Pitch invaders can be quite annoying at major sporting events but perhaps they can be forgiven when they are cute little animals.
That’s exactly what happened in Monday’s MLB game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles when an adorable feline burst onto the pitch and caused absolute mayhem as it managed to successfully evade the Yankee Stadium’s grounds crew.
Yankee Stadium security chases a cat around the field for nearly four minutes and never gets its hands on what might be the most elusive animal that ever lived pic.twitter.com/w2HR4H3HaW
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 3, 2021
The staff reportedly managed to eventually get the cat off the field by shepherding it out off the left-field foul line. That being said, the cat won over the crowd and started shouting “MVP! MVP!”
The cat also won fans on social media, including the Orioles who incidentally won the game 7-1.
Radio City Rockcats pic.twitter.com/kAMr7pw4PU
— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 3, 2021
she's a runner she's a track star
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 3, 2021
These trades are getting crazier and wilder each deadline
— Cortney Langley (@cbltwe_13) August 3, 2021
Let him play that’s what he’s paid for
— 🦿🤽🏽♀️🦈🎮🌉 (@_LexLexington) August 3, 2021
Honestly, do *none* of these men speak PSPSPSPSPS? https://t.co/D0GNSSM9hj
— GigerPunk (@GigerPunk) August 3, 2021
This looks exactly like my cat and I’m wondering if she snuck to the Bronx earlier https://t.co/MVQFgGdvJp
— Sarah McCrory (@sarahhmccrory) August 3, 2021
The perfect combination of my interests doesn’t exi— https://t.co/66XPkuZFVM
— Suzy Nakamura (@SuzyNakamura) August 3, 2021
Others feared the cat was scared by what must have been a bewildering situation for the animal.
they clearly don't know how to approach a cat. the poor cat was so scared 😭 https://t.co/zdJkFWgVYr
— jay. (@daelightfuI) August 3, 2021
This absolutely requires the sound on. The crowd fucking loves this cat. https://t.co/cSq4OmioCv
— Trans Gil Gunderson (@Demi_theynd) August 3, 2021
Everything past the two minute mark distresses me to no end 😭 https://t.co/2IMwqevZAr
— Ashley Green (@agreenphotog) August 3, 2021
Yankees’ outfielder was later quoted as saying: “That thing was pretty elusive to catch there. Their tactics to get it I think could’ve been worked on. But that thing was quick.”
There have been no further reports about the whereabouts or the wellbeing of the cat but we hope it is ok.
