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Aug 2, 2019 · On Aug. 4, 1983, Dave Winfield, then a 31-year-old New York Yankees outfielder, threw a warm-up ball in the middle of the fifth inning that struck and killed a seagull.
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Aug 2, 2013 · On a hazy evening 30 years ago, a seagull died in downtown Toronto. Not uncommon in a city then teeming with ring-billed gulls, this particular death would leave a mark on Toronto, an all-star ...
- Katie Daubs
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Aug 4, 2021 · In the bottom of the fifth inning, Winfield threw the ball he was using back towards the dugout and hit a seagull, killing it after warming up between innings.
Aug 4, 1983 · What was indisputable was that his 75- to 80-foot one-bounce throw struck the seagull in the neck, killing it. “That bird had been on the field for three innings. It was just sitting there.
Aug 2, 2013 · One man praised Winfield as a “watchdog” against seagulls — a perceived menace in 1983 Toronto, when six per cent of the international ring-billed gull population made their home on the Leslie Street spit. “That bird didn’t look right to begin with,” said Yankee coach Jeff Torborg after the game.
Sep 23, 2021 · Yankees star's errant mid-inning throw to a ball boy at a Jays game in Toronto in 1983 accidentally struck the avian visitor, which led to the city's humane ...
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- JJ (Governor) Carrier
Aug 4, 2013 · On August 4, 1983, Dave Winfield killed a seagull while warming up before a game in Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. The bird was struck by a ball thrown by Winfield and died on the spot.
