Swarm bees baseball game

It would have been great free advertising. The action of Game of the Week broadcaster Tony Kubek was also noteworthy. As for the game, once it got underway, it was a laugher. Fred Norman threw a four-hitter for the Reds, walking just one. With the shutout, the little lefty brought his lifetime record at Riverfront to as a Red.

Cincinnati knocked Ed Halicki out of the box in the bottom of the first. Pete Rose led off with a single.

The Hit King, who was 3-for-4 in the game, was off to the best start of his career: for After Ken Griffey Sr. Three batters later, Halicki got the hook. George Foster added another three-run blow in the fifth and Griffey hit a solo shot in the sixth.

Meanwhile, Norman allowed only one Giants baserunner to reach second. Just one San Francisco batter got on base after the fourth inning, and he was erased in a double play. Norman became the first Cincinnati hurler in 36 regular-season games to pitch a complete game. He admitted to a phobia about bee stings because he got bad welts from them. Norman credited his performance to the signal-calling of catcher Johnny Bench and a new delivery. He wants everything shortened up into a more standup position so I can see home plate better.

Yet this episode was by no means the last. The next one came on May 26, , early in the second game of a daytime doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After annoying fans in various parts of the lower grandstands, a cloud of bees landed on the backstop screen at Riverfront and remained there in a large pack. Again a beekeeper collected them. The third swarm at Riverfront in 11 years took place on May 10, The game was halted for 17 minutes at that point to rid the field of bees. The game, which was scheduled to start at , was delayed 18 minutes. The Giants were the opponent once again. No one was stung — this time. Once again, a beekeeper was called to attend to the insects, delaying the game for 52 minutes.

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

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