Goose steals show at wild game
A greater white-fronted goose flew into Dodger Stadium as the Padres played the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLDS.
The goose made a grand entrance in the bottom of the eighth inning as Nick Martinez was on the mound for the Padres and the Dodgers’ Gavin Lux was at the plate. The unexpected flight onto the field took the same path as the Navy Leapfrogs parachute team before games. Its 5-foot wingspan was spread out as it coasted past the left-field video board headed toward the right-field foul pole.
“I was on the mound and I heard the crowd roar and I thought we had a streaker. So I turn around and I see a goose sitting there,” Martinez said at practice Thursday. “Thought that goose just wanted to catch a game.” While the goose stayed put, Padres manager Bob Melvin called for a pitching change, giving the grounds crew a chance to engage the goose. As a member approached, it took off toward right field, made a sweeping, 180-degree turn and headed straight for the Dodgers dugout along the third base line. As the crowd roared it approached the foul ball protective netting and made another banking, 180-degree turn landing near the Dodgers on-deck circle, where Cody Bellinger was taking swings.
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