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Indians Pitcher Denney Shot While on Team Bus

Discussion in 'MLB - Baseball Forum' started by sdplusbeauty, Sep 30, 2004.

  1. Sep 30, 2004 at 2:53 PM #1
    sdplusbeauty

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    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Sept. 30) -- A Cleveland Indians pitcher was shot in the right calf when a bullet pierced the team's bus and grazed another player late Wednesday night.



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    Kyle Denney, right, was struck by a bullet while on the team bus.

    Team trainers were able to remove the bullet from the calf of Kyle Denney, who was expected to spend the night in the hospital but was not seriously hurt, perhaps thanks to high white cheerleading boots he was wearing as part of a hazing ritual, club spokesman Bart Swain said.

    The rest of the team was unharmed. The shooting occurred as the team rode to Kansas City International Airport after a game with the Kansas City Royals.

    Swain said the shot was fired into the side of one of the Indians' two buses while it was on a ramp between Interstate 435 and I-70, grazing outfielder Ryan Ludwick.

    ''It went through his pants and then hit Denney,'' Swain said. ''At first, there was a little bit of panic. Once we realized Kyle was OK, fears were subsided.''

    As part of a rookie hazing ritual, Denney was wearing a USC cheerleader's outfit, including the high white boots, on the trip to the airport.

    ''Our trainers said the boots may have saved Kyle from further injury,'' Swain said.

    Police said Thursday that a tip had led to identification of a possible suspect, who was not in custody. Telephone messages left for the Royals were not immediately returned.

    The Indians arrived safely at the airport and boarded a plane bound for Minneapolis early Thursday.

    Denney, who started Wednesday night's 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, was expected to rejoin the Indians on Thursday in Minnesota, where Cleveland begins its final series of the season Friday.

    After getting called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Sept. 14, the 27-year-old Denney is 1-2 with a 9.56 ERA in four starts with Cleveland. He beat Kansas City 8-3 on Sept. 19 for his first major league win.


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  2. Sep 30, 2004 at 4:02 PM #2
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    freak accident. weird how stuff like that happends.
     
  3. Sep 30, 2004 at 4:20 PM #3
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  4. Sep 30, 2004 at 4:36 PM #4
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    Builder reads the Baseball forum? :thinking:
     
  5. Sep 30, 2004 at 4:59 PM #5
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    Your right, that is really weird. Good thing he's okay. :xyzthumbs
     
  6. Sep 30, 2004 at 7:00 PM #6
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  7. Sep 30, 2004 at 7:20 PM #7
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    I don't think the shooting was an accident
     
  8. Oct 1, 2004 at 2:22 AM #8
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    Why do you think it happened?
     
  9. Oct 1, 2004 at 7:44 AM #9
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    Somebody aimed a gun at the bus and pulled the trigger, hardly an accident.
     
  10. Oct 1, 2004 at 10:57 AM #10
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    bullshit. the bus wasn't marked, "Cleveland Indians Bus"...it was a simple Charter bus. Some kid was probably playing with a gun, and just going to see what would happen from the woods, and fired off a round. Its not like the Indians are hated or anything.
     

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