It starts small, so small you can barely notice it. And then it grows, trickle by trickle. And then, before you even notice it, the squirrels have taken over.
Major League Baseball is being overrun by squirrels
We’ve had two squirrel appearances in the past three days. Our rodent friends are mobilizing.
They’re cute, with their bushy tails and big woodland creature eyes. But it’s clear the squirrel has its eye on ruining baseball as we know it, taking the league over one field at a time.
On Saturday, a squirrel struck at Coors Field, interrupting play in between the Rockies and the Phillies:
(GIF via MLB.com)
Monday night, it happened at Indians-Royals:
Nick Swisher is not afraid of a squirrel. pic.twitter.com/thvnpCGd8L
— Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) April 21, 2014 Where will our furry friends strike next? Who knows. All I know is no matter what we do, we must not act on it, because even as a life-long baseball fan I think squirrels are considerably more interesting than baseball.
To be honest, they could probably keep playing -- the odds of a ball hitting an object that tiny on any given play are imperceptibly small -- but I hope they continue to stop, a) for squirrel safety and b) because watching baseball players try to scare a squirrel off is fantastic.
CC: the Cardinals’ rally squirrel, the squirrel that used to live near the Yankees’ right-field post.
