April 13 -- True Anecdote: In National League baseball action, the Atlanta
Braves' Dion James hits a ball that would have been caught easily,
except that in midair it strikes and kills a dove.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987"
Braves' Dion James hits a ball that would have been caught easily,
except that in midair it strikes and kills a dove.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987"
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