Bird Nailed by Baseball Pitch

• DOJ
  May 28th, 2008 at 2:20 am

  that’s Randy Johnson

• jenny
  May 28th, 2008 at 2:43 am

  isn’t that REALLY old?
  i remember my teacher showing me that in junior high…
  and that was a few years ago

• ak
  May 28th, 2008 at 3:09 am

  Jenny it is old. It is so old i saw it on french tv a long time ago

• Todd
  May 28th, 2008 at 4:22 am

  Older than the innernettes.

• Chad Cloman
  May 28th, 2008 at 5:11 am

  Yes, it’s very old, but also very good.

  Does anyone know where/when this happened? And who are the teams?

• Lauren
  May 28th, 2008 at 5:29 am

  This is so classic, that my baseball-fan boyfriend shows it to me incessantly, whilst drunk. All I can say is, “Oh my God! That’s craaaazy!” EverySingleTime. Seriously.

• bean
  May 28th, 2008 at 7:00 am

  Lauren -

  That’s why discerning women only date hockey fans.

• rhea
  May 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am

  Oh, that poor birdy.

• Tempscire
  May 28th, 2008 at 11:20 am

  “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available.”

  Ugh.

• biltmore
  May 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

  “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MLB Advanced Media”

  Lame.

• SenorMysterioso
  May 28th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

  yeah you know that “will not use or broadcast without the permission of major league baseball” warning on every mlb broadcast… They mean it

  Classic video though, if you search Randy Johnson and bird you will find millions of posts relating to that one pitch

• Christophe
  May 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

  From what I remember, Randy Johnson seemed upset about it when he was interviewed…

  From wiki:
  In a freak accident on March 24, 2001, during the 7th inning of a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants, Johnson threw a fastball that struck and killed a dove. The unlucky bird swooped across the infield just as Johnson was releasing the ball. After being struck by the pitch, the bird landed amid a “sea of feathers.” The official call was “no pitch”.

• Jake D.
  May 28th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  This isn’t the one where he hits the goose, right? I can’t remember if that was Randy Johnson or not. But I know it was in Canada and it’s illegal to kill geese, the police were considering arresting the pitcher, but decided it was too much of a freak accident.

  Anyway, not sure if it’s that one because the video’s no longer available.

• Thomas
  May 28th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

  Damn MLB, taking our classic sports bloopers away. Whats the world coming to?

• Algonkin
  May 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

  OMG..this one is old…but still neat to look at.

• ted
  May 29th, 2008 at 12:10 am

  It’s neat to see a bird get hurt?

• Evilbeagle
  May 29th, 2008 at 6:08 am

  It’s old, it makes ya feel a little sick inside, but it’s classic because it’s so freak. I remember Randy saying he felt horrible about it, too. He was pretty well shook up.

• Algonkin
  May 29th, 2008 at 7:21 am

  @ Ted

  I wasn’t implying on the bird’s demise. I was refering the the timing. Beside, do you honestly think the bird got hurt? That bird is dead.

• ConstNT
  May 29th, 2008 at 9:30 am

  The video has been deleted…
  But description reminded me another stunning video: Andy Roddick Ultimate Serve (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvC33gSTSR4)

• ted
  May 29th, 2008 at 9:31 am

  So it`s neat to see a bird get killed.

  Gotcha.

• ConstNT
  May 29th, 2008 at 9:45 am

  MetaCafe still possesses it: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1258/baseball_bird/

• Chad Cloman
  May 30th, 2008 at 1:54 am

  Here’s a picture from the Wikipedia entry. That burst of feathers is a the dove that got hit.

• Chad Cloman
  May 30th, 2008 at 2:02 am

  I’ve posted a copy of the video on my website:

  http://www.cloman.com/bird.mpeg

  I’ll leave it up for a few days, but please don’t abuse it–I don’t have that much bandwidth available.

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