SAN DIEGO -- David Wells said the accident that put him on the disabled list was caused when he tripped over a bar stool in his kitchen.
The Padres left-hander denied reports that the mishap Sunday night happened while he was roughhousing with a friend, but admitted the chain of events started when a buddy slapped him on the back of the neck.
"We do that on the team," Wells said Thursday during a telephone conference call. "I was at my counter, and I just turned around and said, 'Knock it off,' took two steps and the bar stool was right there and I kicked it. Trust me, it didn't feel too good. When I kicked it, I tripped. I was wearing flip-flops. I lost my balance and went right over. I did a header over the bar stool.
Wells, who detailed his hard-living ways in a book last year, said that after tripping, he knocked a bottle of wine onto the floor and landed on it and a glass he was holding. He severed a tendon in his right wrist, requiring surgery, and cut his left palm.
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