Very fun read…
The whole animal phenomenon may be inconsequential—but it is remarkable. According to the website Baseball-Reference, there have only been 12 players in baseball history with either Byrd or Bird in their surnames, and now two of them are on the Mets. There have been eight with Hawk (highlighted by the gloriously named Chicken Hawks in the early 1920s) and just four with Cow.
via The 2013 New York Mets: Baseball’s Animal House – WSJ.com.
