HOF'er Dave Winfield has also had bird run-ins:
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He still gets ribbed (and occasionally cursed) about the seagull incident. In Toronto during the 1983 season, he noticed a seagull on the fence as he was warming up with the ball boy. He threw the ball in front of the gull to scare it off, but the ball took a bad hop and killed the poor bird. Winfield was booed unmercifully the rest of the game and had stuff thrown at him. After the game he was arrested and booked. "So here I am; it's after midnight and next to me is exhibit A, it's feet sticking up in the air, stiff now and laying on a handkerchief." He was released but Toronto fans were on his case the rest of the season. New York manager Billy Martin's response: "First time he hit the cutoff man all year". He was booed in New York and 40,000 Detroit fans clapped their arms at him. In the offseason he went back to Toronto and helped with the Easter Seal campaign. He has been pretty much exonerated but still catches an occasional boo.
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-Mikey