{"id":103854,"date":"2023-05-17T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/17\/mlb-star-zac-gallen-kills-bird-with-warm-up-pitch-shades-of-randy-johnson\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:05:13","slug":"mlb-star-zac-gallen-kills-bird-with-warm-up-pitch-shades-of-randy-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/17\/mlb-star-zac-gallen-kills-bird-with-warm-up-pitch-shades-of-randy-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Star Zac Gallen Kills Bird With Warm-Up Pitch, Shades Of Randy Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-11a8be743185421bb9237a8a0d0f94fb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e52b3b9b-72db-4b6c-a1ee-9b70fe4b8854-1161034702-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e52b3b9b-72db-4b6c-a1ee-9b70fe4b8854-1161034702-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a6\/16by9\/2023\/05\/17\/a622a6fb459c4860a89de4cb37d84acc_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Bally Sports Arizona<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-11a8be743185421bb9237a8a0d0f94fb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b8c5aa73195d095c28e40e18ed829155\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Zac Gallen<\/strong> is used to doing a reasonably good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/randy-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Randy Johnson<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>impression on the mound &#8230; however on Wednesday, he imitated The Big Unit in a method no pitcher ever needs to &#8212; by killing a chook with a pitch.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b8c5aa73195d095c28e40e18ed829155--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d354885d98757792e1566eb9a8b6bda2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>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&#8217;s in Oakland.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d354885d98757792e1566eb9a8b6bda2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f6e2b964062d91d6537e7a738132f52e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>You can see in video captured by a digital camera stationed within the Coliseum&#8217;s outfield &#8230; as Gallen rocketed what gave the impression to be a curveball to his catcher &#8212; he inadvertently struck a chook that was flying close by.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f6e2b964062d91d6537e7a738132f52e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9618cab791e0ded71d85bb389355ee98\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230517_4538a9dc768f42b0817dae842499e707\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:54ddc810-db2c-49bb-9816-eb78b80f441f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/45\/4by3\/2023\/05\/17\/4538a9dc768f42b0817dae842499e707_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Zac Gallen\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9618cab791e0ded71d85bb389355ee98--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6e3b49af38d551a6c0ab0a13aa13c7db\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The footage reveals the feathered foe instantly crumpled to the grass after being hit &#8212; and in line with <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ballysports.com\/arizona\/news\/d-backs-pitcher-accidentally-kills-bird-with-pregame-throw\"><strong>Bally Sports Arizona<\/strong><\/a>, it didn&#8217;t survive.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6e3b49af38d551a6c0ab0a13aa13c7db--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dfdc65285cc256c22532422744f94d25\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The BSA broadcast additionally reported Gallen felt fairly crummy over all of it afterward.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dfdc65285cc256c22532422744f94d25--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-40125fff836a7216acaa71f96acaad86\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-40125fff836a7216acaa71f96acaad86-806536540-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pour one out for the chook. <\/p>\n<p>21 years in the past, Randy Johnson did this. \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvFzq8Lfjt\">pic.twitter.com\/LvFzq8Lfjt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dbacks\/status\/1507019658485919745?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 24, 2022<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dbacks\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Dbacks<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-40125fff836a7216acaa71f96acaad86--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4e1463231f3f393b5b143045db2966e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Of course, Zac is way from the primary Arizona participant to kill a chook with a throw &#8230; you may recall, again in 2001, Johnson destroyed a dove with a fastball in a spring coaching recreation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4e1463231f3f393b5b143045db2966e0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-13a9cbba267fc0d7ce49f2a981b9db74\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/tmz-investigates-britney-spears-the-price-of-freedom-999b20e0-b482-4b1b-ba41-784e3aa042d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7b\/16by9\/2023\/05\/04\/7b52de396f7148bb85a3d63da2d6a532_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"hulu INLINE-PROMO-Britney Spears\"\/><br \/>\n                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-13a9cbba267fc0d7ce49f2a981b9db74--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4c2aa456cc862ea6d01db789d303e604\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Like Zac, Randy did not discover a lot amusement within the second in any respect.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4c2aa456cc862ea6d01db789d303e604--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4e68b81c942c9bd296917c24a45beb00\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>RIP, birds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4e68b81c942c9bd296917c24a45beb00--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material Bally Sports Arizona Zac Gallen is used to doing a reasonably good Randy Johnson impression on the mound &#8230; 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