It's A Bad Day To Be A Bird In Cincinnati With The Reds Now Being Undefeated After Drilling A Pigeon During Batting Practice
Justin K. Aller. Getty Images.If there's one thing about baseball players, it's that they're all a bunch of superstitious freaks. They have traditions and routines they carry with them since they were a little kid swinging the bat for the first time. Baseball is a bizarre game that sort of lends itself to the idea of having some sort of "higher power" which can either be a curse to the team, or something that propels them onto greatness.
So when a Reds player ended up smoking a pigeon during BP yesterday, you knew it was going to go one of only two ways.
Either this pigeon was going to curse the Reds and they wouldn't have another winning season again for at least the next 40 years. Or the sacrifice of that pigeon would please the baseball gods, and they would be rewarded with a W.
The Reds beat the wheels off of Pittsburgh last night (not saying much), so now they've never lost a game on a day when a player has nearly assassinated a pigeon during batting practice that day.
Again, baseball players are creatures of habit. They seem to believe in superstition more than any other version of athlete in sports. So if the routine was to sacrifice a pigeon before a win yesterday? Well the Reds still have about 110 games left to play this season. That means there are still 110 pigeons flying around across the country right now who don't even realize how in jeopardy they are right now. Especially pigeons flying around the Cincinnati area right now considering 50 or so of those remaining games will be in Cincinnati.
Pigeons definitely know how to communicate. They literally used to carry messages around for humans. In a funny way, humans domesticating pigeons may just be the key to protecting their future. Because pigeons need to get out right now and warn each other that Great American Ball Park is a no-fly zone for the foreseeable future. A few more wins for the Reds after smoking a bird with a ball, and they might be on the verge of extinction.