Catch of the day: Raccoon runs wild in Mets' weight room

Marc Lancaster

Catch of the day: Raccoon runs wild in Mets' weight room image

And you thought Zack Greinke vs. Jacob deGrom would be the most exciting thing to happen at Citi Field on Sunday.

As it turns out, the festivities got started a bit early when a raccoon found its way into the weight room in the Mets' clubhouse.

Reliever Bobby Parnell reported, via ESPN New York, that the critter, described as a baby, eventually ran inside a cage and was safely apprehended.

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.