Invading birds? Creepy smoke? Wrong helmet? Baseball got weird Monday

Jason Foster

Invading birds? Creepy smoke? Wrong helmet? Baseball got weird Monday image

Who says baseball’s boring?

Monday night saw a healthy helping of stuff you don’t see every day from the ol’ national pastime.

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You got the argument for why pitchers should be required to throw every ball in an intentional walk.

You got a dude coming to bat with the wrong helmet, but getting a hit anyway.

You got a bird invasion in Oakland.

Oh, yeah, there was also spooky smoke in Houston.

Former MLB pitcher Joaquin Andujar had it right: "You can sum up the game of baseball in one word: 'You never know.' "

Jason Foster

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Jason Foster joined The Sporting News in 2015 after stops at various news outlets where he held a variety of reporting and editing roles and covered just about every topic imaginable. He is a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and a 1998 graduate of Appalachian State University.