Dodgers-Diamondbacks Game Delayed Hours Due To The Biggest Bee Colony In The World Behind Home Plate

Late last night, while most of you were sleeping/binging something Gordon Ramsay related before bed with the missus, the Dodgers-Diamondbacks game was postponed nearly two hours due to the biggest beehive I've ever seen in my life nestled behind home plate. 

Thats' right. It's not a typo. Not hyperbole. Not shtick. The biggest, nastiest, meanest (I assume) beehive I've ever seen somehow formed above home plate out in Arizona, forcing umpires to suspend the start of the game for hours. 

How the hell does a beehive like this get into the ballpark in the first place? No clue. But it did, and it spelled trouble:

Beekeeper Matt Hilton steps up to the plate

How about Matt Hilton stepping up the plate and becoming an instant legend overnight? Guy woke up yesterday morning a nobody. No offense, by the way. I'm a nobody, too. 

He started his day with a cup of Maxwell House and his hard hat, but ended it by saving the day at the ballpark, getting MVP chants as he climbed the net, sucking a swarm of bees into oblivion with a shop vac, and then throwing a piss missile of a first pitch. 

What a day. Talk about going from zero to hero in a matter of hours. 

We all get but a few opportunities in this life to make a real difference. To make an impact. To change our lives forever. 

And Matt Hilton knocked his chance out of the park under insane pressure. Legend. 

"Minor leagues to the big leagues now," Hilton, branch manager for Blue Sky Pest Control’s Phoenix office, told local media after first pitch. "It’s pretty cool."

What a liner here from Matty Ice. "Minors leagues to the big leagues." Perfect. Guy doesn't miss. 

What a scene. What a day. 

PS: this made me laugh: