Video: Eagle pursues osprey, makes it drop a fish on a college baseball game

Come for the weird video. Stay for the announcer not missing a beat. "And now a bald eagle has entered the scene …"

February 25, 2019 at 6:16PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

I don't know what else to tell you other than that I promise I didn't make up anything sensational in the headline.

That is, indeed, exactly what happened during a Jacksonville State vs. Jacksonville baseball game this weekend.

It's quite possibly the weirdest thing to happen on a baseball field involving a bird since Randy Johnson threw that infamous pitch.

Come for the weird video. Stay for the announcer not missing a beat.

"And now a bald eagle has entered the scene …"

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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