World Baseball Classic Features World’s Smallest Seagulls

All, Animals, Baseball Stephen Douglas March 19th. 2013, 5:25pm

During last night’s World Baseball Classic game between the Domincan Republic and the Netherlands, Major League Baseball cameras broadcast this shot of nearly-microscopic seagulls sitting on a baseball glove. I had no idea birds could be that small. Amazing. Major props go out to the cameraman who zoomed in to catch a glimpse of these tiny birds.

[Image via @CJZero]

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20 Responses to “World Baseball Classic Features World’s Smallest Seagulls”

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PL StabbinKabin Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 5:31 PM
Sigh
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ms621 Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Somewhere, Norm MacDonald is reading this and cursing you for stealing his material.
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arkbadger Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 5:50 PM
not a single mention of Bird Selig. disappointing, to say the least.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:06 PM
The class a baseball team i covered had a promotion with Wendy’s one season. If a player hit a home run into a giant inflatable mitt behind the cf bleachers, quite a poke, the player would get 100k dollars and some fan would get 900k. No one did until late in the season when a visiting player did. Fireworks, place went wild, guy floated around the bases.
Catcher had to tell him it only paid when a home team player hit the hr. Wendys gave the player 5k in gift certificates for PR’s sake
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Chief Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:33 PM
As I said to CJzero last night when he tweeted that pic, the Giants selling a ticket for someone to sit in that glove would be pretty awesome.
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A.P. Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:34 PM
From Our Network: ESPN’s Dana Jacobsen Suspended for One Week
relevant and fresh marketing/advertising!
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A.P. Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:35 PM
Hopefully there’s some offense in the championship game tonight
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Chief Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:38 PM
Hopefully there’s some offense in the championship game tonight
Twins (probable) #5 starter Samuel Deduno is pitching, so I hope not.
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A.P. Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:39 PM
i’m ready for the season to start so the Red Sox can settle in to last place.
/jumps cliff
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s1rweeze Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Twins (probable) #5 starter Samuel Deduno is pitching, so I hope not.
Ball one… ball two… ball three… ball four… ball one…
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A.P. Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:43 PM
so Willingham, Mauer, and Morneau will have to hit a million homeruns this year to avoid losing 100 games right? I haven’t looked at the Twins roster
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A.P. Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:44 PM
Brennan Boesch is the opening day LF for the Yankees! haha Tigers’ fans are laughing.
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Chief Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:45 PM
Ball one… ball two… ball three… ball four… ball one…
He’ll be erratic all year probably, yes.
At least it’s a question of that kind of guy being a #5 starter or minor leaguer as opposed to needing him to be some sort of middle/high rotation guy that has to be around all year.
/am stupidly optimistic about team come 2014
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Chief Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 6:51 PM
I haven’t looked at the Twins roster
Mauer, Morneau, and Willingham like you said. Hopefully Aaron Hicks (prospect) will be starting season at ML level. Middle infield looks like Jamey Carroll, Brian Dozier, Pedro Florimon, and/or Eduardo Escobar. Hot and cold Plouffe is around too.
Pitching sucks: Mike Pelfrey, Vance Worley, Kevin Correia are in rotation, Scott Diamond (who I really like) is starting season injured. I hate the bullpen minus the closer Perkins.
So yeah, 90-100 losses again, in all probability.
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s1rweeze Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 7:01 PM
At least it’s a question of that kind of guy being a #5 starter or minor leaguer as opposed to needing him to be some sort of middle/high rotation guy that has to be around all year.
The only thing against that guy (besides the walks) is that you know exactly what you’re getting from him at this point, he is what he is. I don’t understand the point of having these placeholder type guys. I’d rather see De Vries or some other minor leaguer that has a prayer of maybe getting better.
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Chief Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 7:15 PM
The only thing against that guy (besides the walks) is that you know exactly what you’re getting from him at this point, he is what he is. I don’t understand the point of having these placeholder type guys. I’d rather see De Vries or some other minor leaguer that has a prayer of maybe getting better.
That’s fair.
The farm system is one of the best in majors right now, and three of their top 7 guys are starting pitchers (Kyle Gibson, Alex Meyer, Trevor May). None of them are ready come April, and like I said already, there really isn’t much hope for this season with how the team as a whole is. So I’m not seeing what the point of having those guys rushed is.
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s1rweeze Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 7:27 PM
(Kyle Gibson, Alex Meyer, Trevor May). None of them are ready come April, and like I said already, there really isn’t much hope for this season with how the team as a whole is. So I’m not seeing what the point of having those guys rushed is.
I agree and am totally okay with being patient with those particular guys. I’d just rather see literally ANYONE other than the Deduno/Correia types. Even in the late 90s when the team was hopeless, they trotted out different guys all the time, like Benj Sampson, Mike Lincoln, Dan Perkins, Jason Ryan… and they were ALL terrible. But I’ll take the hopes of a young guy getting good over a “Welp, he eats innings” guy in his late 20s/early 30s.
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Monster is Meth Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 7:52 PM
Vez, the guy got 5 grand in Wendy’s gift cards? Might as well call that a lifetime supply. That’s a lot of baconators.
Speaking of food, had my wisdom teeth out yesterday, so I had been filling up on ice cream and pudding. Shit sucks. But now I’m filling up on beer, so all is well.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 8:50 PM
Yep meth but i figure it was spent on teammates too
And nothing like being ‘forced’ into ice cream pudding and beer. You got insurance?
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A.P. Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 9:16 PM
How do you spell Quitter? KENTUCKY.

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