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Alaskan baseball game delayed while AN ACTUAL BEAR wandered near the outfield wall

Alaskan baseball game delayed for real-life bear

Every once in a while, some of Mother Nature's more graceful creatures wander into play during a baseball game. You've got the squirrel in Cleveland, the gulls in Frisco, the cat in--HOLY COW THAT'S A REAL-LIFE BEAR!

Swisher Bear

An American Legion baseball game in (you guessed it) Alaska was briefly delayed when an actual, flesh-and-bone, probably-hungry-for-the-taste-of-human-flesh bear casually waltzed just beyond the outfield wall like he was looking for the portal to wherever Moonlight Graham goes at the end of Field of Dreams.

Yeah, let's see Nick Swisher try to scoop that little guy up in his glove ...

Swisher Bear

[h/t CBS Sports]