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Saturday, March 24, 2001
During the seventh inning of the Diamondbacks' split-squad 10-6 victory against the Giants on Saturday, the NL Cy Young winner hit and killed a dove flying in front of home plate.
Johnson's pitch to the Giants' Calvin Murray was about three-fourths of the way to home plate when it struck the bird.
The bird flew over 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."
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http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/0325/1161522.html)
Have a safe Bank Holiday.
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