quote:Cleveland Indians pitcher Kyle Denney was hit in the leg by a bullet that pierced the team's bus Wednesday night, but he was not seriously hurt, perhaps thanks to white cheerleading boots he was wearing as part of a hazing ritual.
quote: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.
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I don't know whether to be happy he's going to be okay or revolted at the fact that he was riding around in a college cheerleader's uniform..... Posts: 4515 | Registered: Jul 2004
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Well, for those of you that have to drive through high crime areas, the google ad at the bottom has links to places with big sales on cheerleading uniforms.
Wonder if they'll be standard issue for cops?
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quote:An Oklahoma native, Denney said his teammates chose the outfit because the Sooners are ranked second behind USC in the AP's college football poll.
``I've never been so glad to have a USC thing on,'' he said.
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I wonder if the AP writer is a Sooner also, as the other articles I've seen on this make no mention of the cheerleader outfit. Posts: 5422 | Registered: Dec 2001
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