Most bizarre injury of the year, shoo-in candidate: Kyle Denney of the Indians got shot by a stray bullet, and was saved by the cheerleader go-go boots he was wearing as part of an initiation ceremony. (Blares NBC: “Indians Pitcher Shot Wearing Cheerleader Outfit” - now that’s a headline that’d make you want to read the article.) Now will people stop mocking teams for dressing rookies up as women? The classless Indians’ prank saved Denney from serious injury.
For some reason there are really bizarre injuries in baseball. Kaz Sazaki injuring his ribs while carrying a suitcase, Vince Coleman getting run over by the tarp machine, Glenallen Hill sleep-running into a glass table because he had a bad dream about spiders… here’s a good list.