The Mets arrived at Citi Field on Sunday aiming to snap Los Angeles Dodgers ace Zack Greinke’s 43 2/3-inning scoreless streak. Rather than placing the beast on the 40-man roster, the team trapped it using a humane cage and released it into the wild. And why would the Mets have a cage on hand?
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Not only did they absolutely thrash the Dodgers 15-2 Saturday night, showering bombs and spraying base hits all over the outfield grass, but then, they were greeted by a small raccoon in the weight room the next morning.
There was apparently a cage at the ready.
“I guess they have a problem”, Parnell said
with a laugh.
ESPN reporter Adam Rubin first reported the incident on Twitter as the baseball team dealt with their unexpected guest.
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Parnell insists the raccoon never got defensive like the one in the photo graphic. Little Jerry Seinfeld, a live $8 chicken, was banished to a sanctuary after failing to change the team’s luck a couple of years back. “Yeah, but that was intentional”, manager Terry Collins said Sunday.
