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sj-roc
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Bee swarm delays Rockies/D'backs game

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May 17, 2012
DENVER — Ho-hum. Just another bee-stinging ... day at the ballpark.
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A swarm of bees delayed the game for about five minutes in the fifth inning.
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Arizona first base coach Eric Young, Colorado first baseman Todd Helton and first-base umpire Mike Estabrook moved over to stand alongside second baseman Marco Scutaro to get out of harm’s way, and several spectators down the first-base line were forced out of their seats.

Play resumed when the bees settled in a cluster on a railing in front of a camera well just beyond the dugout. Beekeeper David Bowers removed the bees by sucking them up with a "bee vac" two innings later.
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As Colorado changed pitchers with two outs in the fifth inning Thursday, the sound system played "Let It Be."
Wonder if they'd ever delay a CFL game over something like this.
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
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There is a golf course in the Okanagan (Vernon?) that has a bee problem. Bee catchers (Honey Jars) on each tee.

Seems like the environment and nature are out of whack and getting worse.
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I thought there was supposed to be a shortage of bees
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Apparently not in Denver
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This reminds me of August 3, 2001 at Rogers Centre during a Blue Jays game. The umpire ordered the closing of the roof after a major infestation of aphids.
sj-roc wrote:Wonder if they'd ever delay a CFL game over something like this.
Or when will there be a time during a Lions or Whitecaps game, the referee orders the closing of opened roof at BC Place.
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