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Did a bird ever get hit by a pitch in a major league ballpark?
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Yes. Below is the Wikipedia account of the incident and another, though the second incident was not by pitch.
In a freak accident on March 24, 2001, during the 7th inning of a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants, Johnson threw a fastball that struck and killed a dove. After being struck by the pitch, the bird went over catcher Rod Barajas' head and landed amid a "sea of feathers." The official call was "no pitch". The Diamondbacks went on to win the game 10-5 without further incident.[6]
This was only the second time in professional baseball that a thrown baseball had killed a bird: the first one was by New York Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield during a warm-up session in 1983.
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