Wakeup Call: Howdy folks! Praying mantis continues his tour of MLB parks

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when a praying mantis invaded the Marlins dugout to terrorize Logan Morrison? (This led to his demotion to the minors, I’m convinced). Obviously the mantis is on some sort of tour of Major League ballparks, because he turned up at Kauffman Stadium last night for the Royals game against the Red Sox, a fact that fascinated NESN announcers Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo.

Sorry Jacoby Ellsbury fans — NESN thinks an insect is more interesting than one of your at-bats. We’ll catch you next game.

At one point NESN even dispatched sideline reporter Heidi Watney to look up praying mantis facts, which she reported during the following half inning. So this means NESN officially has the attention span of a Little Leaguer looking at butterflies in right field.

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ABOUT LAST NIGHT

Your headline of the day so far: Groundhog chases girl into pool …

• How did you spend your Arvydas Sabonis Day?

• Tom Brady’s new Uggs ad is a precious, precious thing.

• So the Patriots’ Danny Woodhead got totally jacked up.

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TODAY IN MARK TRAIL …

I see you, armadillo, tucked into a ball. Predators cannot touch you … and neither can emotions.