Quote:usually through fault of their own.
Back when I was working, at lunch we'd all sit around reading the paper and we had a sort of unofficial "Stupidest Ways To Die" contest. (This was long before the Darwin Awards.)
For the longest time the champion was some jackass sky-diving instructor who forgot to put his parachute on BEFORE jumping out of the plane. I don't know that Mr. Baseball would have beaten him out but he sure as shit would have been an "Honorable Mention."