Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 04, 2008
Birdland

I saw this story yesterday about a hawk living at Fenway Park attacking a student on taking tour:

The hawk was perched on a railing in the upper deck behind home plate while the group from Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn., toured the stadium. The hawk flew at the girl and swooper with its talons extended, scratching her scalp.

I figured maybe the hawk didn't like ESPN's coverage of the Red Sox and was taking it out on someone who lived nearby. Then I saw this story:

A certain New York Yankee slugger should beware: A student taking a tour of Fenway Park today was attacked by a red-tailed hawk that swooped off its nest, drawing blood from the girl's scalp.

Her name: Alexa Rodriguez. Her age: 13, the same jersey number the Yankee third baseman wears.

"She's fine, a little shaken, but OK," said Vince Jennetta, a teacher who chaperoned Rodriguez's class trip from Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn.

A new legend for a new century!


Posted by David Pinto at 09:21 AM | Stadiums | TrackBack (0)
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