Red Sox’s Give Girl the Bird

This past Thursday 13-year-old Alexa Rodriguez was touring the Boston Redsox’s baseball stadium, Fenway Park, on a school field trip and was attacked by a native red-tailed hawk. The hawk swooped down from its nest high at the top of the stadium, and, with talons extended, scratched the girl’s scalp, drawing blood. Alexa wasn’t seriously injured, and according to the school’s chaperone, Vince Jennetta, Alexa was “a little shaken, but OK.”  

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, bitter rivals, battle every season for bragging rights and the chance to win the World Series. Known for their history of curses and strange omens, this particular incident came as of no surprise to both Red Sox and Yankee fans. Yankees star shortstop’s name is Alex Rodriguez. Coincidence? Mistaken identity? Failed evil plan by the Red Sox to take out the real Alex Rodriguez? Who knows. We won’t know anything until the Red Sox and Yankees battle it out later this year- shortstop Alex Rodriguez might consider wearing a helmet.  

Red Sox officials had the Yankee-hating-bird and its nest removed from the ballpark by state wildlife officials. The nest, which contained one egg, and hawk were relocated and placed in the wild- far away from any small children that the hawk might again confuse as being a Yankee ballplayer. Full coverage of the eerie event can be found at ESPN.