Another week, another bird death in baseball.
Cleveland Guardians outfielder Will Brennan hits a birdie-hit grounder during the second inning of a game with the Chicago White Sox. bird was hit instantly by a 100.1 mph ball and was carried off the field by a member of the ground crew with a shovel.
It is difficult to see at first, but the bird can be seen when the camera cuts to Brennan at second base.
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Brennan later apologized on Twitter for the accidental killing.
“I’m really sorry @peta and bird enthusiasts,” Brennan wrote, “An unfortunate sacrifice.”
The Guardians defeated the White Sox, 3–0. Brennan’s only hit in his three at-bats was the one that struck out Bird.
Second bird death in a week
Six days earlier, Arizona Diamondbacks Zac Gallen hit a bird with a hot pitch before a road game against the Oakland Athletics. It drew immediate comparisons to the infamous pitch by Randy Johnson, who hit a bird mid-flight during a spring training game in 2001.
Coincidentally, both Brennan’s Guardians and Galen’s Diamondbacks won their respective games despite attacking and killing a stray animal.
