Andrew Joseph

azcentral sports

San Francisco's AT&T Park is home to the World Series champion Giants and a ton of seagulls.

The stadium basically serves as the social hub of the Bay Area seagull community with a plethora of readily available food and drink options.

Especially at night.

Well, during the 12th inning of the Diamondbacks' 7-6 win over of the Giants, those two worlds collided in the form of a falling chicken tender.

There was a brief delay after pitcher Randall Delgado got the Giants' Buster Posey to fly out because one of those seagulls lost hold of a chicken tender right above the mound.

Umpire C.B. Bucknor had a good laugh about the fallen food, and Aaron Hill simply kicked it to the back of the mound. But the timing of that chicken tender's fall was incredible. It landed almost right as Delgado delivered his pitch.

These seagulls aren't going anywhere either. According to the Mercury News, the seagulls are protected by U.S. environmental laws. The team also determined that the $8,000 per game price tag of hiring a falconer to prey on the birds was too costly and gruesome for a family-friendly game environment. Yeah, that was apparently an option.

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