MLB Star Zac Gallen Kills Bird With Warm-Up Pitch, Shades Of Randy Johnson

Zac Gallen is used to doing a reasonably good Randy Johnson impression on the mound … however on Wednesday, he imitated The Big Unit in a method no pitcher ever needs to — by killing a chook with a pitch.

The Diamondbacks ace threw the unlucky toss as he and different Arizona gamers had been warming up earlier than their afternoon recreation in opposition to the A’s in Oakland.

You can see in video captured by a digital camera stationed within the Coliseum’s outfield … as Gallen rocketed what gave the impression to be a curveball to his catcher — he inadvertently struck a chook that was flying close by.

The footage reveals the feathered foe instantly crumpled to the grass after being hit — and in line with Bally Sports Arizona, it didn’t survive.

The BSA broadcast additionally reported Gallen felt fairly crummy over all of it afterward.

Of course, Zac is way from the primary Arizona participant to kill a chook with a throw … you may recall, again in 2001, Johnson destroyed a dove with a fastball in a spring coaching recreation.

Like Zac, Randy did not discover a lot amusement within the second in any respect.