Emil Brown shoots reporter in the eye with a pellet gun

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 12:18 AM EDT

Danny Clinksdale just reported on the Royals' post game show on 810 WHB radio that local television reporter Karen Kornacki was shot in the left eye with a pellet gun during a pre-game interview in the Royals' locker room tonight.

The gunman: Emil Brown.

Clinksdale said that the shooting occured during a group interview at Tony Pena, Jr.'s locker.

The weapon is believed to be a "toy pellet gun" fired from across the room. Clinksdale said it was not believed to be too serious when it happened, but Kornacki did not go on the air for the 5 p.m. newscast. She was at the eye doctor having the injury addressed.

Brown was in the Royals' starting line-up and went 1-for-4.

The Royals are calling it an "accident".

Check out this link for more.

Emil Brown=moron.

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Update [2007-7-28 1:34:6 by royalsreview]:

Don't worry, Buddy has spoken to "Brownie".

"I talked to Karen. I’m glad she’s OK. That’s all that matters to me right now," Royals manager Buddy Bell said. "I was concerned about her first of all. I did talk to Brownie too."

Brownie follows in the illustrious steps of Brett Saberhagen who not only threw a firecracker at a group of reporters as a Met, but also sprayed bleach, via water-gun, at some unlucky scribes.

All this was before Barry Bonds destroyed our national innocence of course.

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Damn.....

I remember Karen Kornacki from my youth... Channel 9? With Len Dawson and Dave Stewart? Does she still anchor sports on the weekend?

-- Royals Delegate to the land of the Salmon and Moose (Seattle)

by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Jul 28, 2007 12:10 AM EDT reply actions

BTW---

Karen is married to a former Yankee and Astro? Who is it? I couldn't find it on google.com.

-- Royals Delegate to the land of the Salmon and Moose (Seattle)

by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Jul 28, 2007 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions

I did not know that . . .

about Karen being married to a former ballplayer.

That Emil Brown thing pisses me off big-time.

Dayton should cut him. Absolutely ridiculous.

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Come to think of it...

Brown should be DFA'd immediately, or suspended indefinately for having a firearm in the locker room. Dipshit.

-- Royals Delegate to the land of the Salmon and Moose (Seattle)

by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Jul 28, 2007 12:12 AM EDT reply actions

What the hell

is Emil Brown doing playing around with a pellet guy in the clubhouse?

Real men dont use steroids.

by PhantomRoyals on Jul 28, 2007 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

You'll put your eye out!

Or Karen Kornacki's. Dumb move.

by Pauli on Jul 28, 2007 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions

very early 90s

Doc Gooden, Strawberry and... ohh yea, Sabes

Sabes was more water gun, I believe

by Freneau on Jul 28, 2007 1:30 AM EDT reply actions

Don't Forget

Vince Coleman; bang, bag.

Being a fan is irrational, but what is the alternative?

by philofthenorth on Jul 28, 2007 1:42 AM EDT reply actions

eric davis drove the getaway car

by Freneau on Jul 28, 2007 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

I believe Vince hit a little girl as I recall

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Damn This

Balky keyboard; BANG!

Being a fan is irrational, but what is the alternative?

by philofthenorth on Jul 28, 2007 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions

RR, you make a good point

about the age of innocence.

With dog fighting, gambling refs, steroids (combined with 'small market' Kansas City), it will be interesting to follow how much national attention this story recieves.

On a local level, I suppose if Karen is fine and back on the air tomorrow it will blow over kind of fast.

Still, Emil may face some consequences. I wouldn't think firing a gun (even a pellet gun) into a group of people is looked upon too favorably by the authorities.

Of course any evidence has likely disappeared as Gaylord Perry probably confiscated the gun and has stored it at a "secure location" with GB5's pine-tar bat.

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 1:50 AM EDT reply actions

your emil graphic was hilarious btw

everyone needs to follow the link to RTC to see it

http://www.rtctalk.com/2007/07/emil-brown-shoots-reporter-in-eye.html

by Freneau on Jul 28, 2007 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions

seriously, it happens

It's the ROYALS lockerroom. If Karen what's her name is in there, she takes the risk. An MLB lockerroom is a place where hijinks happen. If she happened to be the one to take the fall, okay. It's better than another ballplayer. What? Are we to cut off all the fun from the locker room? Come on guys. You know from your playing days that this kind of thing happens. I'm just playing in a little wood bat league and we screw with each other all the time. It's what ballplayers do. If you want to hang with ballplayers, you face the consequences. Sorry if I'm not sensative, but that's what happens when boys are being boys.

by royaldaddy on Jul 28, 2007 2:14 AM EDT reply actions

Ummmm...

It was a firearm. Not a whipped cream pie. Not a little bit of towel snappin'. It was a projectile firing device.

-- Royals Delegate to the land of the Salmon and Moose (Seattle)

by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Jul 28, 2007 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions

First of all...

... it's not a fire*arm, it's a pellet gun. You know, the new macho term for a BB gun? The kind most of us played with as five-year-olds?

The fact that a BB happened to hit somebody in the eye is, for anyone with experience with the things, prima facia proof that no one was *aiming for someone's eye.

But this incident may prove to be a watershed moment in TJ's maturation.

I remember my Mom yelling at me, long years ago, when Mike Michaelis and I were reenacting the openind sequence of "Gunsmoke" with the type of weapon Pena mostly discharged. "You won't be happy 'til you put somebody's eye out!!," she said.

And here, years later, after a successful career and a strong loving family and financial security and good memories and greater hopes... I find myself, somehow, missing something in my life.

Maybe Mom was right. Maybe I won't be happy 'til I put somebody's eye out.

90% of this game is half mental

by MonkeyHawk on Jul 28, 2007 5:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Rubbing hands together in gleeful anticipation

of a "Royales with Cheese" post on this one! (Or is it just too easy?)

by loyal2s dad on Jul 28, 2007 2:52 AM EDT reply actions

Overreact much?....and clarifications

Some clarifications from the KC Star:

Kornacki was struck near her left eye [not "in the eye" which would have been much worse] by a tiny red plastic pellet [not a larger metal pellet] that was fired from a toy gun.

It was an accident by Royals outfielder Emil Brown, who wasn't expecting the pellet to ricochet and hit her [so he wasn't shooting at her].

Let's not overreact here. He didn't go beat her up. He fired off a toy gun with poor judgment. This is about as bad as a towel-snapping incident.

by Scott McKinney on Jul 28, 2007 10:05 AM EDT reply actions

my thoughts exactly.

NYRoyal and royaldaddy hit the nail on the head. this is a major league clubhouse, weird things are going to happen. plus, it was a COMPLETE and TOTAL accident and lastly there will be little to no permanent damage.

sure, it is OK to throw in a joke about vlademil but lets not get carried away with ourselves...

by rockchalk on Jul 28, 2007 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

rockchalk...

thanks for the clarification about Sunday's starter. I appreciate it.

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions

How is it an overreaction...

to be upset about some idiot firing off a pellet gun into a group of people (accidental or not)?

I'm glad that it appears Karen will be ok, but it could have blinded someone.

And I have to disagree the this is about as bas as a towel-snapping incident.

Whatever the Royals do to each other behind closed doors is their business, but when the locker room is open there should be a certain level of professionalism and courtesy displayed (ie, no "towl-snapping", no fire-arms, etc.)

I agree that Emil doesn't deserve life in prison for this, but he is a complete idiot for even putting himself in this position.

Just my two cents. I am trying to make light of it myself on my site, www.rtctalk.com, so I can't be too critical of Vlade.

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

Hm

A plastic pellet? I'll bet this is one of those $5 plastic guns that me and my friends used to shoot each other with.

In other words, I don't think this is a "firearm."

by BlueEyesAustin on Jul 28, 2007 10:59 AM EDT reply actions

The sad thing is

Emil just got that gun from his parents for christmas, after months of pleading.

by marbotty on Jul 28, 2007 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

OK, you guys win.... I'm ready to have fun

with this...

Barry gets an idead from Vlademil....

Link.

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 11:47 AM EDT reply actions

Very nice!!

I like it.

I still don't think he should have a pellet gun in the clubhouse, but I do have to say that when this story broke, details were fairly sketchy. The report said a 'pellet' gun, not a toy gun, nerf gun, or BB gun. I thought of lead pellets that you use to shoot dogs in the ass when they are crapping in your lawn.

given the new details, my response may be a bit reactionary looking back, but if someone had a 'real' CO2 pellet gun in the clubhouse, I would be calling the Royals to express my displeasure.

-- Royals Delegate to the land of the Salmon and Moose (Seattle)

by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Jul 28, 2007 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Thats hillarious

by I need more Esteban on Jul 28, 2007 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions

The incident how small and mild...shows you the

intelligent level of our Brownie.

by grudz69 on Jul 28, 2007 1:05 PM EDT reply actions

He is...

a moron

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Another article on the same thing...

Oh God...please click me! Please!

Pay special attention to the comments after the article.

"I DARE you to make less sense."

by dejackso on Jul 28, 2007 1:39 PM EDT reply actions

Good stuff.

This is going to be Vlademil's legacy.

by RTC Fan on Jul 28, 2007 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions

If they outlaw plastic toy pistols...

from the clubhouse, only morons will have plastic toy pistols in the clubhouse. The man needs to be able to defend himself from all of those haters who say he is a crappy fielder, is an unwise runner of the basepaths, and is having an overall lackluster year for the Royals.

by buddyball on Jul 28, 2007 1:57 PM EDT reply actions