Nearly six hours ahead of their Tuesday game against Pittsburgh, Diamondbacks players met at the bullpen. They stretched out their arms, determined an order and prepared for the ultimate battle.
But no one was pitching. It was much more urgent. It was a cow-milking competition.
Pitchers Andrew Chafin and Zack Godley and infielder Nick Ahmed went head to head to see who could get the most milk in one minute out of Charlie, a very large cow brought right to the Chase Field bullpen by Diamondbacks partner Shamrock Farms.
Chafin, whose Twitter handle is @BigCountry1739, seemed like a natural fit for a cow-milking competition.