For those who mock the bees in my head...

[WilliamPitt]

They are out now, and coming for you. Especially if you wear hair gel.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2020769

Oliver says bees attracted to his hair gel
Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. -- A swarm of bees invaded the field on Thursday and forced a game between the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks to be called after five innings.

The bees literally chased Rockies pitcher Darren Oliver from the mound. He kept trying to go back on the mound, but the bees would go after him again. Finally, he left for good and let another pitcher complete the inning.

"I love this game," Oliver said, "but I like myself a little bit more."

Oliver said the bees apparently were attracted to the coconut oil in his hair gel.

"I guess I must have smelled good. It was kind of funny at first, but after a while I started getting a little nervous and scared out there," he said.

The Diamondbacks took the field in the sixth, but by then the bees had spread over the entire field. Shortstop Sergio Santos, who had just entered the game, was chased all the way into deep center field.

"There were like little packs moving around," said Arizona's Luis Gonzalez, who hit his first homer of the spring in the first inning and was on third after a triple when the bee-delay occurred. "They were all over the pitcher, and Santos when he went out. I think it was either their cologne or deodorant or something. They've got to switch it up."

There was a brief bee delay at the same ballpark two years ago.

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[AlCzervik]

1. Did you ever get in touch with my niece regarding Oxford?

[WilliamPitt]

3. I left her a congratulations message

and plan on calling again perhaps this weekend.

Such good news.

[GOPisEvil]

2. I've heard of games called on account of rain, but BEES?

:crazy:

[democracyindanger]

4. Or maybe his head is shaped like a hive.

[ralps]

5. I guess that means you've stopped wearing hair gel Will.

:hi: :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. "brief bee delay" ....giggle

I think the bees in your head have really gone to your head Will. ;)

[Misunderestimator]

7. L O L... but I want to know... did those bees use steroids?

[yvr girl]

8. Did the Killer Bees that were heading north

divert to Boston? I always wondered what happened to them.

[Sugar Smack]

9. Yeah, but have you read The Handmaid's Tale?

:bounce:

[pamela]

10. I'd never mock the bees in your head.

I've had bees in my head before. It wasn't pretty.

[Hissyspit]

11. Call them back, Will! It is unethical to affect the outcome of a game...

...using insect life, according to the Major League Baseball Official Rulebook. (or is that Little League?)

[Dave Reynolds]

12. Keep those damn things in your head

where they belong, Mister!

[Scout1071]

13. I once jumped out of a moving (albeit slowly) car when attacked by

a vicious bee. He continued to chase me around the car, buzzing my ear and my hair. I was literally hopping, running, flailing my arms and yelling. My co-worker and a total stranger who happened to witness it took no less than 5 min to recover from the laughter. To this day he says it's the funniest damn thing he's ever seen.