1.   Barring some freak injury, they should not get hurt.

2.   A freak injury to Orioles starting pitcher Willis Roberts.

3.   A freak wrist injury last summer knocked him out of action for eight months and nearly dropped him off the face of the tennis world.

4.   But a series of freak injuries suddenly revived his potential as a player.

5.   But the news that his season is over after a freak injury in Milwaukee on Saturday night is enough to warrant major concern about the future of this franchise.

6.   For the last three years, Mutryn has suffered freak injuries that have relegated him to the role of spectator for three consecutive Jay McGillis scrimmages.

7.   Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, for instance, suffered a freak hand injury earlier this week in practice when a slap shot somehow penetrated his blocker glove.

8.   He was shelled in his final outing, lasting less than two innings, then missed the playoffs with a freak knee injury.

9.   His was a freak injury.

10.   If there is an insurance policy protecting Red Sox starting pitchers against freak injuries, the premiums shot sky-high again Saturdaynight.