Hall Of Famer Randy Johnson Kills Bird In Game

Randy Johnson is a man of distinction. The Big Unit, who joined Pedro Martinez, Craig Biggio, and John Smoltz as the newest member the baseball's Hall of Fame on Sunday, accomplished a lot on his way to enshrinement. The 6'11" hurler struck out 10.61 batters per nine innings in his 22-year career, still the highest mark ever. His 4,875 strikeouts are the second-most all-time, behind Nolan Ryan. He won five Cy Young awards, second only to Roger Clemens' seven. And he's 22nd on the all-time wins list with 303. Oh, and he's also the only professional pitcher in recorded history to accidentally explode a bird with one of his pitches.

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[TB-niur]

For those wondering, the bird was unfortunately not able to get up and take his base...

[regularassyoutube]

That bird just woke up in heaven like "what the hell just happened???"

[omegaprophet]

The chances of that happening have to be astronomically low.

[briarmason]

That dude should feel accomplished. He managed to do something that is quite literally, a one in a million type of achievement.

[matthewwheeler]

Out of all the people that bird could have been hit by, it got hit by one of the best, hardest-throwing pitchers in history.

[SplashAttackTCG]

When throwing a Pokeball at Pidgey goes wrong...

[basementhouse]

How did she say “explode a bird” with a straight face

[jailcatjones]

Perfect demonstration on how dangerous a pitcher's throw really is, especially when it's Randy Johnson!

[ariadnegmusdaedaloximo]

-Hitting two birds with one stone-
Vaporizing one bird with one fastball ✔️

[jayluck]

Love how it still made it to the backstop with only two bounces.

The ball, not the Dove. The dove only made it ten more feet.

[SRABCD]

Achievement Unlocked : Just Plain Feathers

[QuiteDan]

*WITNESS ME, BROTHERS!*

*SPRAAAAWK!*

[rotciv]

I wish that happened in golf, so we could say that he got a "birdie".

[kylebradley]

Honestly, this bird is a martyr for birdkind. He is one of THE most famous of his kind. Not just of his species, but of the aviary family of species. May we mourn his death, but celebrate his sacrifice. No other bird, my wife excluded, has ever brought me quite the joy that this clip provides me every year when I randomly think about it. Rest in peace, little bird.

[SmokeymcJoint]

Still one of the greatest moments in baseball.

[UsmcIronhorse]

I couldn't stop laughing, when PETA tried to file charges against him for hitting a dove that flew into his pitch.

(Edit: I forgot about this post, and I'm surprised at how many likes it received. At least we can agree about PETA. Take care everyone)

[pdraggy]

Dude perfect in a single take... And with the BEST pitcher ever (as far as his fastball goes). Stuff of legends

[chasenovak]

Randy Johnson yeeted that ball so hard that it was going to tear the first thing it hit out of existence, the bird, seeing this, swooped in the way of the ball, sacrificing himself so the catcher may live, that bird was a hero.

[huntermitchell]

My favorite part is how everyone just stands around like “what do we do now?”

[greglawrence]

Well... regardless of circumstances, that bird would be dead by now.