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0 Subject: Doves and Randy Johnson

Posted by: The_Beast
- [142302415] Mon, Mar 26, 18:11

Has anyone caught a view of that extraordinary pitch when Johnson nailed a dove flying by? If you havent, i suggest you catch spotscenter tonight because i have never seen a bird explode before today. Oh if you have a weak stomach i suggest you dont watch, or if you're an animal rights activist.
1Ender
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      Mon, Mar 26, 18:33
Reminiscent of Dave Winfield drilling a seagull on a throw from the outfield.

I feel bad for the bird, bad enough to get hit by any pitcher, but RJ?!?! Can you imagine being the hitter at the plate and seeing that happen? Maybe Jon Kruk knew more than we gave him credit for.
2sandloren
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      Mon, Mar 26, 18:47
are there any sights that have this available for download? I can find one.
3 Taxman
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      Mon, Mar 26, 19:24
Had a two paragraph article in USA today sports section....that's really a FOWL PITCH
4Joe
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      Mon, Mar 26, 20:30
The important question is, was it a ball, or a strike?
5The Left Wings
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      Mon, Mar 26, 20:34
Since I didn't hear anybody talking about how the exploded bird grossed out the catcher when the baseball carried the bloody corpse into his glove, I suppose it fell onto the ground and was called a ball.
6The Left Wings
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      Mon, Mar 26, 20:44
The USA Today story Taxman talked about is here.
7Madman
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      Mon, Mar 26, 21:32
This just goes to show what an evil animal hater RJ really is. This sort of activity has no place in Major League Baseball.

Animal rights tried to sue the pants off Dave Winfield back in 1983 for animal cruelty. This case is much worse, IMO. If I were RJ, I'd watch my wallet. And jail time could really hurt his fantasy value.

Seagulls yesterday, doves today, endangered species tomorrow. What has society come to?

(sarcasm)
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Actually, what IS the proper umpire call in this case? Ball? Do-over?
8Ender
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      Mon, Mar 26, 21:40
I think it would have to be a ball. It apparently stayed in play so you couldn't call dead ball. The ball left his hand so it wouldn't be a balk (if there was even anyone on base). Certainly couldn't be a strike (I'll spare you the fowl ball pun).
9The_Beast
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      Mon, Mar 26, 21:43
Ender, its on fox news in about 5 minutes.
10Tim G
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      Mon, Mar 26, 22:58
Wow, I just saw it on ESPN. Any word on the dove, I'm guessing he's out for the season?
11The Left Wings
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      Mon, Mar 26, 23:10
I just saw it on TSN too. It's like playing video games when you kill a bird, it turns into a bunch of feathers.
I think the bird is "out infinitely".
12Wammie
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      Tue, Mar 27, 08:32
If any one finds a place to download it, could you post it here. a couple people at my work missed it.
13Sludge
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      Tue, Mar 27, 08:35
abcnews.com

Link is on right side of the page.
14esposo
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      Tue, Mar 27, 08:46
Winfield tried to hit the pigeon, RJ wasn't trying
15Catfish
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      Tue, Mar 27, 09:28
Winfield ended up getting a personal visit from the Mayor of Toronto to apologize after all the animal rights charges were dropped.

Any word from the Mayor of Tucson?

By the way, did Randy get to keep the dove?
16jedi_council
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      Tue, Mar 27, 09:38
My girlfriend said that when she saw it on TV (she didn't remember what channel) they were playing the Prince song "When Doves Cry".

That's funny stuff.
17Wammie
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      Tue, Mar 27, 10:24
I was watching the local news in boston, and the sports guy couldn't report on any more sports news after he showed the footage. he was laughing too hard. it was damn funny!

BTW, thanks Sludge
18Freestyler
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      Tue, Mar 27, 10:30
Do you need realplayer for the download? I don't really feel like ordering it.
19Ender
      ID: 13443221
      Tue, Mar 27, 10:40
Even if you do, just download the basic version. It's free.
20James K Polk
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      Tue, Mar 27, 14:43
Here's a quicktime version of the clip ...

link
21TheGravyTrain
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      Tue, Mar 27, 14:49
well, at least it was a slider comin to the plate and not the heater.....
22The Left Wings
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      Tue, Mar 27, 15:23
Awww. If it's a heater, guess what's gonna be their dinner? A roast dove!

Jedi, so that's why the dove came... It heard its song playing. =)
23jedi_council
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      Tue, Mar 27, 15:44
Left Wings, my girlfriend meant that they were playing the song on TV while showing the clip, they weren't playing it in the stadium when it happened. Looking back at my post I can see how you would get confused. Let's just pretend that they were playing it in the stadium...that's much funnier.
24The_Beast
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      Tue, Mar 27, 20:10
It appears more painful every time i see it.
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