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User:A Nobody/List of incidents famously considered great blunders
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A '''[[blunder]]''' is a spectacularly bad or embarrassing mistake—a bad decision with a disastrous result. This is a list of what are widely considered to be major, historically significant blunders.

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* [[1993]] &ndash; On May 23, 1993, [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] slugger [[Jos
eé Canseco]] convinced manager [[Kevin Kennedy]] to allow him to pitch the eighth inning of a blow out to the [[Red Sox]]. Canseco blew out his elbow and had to have [[Tommy John surgery]], costing him the second half of the season. Because of the injury, Canseco could no longer play regularly in the outfield, and became primarily a [[designated hitter]]. In the following 8 years, Canseco played well offensively, but also bounced around between several different teams, was plagued by numerous injuries, and we(contracted; show full)
*''[[The Book of Heroic Failures]]'', Stephen Pile.

==External links==
* [http://paintedover.com/albums.php?action=view&albumid=507&s=uAQre1 Batman #66] - A classic [[Batman]] story involving the great blunders of all time.
* [http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/military_blunders/index.html Five famous military blunders] - From the [[History Channel]].

[[Category:Man-made disasters]]