They say there’s no crying in baseball. But there is, apparently, flying.
Dodger Stadium got a visitor from above during Wednesday night’s Game 2 when a goose appeared on the field during the bottom of the eighth inning. The bird settled down in shallow right field, giving itself the best seat in the house for Gavin Lux’s two-out single. That led to much talk of a Rally Goose title being formed as the Dodgers attempted to mount a comeback.
Padres manager Bob Melvin made a pitching change immediately after, giving the Dodger Stadium grounds crew a chance to corral the goose and remove it from the field.