Subject: Doves and baseball
Date: Mar 26 15:29:39 2001
From: Cliff Drake - cliffdrake at qwest.net


>From infobeat sports:

Big Unit kills dove with pitch
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A pitch by Randy Johnson hit and killed a dove flying
in front of home plate. The lethal pitch came during the seventh inning of
the Arizona Diamondbacks' 10-5 victory against the San Francisco Giants on
Saturday. The bird flew over the catcher Rod Barajas' head and landed a few
feet from the plate amid a sea of feathers. "I'm sitting there waiting for
it, and I'm expecting to catch the thing, and all you see is an explosion,"
Barajas said. "It's crazy. There's still feathers down there." Johnson, the
NL Cy Young winner and perhaps the game's hardest thrower, was not amused.
"I didn't think it was all that funny," he said. In 1983, Yankees outfielder
Dave Winfield killed a seagull in Toronto with a warmup throw. Police
charged him with animal cruelty, although the charge was later dropped.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Sundstrom" <ixoreus at home.com>
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 3:14 PM
Subject: Doves and baseball


> Technically, I believe the dove must be awarded first base.
>
> Regards, Bob Sundstrom
> ixoreus at home.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Willison" <sendtomichael at hotmail.com>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:56 PM
> Subject: Fastballs and Doves
>
>
> > Tweeters,
> >
> > I just heard on the radio that former Mariner, Randy Johnson, while
> pitching
> > in pre-season game yesterday, threw a pitch that collided with a dove
that
> > flew through the projectory of the pitch. This instantly killed the
dove,
> > sending up a poof of feathers and inhibiting the pitch from even
reaching
> > home plate. Did anyone per chance catch this on the television? It
must
> > have been some sight. The odds of this even occuring are staggering. I
> was
> > curious if anyone saw/heard what kind of dove this was.
> >
> > Michael Willison
> > Auburn Wa
> > sendtomichael at hotmail.com
>
> Bob Sundstrom
> Seattle, WA
> mailto:ixoreus at home.com
>
>