For the second week in a row, your regularly scheduled evergreen-style Baseball is Life has been bumped by breaking news. Last week was The Game That Would Not End. This week: Rally Bird.
The Reds were minding their usual business on Sunday afternoon, losing steadily to the Rockies, when a mourning dove arrived in the Fox Sports Ohio broadcast booth. It alighted on broadcaster’s Thom Brennaman’s chair. And then it became A Thing.
Watch as the saga unfolds.
Broadcaster Jeff Brantley was vital in providing an initial eyewitness account:
Cowboy then spotted the dove’s mate on a nearby cable, and decided they were experiencing marital problems:
Thom Brennaman & @RedsCowboy find themselves in the middle of a bird squabble while one bird makes itself at home in the booth.