Seagull With Hot Dog Becomes Instant Baseball Icon at Chicago Cubs Game

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Anything can happen in baseball. On Easter Sunday, one of those things did.
As the Chicago Cubs hosted the Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field, a seagull hit the jackpot, grabbing itself a full hot dog as it cruised across the stadium.
Getty photographer Griffin Quinn also hit the jackpot, as he captured a brilliant image of the bird, with the dog, in flight.
This Chicago seagull just created a BEAUTIFUL moment in baseball 🥹
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 21, 2025
(📸 Griffin Quinn/Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/M80IF37fWj
Baseball fans on social media had fun with the bizarre moment.
Local Bird tries the 9/9/9 challenge at a Cubs game @n8_loz https://t.co/iXG00Sj602
— Matt (@WizardOfLoz) April 21, 2025
I regret to inform everyone the seagull told me he puts ketchup on hot dogs and has now been canceled by the hot dog weirdos. https://t.co/uA6OOJGl5g
— jon greenberg (@jon_greenberg) April 21, 2025
https://t.co/ZogKnWTXtm pic.twitter.com/8mVX2O4shd
— Molly (@FSUmollz) April 21, 2025
Go birds https://t.co/1LRqg5q3hn
— Ed Rose (@ESRosebud) April 21, 2025
Oh to be a Chicago Seagull gliding across the outfield with hot dog in my beak https://t.co/AEbZkIHDgF
— Jake Roskam (@jroskam10) April 21, 2025
Nothing better than enjoying a hot dog at Wrigley Field, even if you are a seagull. https://t.co/KBGZtAEbcp
— James Knudson (@JamesKnudsonII) April 21, 2025
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
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Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News Team/team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.