Open Thread, 7/2: Padres vs Astros
gaslampball.com 7/2/2009 — So yesterday, I was on the trolley and there were these Vietnamese students who seriously, not even kidding, looked like they were 11 or 12 years old. They were smoking cigarettes before they jumped on the trolley, so they must've been older.
In any case, they sat right next to me and ...
Swarming Bees Delay Astros vs. Padres
mlb.fanhouse.com 7/2/2009 — by Matt Snyder We've heard of a rain delay in baseball. It happens occasionally -- in fact, pretty frequently this season. Something you don't quite see so often is the non-traditional, but still quite crowd-pleasing, bee delay. According to the Associated Press , Padres left-fielder Kyle Blanks ...
Game Delayed By Swarm Of Bees
bugsandcranks.com 7/2/2009 — The Houston Astros-San Diego Padres game this afternoon was delayed by a swarm of nasty, man-eating bees.
Astros-Padres finale delayed by bees | padres.com: News
sandiego.padres.mlb.com 7/3/2009 — By Corey Brock / MLB.com 07/02/09 10:50 PM ET SAN DIEGO -- Imagine you're Kyle Blanks for a moment, a 22-year-old rookie not even a month in the Major Leagues. You're a first baseman by trade, but you're in left field, learning a brand new position ...
Swarm of bees delays Astros, Padres (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/2/2009
Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. A game between the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres was delayed in the top of the ninth inning Thursday when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at Petco Park. After Joe Thatcher's first ...