Soldiers who threw out first pitch bound together before game
DENVER – During a television commercial break, those at Coors Field for Game 3 saw two men come to the mound to throw out the first pitch.
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written by: Colleen Locke , Producer
reported by: Kyle Clark , Reporter
10/27/2007
Marine Staff Sergeant Kade Hinkhouse walked to the mound with a limp. The other man, Army Staff Sergeant Matt Keil, was in a motorized wheelchair.
"We were just floored that they were giving us a chance to do something like this," Keil said.
"I just hope that I do a good job, up to their standards," Hinkhouse said.
Earlier in the day, the two men were honored at the Commerce City VFW post.
Keil, who was injured during a sniper attack in Iraq, is out of the hospital and living in Parker. Hinkhouse has left the service and is living in Colorado Springs, where he is beginning college.