Seagull hit by pitch (not awarded first base)

June-7th-2006, 08:08 PM

The Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y.

Seagulls shouldn't fly between Bisons and Bulls.

One of the birds had the misfortune to learn that during Sunday's Triple-A game between the Buffalo Bisons and the Durham Bulls. The seagull was struck by a pitch, carried off the field by a player and later flew away.

The Bisons were batting in the bottom of the 11th inning when the seagull flew between the mound and home plate just as Durham reliever Jason Childers released the ball.

The ball knocked the seagull to the ground. Ramon Vazquez swung and missed, with the ball getting away from the catcher. Since it was a third strike, Vazquez ran to first and was thrown out.

Umpires conferred on the bizarre happenings and ruled play should have stopped as soon as the bird was hit. The bird beaning was captured on videotape by the stadium's camera crew during the Bisons' 3-2 loss in 16 innings.

During an exhibition game in 2001, Randy Johnson threw a pitch for Arizona that killed a dove as it flew in front of the batter.

In 1983, Dave Winfield, then with the New York Yankees, threw a ball that hit a seagull at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Winfield was charged with cruelty to animals, a charge that was dropped the next day

BlueMiles · June-7th-2006, 10:57 PM

I just saw the Randy Johnson killing again yesterday. One of the great examples of the comic and the horrific in baseball history!

Lenny D.Guitarist · June-8th-2006, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMiles

I just saw the Randy Johnson killing again yesterday. One of the great examples of the comic and the horrific in baseball history!

Randy Johnson has been getting killed almost every time he pitches this year. For Yankee fans, it is not comic.

BlueMiles · June-8th-2006, 10:01 AM

Oh...let me weep for Randy Johnson!

moneyp · June-8th-2006, 10:07 AM

Dave Winfield killed a bird, too. Can't remember if it was with a throw or a hit.

Enforcer · June-8th-2006, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by mone peterson

Dave Winfield killed a bird, too. Can't remember if it was with a throw or a hit.

I almost posted about that too, until I realized the last sentence in the first post mentions it. It was a throw, and it was deliberate.

June-8th-2006, 10:27 AM

Winfield's a bum; albeit a rich one if he hasn't snorted it all.

Chris D · June-8th-2006, 10:30 AM

yeah, that World Series winning hit by Winfield was just luck.

If you haven't noticed, Randy Johnson has turned it around his last three starts.

Dan G · June-8th-2006, 10:39 AM

Yes, Winfield's bird hot was deliberate and he was fined for it by the city of Toronto - seagulls are a protected species.

Not baseball related, but one time while golfing several years ago, a member of my foursome teed off on a par five and took a seagull out of the air, unintentionally, about 100 yards down the fairway. When we got to it, it had been decapitated: body dropped pretty much where it was hit, ball went another 20 yards or so, and except for a bit of blood on the ball there was no sign of its head anywhere.