Friday, June 12, 2009

Ain't Missed Avian

If you thought the Wrigley Field birds were bad, at least they didn't interfere with play. Check out what happened yesterday at Progressive Field in Cleveland:

From the AP recap of the game at ESPN.com:

Coco Crisp thought he still had a chance to get to Shin-Soo Choo's bouncing base hit. A bird beat him to it.

The ball flattened a low-flying gull in the 10th inning and rolled past Kansas City's center fielder and Mark DeRosa scored from second base without a throw to give the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday night. [...]

The stunned bird flopped around for a few seconds before finally flying off.

The MLB.com account of the game paints a sadder picture of the bird's fate (although it also lays claim to the superior headline of "Fly-off winner"):

Minutes after the triumphant Indians cleared the field, the bird was struggling to fly.

The Indians should give that bird a Most Valuable Pigeon award. Then the bird could say, "Thanks, but I'm a seagull." And the Indians could say, "Yeah, but that would ruin the gag." And the bird could say, "Whatever," and walk-off.

(MLB.com also has video of the play.)

Earlier animal content at SoSG:
You Go, Gullfriends
Critters Continue to Invade America's Ballparks

5 comments:

Fred's Brim said...

Most Valuable Petrel? that's a little closer than pigeon

Eric Karros said...

Trying to think of broadway musical pun...proving difficult...

MR.F said...

Is the bird okay?

QuadSevens said...

So does Choo get credit for a Run Birded In?

Josh S. said...

I think it was just a seeing eye seagull to center.