Canadian Soldiers Baffle NY Yankees in Game 2
Canadian Soldiers is the nickname Clevelanders give to mayflies, those tiny, pesky insects that thrive in warm, muggy weather and flock to moisture--like that found on the skin of sweaty athletes. The Canadian soldiers have been aiding the Indians for many years, flying off of Lake Erie to buzz around athletes heads. (They are also called fishflies or flying ants, the latter possible because of their tendency to assemble in large number in ways that irritate the hell out of humans.)They could be seen buzzing around the heads of players (and umpires) all night, but they seemed to have a special liking for Yankees phenom reliever Joba Chamberlain. You could see them all around his heading, and on the back of his neck. Chamberlain was clearly distracted, and had the Yankees staff come out to spray bug repellant on him. Other players and the umpires took some too, but the Canadian soldiers had already rattled Joba Chamberlain.
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