I've Heard Of Rain Delays

[Hostile]

I went to a Spring Training baseball game today. Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies. A swarm of bees decided to dive bomb the players on the field.

Rockies Pitcher Darren Oliver had to leave the mound 4 or 5 times. Once he was gone the bees decided to go after a young SS for the D-Backs, last name Santos.

For those who don't know, the African bees that have made their way to Arizona sometimes get very aggressive. In particular they seem to not like some colognes and perfumes. I don't know what those guys were wearing but the bees really only went after the two of them. It didn't matter where they stood on the field.

Luis Gonzalez even hit Santos in the back as he joined him in Left Field trying to get away from the bees. I assume one landed on him.

They actually called the game in the top of the 6th inning on account of bees.

I am sure they will say something about it on Sportscenter. This was a first for me.

 

[Juke99]

I went to a Spring Training baseball game today. Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies. A swarm of bees decided to dive bomb the players on the field.

Rockies Pitcher Darren Oliver had to leave the mound 4 or 5 times. Once he was gone the bees decided to go after a young SS for the D-Backs, last name Santos.

For those who don't know the African bees that have made their way to Arizona sometimes get very aggressive. In particular they seem to not like some colognes and perfumes. I don't know what those guys were wearing but the bees really only went after the two of them. It didn't matter where they stood on the field.

Luis Gonzalez even hit Santos in the back as he joine dhim in Left Field trying to get away from the bees. I assume one landed on him.

They actually called the game in the top of the 6th inning on account of bees.

I am sure they will say something about it on Sportscenter. This was a first for me.

*L*

I keep picturing that scene from "The Money Pit" where Tom Hanks gets attacked by bees, and he's swatting at them like a spastic windmill....

 

[Hostile]

*L*

I keep picturing that scene from "The Money Pit" where Tom Hanks gets attacked by bees, and he's swatting at them like a spastic windmill....

That's about what it looked like.

 

[Juke99]

I posted a link from one of the Arizona newspapers...but it didn't work...probably no hotlinking allowed...

But it looked pretty funny.

I am bee PHOBIC!!! I've been hearing about those killer bees coming up for a long time...

I think I'll move up to where Winicki lives...

 

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

I heard that the Bee's where attracted to the Coconut oil in Darren Oliver's hair gel.

Not kidding

 

[Hostile]

I heard that the Bee's where attracted to the Coconut oil in Darren Oliver's hair gel.

Not kidding

These bees are attracted to anything like that if it has a strong smell. If he had gone into the dugout and washed the smell off they would have left him alone.

 

[Cbz40]

I heard that the Bee's where attracted to the Coconut oil in Darren Oliver's hair gel.

Not kidding

That is tooooooooo funny......... Probably wasn't funny too Oliver.

 

[Cbz40]

We've had problems with the African Bees in my area for several years now.........They can be vicious.

 

[Hostile]

Oliver says bees attracted to his hair gel

Associated Press




TUCSON, Ariz. -- A swarm of bees invaded the field on Thursday and forced a game between the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks to be called after five innings.

[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]“[/font][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]I love this game, but I like myself a little bit more. [/font][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]”[/font][font=Times,serif]— [/font][font=Times,serif]Darren Oliver[/font]





The bees literally chased Rockies pitcher Darren Oliver from the mound. He kept trying to go back on the mound, but the bees would go after him again. Finally, he left for good and let another pitcher complete the inning.

"I love this game," Oliver said, "but I like myself a little bit more."

Oliver said the bees apparently were attracted to the coconut oil in his hair gel.

"I guess I must have smelled good. It was kind of funny at first, but after a while I started getting a little nervous and scared out there," he said.

The Diamondbacks took the field in the sixth, but by then the bees had spread over the entire field. Shortstop Sergio Santos, who had just entered the game, was chased all the way into deep center field.

"There were like little packs moving around," said Arizona's Luis Gonzalez, who hit his first homer of the spring in the first inning and was on third after a triple when the bee-delay occurred. "They were all over the pitcher, and Santos when he went out. I think it was either their cologne or deodorant or something. They've got to switch it up."

There was a brief bee delay at the same ballpark two years ago.

Darren Oliver ran for safety after bees buzzed by him a little too close for comfort.




But Joe Garagiola Sr., attending the game with his son, Diamondbacks general manager Joe Garagiola Jr., said he had never seen anything like Thursday's invasion.

"And I go back to 1942," the elder Garagiola said.

Garagiola Jr. briefly conferred with home plate umpire Larry Poncino, then the game was called.

"It got to be a safety issue," Garagiola Jr. said. "The bees were all over the field. They were on the mound, they were in the outfield, they were out at shortstop, and we just couldn't continue play."

There were no reports of players or anyone in the crowd of 8,029 being stung.

There have been increasing reports of emergency calls involving swarming bees in the Phoenix and Tucson areas in recent weeks.

"It seemed like wherever anybody went, a swarm of them popped up," Colorado catcher J.D. Closser said. "They've had some rough times down here the last couple of weeks with some bee attacks, so I don't that's a thing you want to mess with too much."

Arizona center fielder Jose Cruz Jr. first noticed the bees and was chased from his position during a pitch. The bees then moved to the first base area in the next half-inning, where the Rockies' Todd Helton swatted them away. Then they zeroed in on Oliver.

 

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

"Oliver said the bees apparently were attracted to the coconut oil in his hair gel."

Told ya!

 

[junk]

Why the heck do you wear hair gel during a baseball game?

 

[CowboyPrincess]

I posted a link from one of the Arizona newspapers...but it didn't work...probably no hotlinking allowed...

But it looked pretty funny.

I am bee PHOBIC!!! I've been hearing about those killer bees coming up for a long time...

I think I'll move up to where Winicki lives...

I'm allergic to bee's... Think Winky has room for me too???

 

[David Star]

I heard that the Bee's where attracted to the Coconut oil in Darren Oliver's hair gel.

Now that brings new meaning to "bad hair day."