3. Carbon monoxide exposure in 7/25 cases (35%); Methane gas (4); opioids (4); carbolic acid (3); alcohol (2). Others (1 each): chloral hydrate, nitrous oxide, strychnine, battery acid, cyanide and nitrogen mustard. 12/25 (48%) were cases of suicides; 12/25 (48%) were accidents and one case was determined to be a homicide. For a fascinating description of our national pastime's connection with poisoning and toxicology, refer to Mithridata, the newsletter of the Toxicological History Society (ThiS) issue #12, Vol.VI, No.2, July 1996. Chicago emergency medicine physicians Drs. Timothy Erickson and Stephen Boren report in the publication indings from their review of the history of poisonings and toxic exposures involving major league baseball players.