News about Randy Johnson

A mother koala and her joey were both expected to see what football was all about in Queensland on Saturday, making them possibly the youngest pitch invaders of all time. The mother was arrested across the corner of a playing field in a match between Mansfield and Raceway in the Queensland Christian Soccer Association at Citipointe Christian College in Brisbane with a baby on board. During the dramatic match, the cheeky and curious marsupial temporarily lightened the atmosphere, halting play.

Will Brennan only attempted to hit the ball? What happened after that wasn't by design? During Cleveland's 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night, Cleveland's rookie outfielder accidentally killed a bird wandering on the infield grass. Brennan, a left-handed hitter at first base, went the other way with a 92.6 mph fastball from Chicago's Jesse Scholtens.

Zac Gallen, a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, channeled Randy Johnson for a deadly pitch before the game against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Gallen was warming up for the final match of the teams' three-game series when he killed a duck with an unfortunate toss. Gallen threw a curveball that struck a bird in midflight, evidently killing the animal while warming up in the outfield. The throw was caught on camera by Diamondbacks' broadcaster Bally Sports Arizona.

The bracket has been drafted and the new expanded MLB playoffs are set for their first appearance, with 12 teams competing to win the Commissioner's Trophy in what might be the best postseason in baseball history. The reformed playoffs did not only reward the top two teams in each league with first-round byes, but also the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, which all happened to be popular with fans at the end of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The World Series picture, as well as an 111-win team, the Dodgers, and three other 100-win clubs: the Astros, Braves, and the New York Mets. So even if an underdog makes it to the Divisional round, several of the best regular-season clubs in recent memory will all be around to compete for the pennant.