Angry pigeon gives Rays’ Kevin Kiermaier a scare at Yankee Stadium

If you like your baseball a little weird, then Friday night was an especially good night for you.

Between Trevor Bauer’s changing batting stances, the St. Louis Cardinals losing their fourth straight home game, and Tampa Bay’s Kevin Kiermaier dodging a dive-bombing pigeon, there was plenty to make you scratch your head and/or laugh out loud.

Wait, did we actually just say Kevin Kiermaier dodged a dive-bombing pigeon?

Holy smokes, what in the world is going on out there?

There’s Kiermaier, enjoying the fact his 12th inning single just gave Tampa Bay the lead. Then his joy turns to temporary panic as the angry New York pigeon responds with his own version of chin music.

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It appears the pigeon is donning Yankees’ colors. He’s obviously a fan, and very possibly a regular listener to the postgame show. Since he can’t dial a phone, this is just one of the ways he vents his frustration. One of the cleaner ways we should add, because there are obviously much worse things he could have done to Kiermaier.

Here’s hoping the pigeon found a good perch following his little stunt. In the bottom half of the inning, his Yankees rallied for their first walk-off win of the season on Brian McCann’s three-run homer.

Everybody drove, rode the subway, or in the pigeon’s case, flew home happy. And he even got a free dinner out of it.

What a life. 

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Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Townie813