Squirrel strikes Padres bullpen
by jbox on May 16, 2011 2:14 PM PDT
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The Padres pitchers battled with a squirrel in Colorado's visiting bullpen a few days ago in what sounds like a scene out of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The story is so crazy that it's almost hard to believe.
Things get squirrelly in Padres bullpen - SignOnSanDiego.com
"Ack kicked him off and into the fence," said Hatcher. "So I just grabbed (the squirrel) and picked him up. He latched on, so I shook him off. Then I took a towel and threw it on him and carried him out."
After the melee was over, the only confirmed casualty was bullpen catcher Justin Hatcher who received a bite to his thumb. He was subjected to a penicillin shot. He's not the first baseball player to get prescribed penicillin, but probably the first as the result of a squirrel bite and not because of a VD. The lesson in all of this? Don't play with squirrels, at least not until they're dead, because then apparently it's okay.
Part of me was hoping that one of the pitchers would be bitten by the squirrel instead of Hatcher so that at some point in the season we'd find out that he gained super squirrel powers. The bitten pitcher would scamper out of the bullpen with extraordinary squirrel speed, and then collect K's like they were nuts or something. That'd be rad.
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Don't hate the game, hate the nerds!
by thenerdhater on May 16, 2011 2:24 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Does anyone really care?
PETA are a bunch of morons. If you eat meat you piss them off. And like the Padres I couldn’t care less, my lambchops tasted too good.
by athletics68 on May 16, 2011 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No word on whether or not
there have been shots of penicillin for squirrel VD.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
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What, no RABIES shot?
It’s known fact squirrels with rabies like to hang out in bullpens.
OTOH, it was Miller Park. the squirrel may have been drunk.
Anyway, I blame the Mets. They were last in that visitor bullpen.
They probably fed the little bugger, so he came back.
seriously though... he should be getting rabies meds to take
I’m not sure about rabies+squirrels, but that’s standard procedure for dog bites, bat bites, and I am sure many other animals.
1. It was Coors Field.
2. I remember reading a quote from him a couple days ago that they told him to watch the wound to see if it looked funny. If it did, then he’d get all the rabies shots. Otherwise he’d be fine.
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by John Gennaro on May 16, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember reading a quote from him a couple days ago…
…battled with a squirrel in Colorado’s visiting bullpen yesterday…
Well, which is it?
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Catch the little pest
kill it, then scoop its little brains out (for the rabies test).
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Adams
ran away from teh squirrel like a little girl?
"There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
---Steven Wright
more likely turned on.
Denorfia sucks.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. -- Vince Lombardi
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 16, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Considering the squirrel sounds like it was being really agressive
I don’t know how I’d react. Normally squirrels are so docile.
The bitten pitcher would scamper out of the bullpen with extraordinary squirrel speed, and then collect K’s like they were nuts or something.
Doesn’t Heater already do this?
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by John Gennaro on May 16, 2011 4:15 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Don't knock squirrel powers. Just ask Marvel superheroine Squirrel Girl
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
She's reading the Gaslamp Ball Entrance Guidelines!
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
She's probably the only one.
Most people just hit the ‘accept’ button.
by wegotballsley on May 16, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I never read them either
I walked in one day because they left the gate open.
Maybe people will pay attention when there’s a semi-furry reading it to them.
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"I'm on a rocket over New Jersey"
Spiderman the druggie.
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I think it's the "New Jersey" part that has him most worried
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
by sdchicken on May 16, 2011 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My cousin in Texas
Think the Crockies planted the bugger in the Visitor Bullpen.
I smell a conspiracy.
~Chicks dig unhittable sliders. The slider will get you. Oh, yes, it will get you.~
They ordered up
Spy Squirrel
and got vicious Shark Squirrel instead
~Chicks dig unhittable sliders. The slider will get you. Oh, yes, it will get you.~
There's a really bad
Bullwinkle joke in there somewhere. Does Hatcher look anything like Boris Badenov?
What I need is an electric monk
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