Doug Melvin, the general manager for the Milwaukee Brewers spent Wednesday night in the emergency room after being stung by an Arizona Bark Scorpion.

Melvin had gotten up to kill what he believed to be a harmless looking bug with a tissue when the scorpion stung him on his left middle finger. "There's a shockwave that sort of goes up your arm like when you hit your funny bone," Melvin said in an interview with Pro TV Sports.

"The shock goes up your arm, and it went from my wrist into my elbow and it was starting to move up and I said ya' know what? Just a little further up there is my heart."

After searching on Google far bark scorpions Melvin decided he should go to the hospital.

"I was told that it was not fatal but there'd be some discomfort and some pain for 72 hours and that's where I'm at now. It's just like a total shock, an electrical shock in my left arm."  

The Mayoclinic summarized the effects of a bark scorpion sting on their website. They say the bark's venom is more poisonous than most scorpions and can be lethal in children.

A child who is stung by a bark scorpion (which are indigenous to California, Arizona and New Mexico) will feel intense pain, "unusual" headache, drooling, sweating and restlessness.

The symptoms of the bark scorpion sting in an adult is less dramatic, they could experience muscle twitching, weakness, high blood pressure and rapid breathing.

Doug Melvin was able to return to work following his 3-hour stay in the hospital. Melvin's run in with the scorpion came just 3 days after New York Yankee GM Brian Cashman broke his leg and dislocated his ankle in a sky diving accident.