sports.espn.go.com - 7/3/2009
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The Houston Astros -- who once had the "Killer B's" -- beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at Petco Park.
theglobeandmail.com - 7/3/2009
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The Houston Astros - who once had the
"Killer Bs" - beat the San Diego Padres 7-2
on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over left field at Petco Park.
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Attack of the killer bees!!! The most exciting part of the Padres and the Astros.
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SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... or drones, or whatever they are, descending on the area around the jacket. It was nearly an hour before a beekeeper arrived on the scene to take care of the bees. He dove right into the jacket, sprayed the bees (which were in a mass about the size of a soccer ball) with some sort of agent, then shoveled the presumably dead bees into the jacket (PETA is already preparing to complain about this I’m sure), which was put into a plastic bag and carried away. Eyewitnesses report that the beekeeper received the biggest ovation of the day, as the Astros cruised to a 7-2 win. ...
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Around the Horn Baseball —
Not much going on in baseball yesterday. The Bee’s in Houston was an entertaining story I guess, although I’m partial to the gnats in Cleveland. Here’s an interesting human interest story that happened yesterday though. Jason Bay -- the Canadian better known around Boston as Jay Ray Bay -- has had a tough month. With his incredible two-month hitting binge coming to an end, Bay's batting average has dipped to .262, the lowest it has been since April 22. He hasn't hit a home run since June 23 and is currently mired in a 2 for 30 slump that included a ...
Anyone else think PETA will be angry about bee slaughter at Padres game?
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... After a swarm of bees delayed yesterday's Astros-Padres game by almost an hour, the bees were massacred by a local beekeeper and play resumed. ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. The Houston Astros -- who once had the ''Killer Bs'' -- beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused ...
