode five feet away from me.
Nothing like abject fear to snap you out of a hangover.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Two weeks ago in Naples. FLA, deathly hungover at my best friend’s wedding, I encountered a rattle snake playing golf at the Tiburon course in the rough.
how did it get into the rough? slice? and was it a par 4 or 5? and what kind of club was it using for its second (third?) shot? a rattlesnake playing golf would be a sight to behold.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Two weeks ago in Naples. FLA, deathly hungover at my best friend’s wedding, I encountered a rattle snake playing golf at the Tiburon course in the rough. That went into strike mode five feet away from me.
Holy shit that would freak me out. I was demolishing my old deck last summer and in the process found a black widow (was expecting to find one) and a Copperhead. The one time I used my hands rather than a shovel to move debris is the time the fucking snake pops up. Dude initially slithered away from me only to turn back and come at me. Fucker.
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GloriousMullet Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
dick cancer people
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
a rattlesnake playing golf would be a sight to behold.
Dangling modifiers…they can be dangerous.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
now he is
DOug
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Dangling modifiers…they can be dangerous.
“dangling modifiers” is what we called tea bagging back at j-school. agreed they’re dangerous.
/Jason McIntyre
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
(*crosses “Cactus League Spring Training game” off to-do list*)
You know Arizona may have scorpions and rattlesnakes and haboobs, but at least the ground doesn’t swallow people there and alligators don’t wait for you at the front door.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
how did it get into the rough? slice? and was it a par 4 or 5? and what kind of club was it using for its second (third?) shot? a rattlesnake playing golf would be a sight to behold.
Hopefully he sssssaved par.
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
“dangling modifiers” is what we called tea bagging back at j-school. agreed they’re dangerous.
/Jason McIntyre
I should get credit for an Assist on this one.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
alligators don’t wait for you at the front door
What a fantastic photo. Dude just wanted to borrow some sugar.
“dangling modifiers” is what we called tea bagging back at j-school. agreed they’re dangerous.
/Jason McIntyre
But who HASN’T done that with their boys?
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Hopefully he sssssaved par.
I laughed.
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hussler2 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
It was one of these fuckers: http://www.carolinanature.com/herps/diamondback-aj.jpg
Sliced into rough / wooded area, walking along a fence to see if I could find my ball and then heard ascurrying five feet to my left, turned around and saw this bastard, rattler up and shaking, head in striking position hissing five feet away from me, Was cornered between the fence and a tree and had nowehre I could go to back away – only route out was one step forward then a lateral sprint back to the fairway.
It was on the sixth hole at like 1130 so I was still in rough shape. Pretty shook after that – shot a 9 on the par 5.
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hussler2 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Also should add that I retardedly didn’t bring a club with me.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Haven’t we discussed anti-venom shots here before? Pretty sure the cost is outrageous. It turned political, I do remember that
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GloriousMullet Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
how did it get into the rough? slice? and was it a par 4 or 5? and what kind of club was it using for its second (third?) shot? a rattlesnake playing golf would be a sight to behold.
I bet he was using a set of Cobras
/shows self out
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:03 PM
It turned political, I do remember that
With the right commenters in place, a discussion of tits could become political around here.
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:03 PM
Scorpions creep me the fuck out. So strange looking. Put them on the list next to spiders and things I refuse to mess with.
A long time ago, my brother had a tarantula that got loose at our house for week. We ended up finding it in my parents bed sheets. So what does my mother do? Let’s my brother buy a scorpion 2 weeks later. They spoiled him.
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GloriousMullet Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:05 PM
If you were to ever find a scorpion in your butthole you’d be in bad shape
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:05 PM
http://www.carolinanature.com/herps/diamondback-aj.jpg
Holy fuck. Was it close to that size? I’m not at all afraid to admit I would have shat my pants.
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Ty_Webb Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Also should add that I retardedly didn’t bring a club with me.
you were going to use the “foot wedge” again huh?
/cheater
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Nada Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Then the scorpion told Melvin, “It’s my nature.” And it turned into a learning moment.
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Ty_Webb Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Arizona is littered with these fuckers, you need to use a black light to see them at night when they come out…
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Nada Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
If you were to ever find a scorpion in your butthole you’d be in bad shape
Scorpions are the new gerbils?
/ Gere’d
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Ty_Webb Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Scorpions are the new ~~gerbils~~ production assistants?
/TSH
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StaffordandSon Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Is this yardwork?
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Nada Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Damn, everyone should spend some time in a Louisiana swamp. That’s where you learn right quick that it’s et or get et. Nature’s just one giant restaurant, after all.
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hussler2 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Holy fuck. Was it close to that size? I’m not at all afraid to admit I would have shat my pants.
I can’t probably accurately say, but I’d think between 2-3 ft. Wide range, I know, but it was curled up so I can’t accurately say. When I looked up info on these guys, it says they’re around 24 inches long on average.
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:17 PM
Damn, everyone should spend some time in a Louisiana swamp
I’ve driven over a Louisiana swamp…does that count?
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MP III Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:22 PM
If you were to ever find a scorpion in your butthole you’d be in bad shape
shut it down. winner.
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starkweather Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:24 PM
RELATED!: I was not stung by a scorpion at the Brewers spring training complex when I was there last week
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ms621 Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:26 PM
Doug Melvin’s daughter was a year behind me in college. I could totally humanize the both of them if I wanted to.
/finger on the trigger
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I am Fat Bob Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:46 PM
Tremendous call by you Roethlis. I am from Nw Pa. Had no idea my/our grammar was so bad
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Eternal Stench Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Fairly common in Arizona, especially the further you get from the middle of Phoenix. The smaller the scorpion, the worse off. Most of the small ones haven’t learned to control how much venom they give out.