sports.yahoo.com - 7/3/2009
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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 when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at Petco Park.
tonyblogs.net - 7/3/2009
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You just know they will. That's because to
them every animal and insect is a beautiful, heaven-sent...
creature and life is all about rainbows and unicorns, or something like that. After a swarm of bees delayed yesterday's Astros-Padres game by almost an hour, the bees were massacred by a ...
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Anyone else think PETA will be angry about bee slaughter ...
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.
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Astros swarm Padres after 52-minute bee delay
bugsandcranks.com - 7/2/2009
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Federal Baseball —
... makes the case that Milledge and Dukes had to go because of their attitudes. He may be on to something.
Somebody appears to have had enough of Scott Boras. Take THAT, Land Rover!
More from around the league after the jump...
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Yahoo's power rankings have the Yankees moving up. Guess who's in last place!
While a lot has happened to slow the Nationals, at least they haven't been the victims of a bee delay.
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Angels blog —
... , whose seats behind home plate at Angels Stadium last night were attacked by bees. Boras wasn’t at the game, but the year’s most groan-inducing lead was: “Baseball agent Scott Boras always creates a buzz.” Groooooaaan. The first bee attack of the season, in San Diego, inspired this lead from Yahoo : “It was the kind of late-inning buzz that none of the players had experienced before.” • Let’s get Scott Kazmir a nickname. ...
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NYT > Baseball 7/3/2009
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 ...