21.   But his career with the Kings looked uncertain when he broke his left thumb in January.

22.   But then he broke his right thumb in a pickup game in Miami.

23.   Caminiti expressed his frustration by getting the thumb in the eighth, after being called out on strikes.

24.   Carter injured his thumb in practice and is likely to be replaced by Anthony Wright.

25.   Getting through that was easy compared to last May, when he tried a diving catch in centerfield, dragging his thumb in the grass on the way down.

26.   He got the thumb in the World Series for arguing with an umpire.

27.   He broke his thumb in two places, the result of a bad throw by shortstop Gene Mauch.

28.   He said another equestrian had broken his thumb in several places and several others had suffered muscle pulls.

29.   He hooks his thumbs in his jeans pockets.

30.   He used it to hold his injured right thumb together in practice.