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Fowl play Big Unit pitch kills dove flying in front of home plate
Updated: Sunday March 25, 2001 6:55 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Randy Johnson does have a killer fastball. During the seventh inning of the Diamondbacks' 10-5 victory against the Giants Saturday, the NL Cy Young winner hit and killed a dove flying in front of home plate. 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 was not amused by the incident. "I didn't think it was all that funny," he said. On Aug. 4, 1983, Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield killed a seagull in Toronto with a warmup throw. The Ontario police charged him with animal cruelty, although the charge was later dropped.
"This was a little more dramatic," Arizona manager Bob Brenly said. "I can honestly say I have never seen that before."
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