Cubs manager Dale Sveum shot in ear by Hall of Famer Robin Yount
Cubs manager Dale Sveum said he was shot in the ear recently on a hunting trip. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum told reporters on Tuesday at the Winter Meetings in Nashville that he was shot in the ear by Hall of Famer Robin Yount while on a hunting trip recently.
Sveum said he was hit in the back of his right ear with pellets from the spray pattern while he and Yount were hunting in Arizona. He said he bled a lot but did not receive stitches.
“The bird was in front of him and I was about 50 yards up on a hill,” Sveum said. “He got the bird up and lost track of where I was. He pulled the trigger and was like, ‘Uh, oh.’ ”I got drilled with pellets in the back and then one stuck in the ear,”
Sveum’s said his reaction to being shot by Yount was “unprintable,” and that it wasn’t that big of a deal. In Sveum’s first season in Chicago, the Cubs finished 5th in the National League Central with a 61-101 record.
"while him and Yount... " Nice work, Mr. Editor.
First they should get the man's name correct. Dale not Dave
@ChrisDallaRiva Dave's not here, man.
No, it's me, Dave, open up I got the stuff! Hurry up the cops are coming.
Journalism is dead.
Come on, guys.
This part needs some love:
Sveum said he was hit in the back of his right ear from the spray pattern from a six-shot while him and Yount were hunting in Arizona. He said he bled a lot but did not receive stitches.
"...him and Yount were hunting"? How about "...while he and Yount were hunting..." ?
And it's not "the spray pattern from a six-shot..."
Shotguns fire a cluster of pellets. These pellets come in different sizes, from the smallest (#9 Shot) to the largest (Buckshot, AA Buckshot, AAA Buckshot). These numbers are completely independent from the number of shells held by the gun or the size of the shells themselves. I think we can infer that Sveum was hit with pellets from a shotgun, and those pellets were #6 shot, each a little smaller than a standard .177 caliber BB.