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Referee Saul Laverni lifts a pigeon hit by a ball during an Argentinean league soccer match between Tigre and San Lorenzo in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Tigre, San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors take part in a three-way, round-robin battle to determine the winner of Argentina's first-division Apertura title. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) |
Bloodsport: Pigeon doesn't get to see the end of the Tigre-San Lorenzo match
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The pigeon was not dead. It was not even seriously injured. It just made sure it laid there long enough so the player who hit it with the ball got a yellow card. The pigeon then miraculously recovered and finished out the game.
Kyle responds: I dunno, looks like kind of a flop to me.