Sneaky raccoon seen helping itself to ballpark fare at Citi Field as bewildered Mets fans look on
It's been pretty rough sledding for the New York Mets and their fans for most of this season.While their team has the highest total payroll in MLB this year, the Mets have subjected their loyal supporters to last-place baseball and a losing record on their home field.While the play on the diamond has been particularly tough to watch, the lone constant that everyone can rely on is the ballpark food, which one furry fan found to be the case when the Mets took on the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.A SQUIRREL INVADES MLB GAME, JUMPS INTO OUTFIELDERS GLOVE AND CAUSES CHAOS IN HILARIOUS SCENEA video captured by fan Scott Reynolds shows a stealthy raccoon grabbing leftover concession stand food from a hole in the bleachers at Citi Field.It starts with broken peanut shells discarded by fans until a group notices the distinct paw reaching up through the opening.YANKEES FANS SWARM VIRAL 'FRIED CHICKEN' ICE CREAM AS $10.99 DESSERT VANISHES IN ONE INNINGThen the raccoon gets the gift of a lifetime when another fan hands him a full hot dog.Reynolds said that he and his family were eating peanuts and dropping the shells in the stands when they noticed a paw appearing from a small hole in the concrete."We soon realized that it was a raccoon," Reynolds said. "We laughed and enjoyed the extra show.""Extra show" might be underselling it a little bit, as most Mets fans would argue the 30-second clip of the ballpark scavenger is probably more entertaining than anything the team has put on the field so far this season.METS REPORTER DISSECTS TEAM'S MISERABLE SEASON WHILE PRIDE NIGHT MR.
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It's been pretty rough sledding for the New York Mets and their fans for most of this season.While their team has the highest total payroll in MLB this year, the Mets have subjected their loyal supporters to last-place baseball and a losing record on their home field.While the play on the diamond has been particularly tough to watch, the lone constant that everyone can rely on is the ballpark food, which one furry fan found to be the case when the Mets took on the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.A SQUIRREL INVADES MLB GAME, JUMPS INTO OUTFIELDERS GLOVE AND CAUSES CHAOS IN HILARIOUS SCENEA video captured by fan Scott Reynolds shows a stealthy raccoon grabbing leftover concession stand food from a hole in the bleachers at Citi Field.It starts with broken peanut shells discarded by fans until a group notices the distinct paw reaching up through the opening.YANKEES FANS SWARM VIRAL 'FRIED CHICKEN' ICE CREAM AS $10.99 DESSERT VANISHES IN ONE INNINGThen the raccoon gets the gift of a lifetime when another fan hands him a full hot dog.Reynolds said that he and his family were eating peanuts and dropping the shells in the stands when they noticed a paw appearing from a small hole in the concrete."We soon realized that it was a raccoon," Reynolds said. "We laughed and enjoyed the extra show.""Extra show" might be underselling it a little bit, as most Mets fans would argue the 30-second clip of the ballpark scavenger is probably more entertaining than anything the team has put on the field so far this season.METS REPORTER DISSECTS TEAM'S MISERABLE SEASON WHILE PRIDE NIGHT MR. MET DANCES BEHIND HIMLast year, I wrote about how scientists discovered that raccoons are becoming increasingly more domesticated, so it won't be long before our furry Mets fan can emerge from the shadowy underground and come to the ballpark legally.STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU.
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- It's been pretty rough sledding for the New York Mets and their fans for most of this season.While their team has the highest total payroll in MLB this year, the Mets have subjected their loyal supporters to last-place baseball and a losing record on their home field.While the play on the diamond has been particularly tough to watch, the lone constant that everyone can rely on is the ballpark food, which one furry fan found to be the case when the Mets took on the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.A SQUIRREL INVADES MLB GAME, JUMPS INTO OUTFIELDERS GLOVE AND CAUSES CHAOS IN HILARIOUS SCENEA video captured by fan Scott Reynolds shows a stealthy raccoon grabbing leftover concession stand food from a hole in the bleachers at Citi Field.It starts with broken peanut shells discarded by fans until a group notices the distinct paw reaching up through the opening.YANKEES FANS SWARM VIRAL 'FRIED CHICKEN' ICE CREAM AS $10.99 DESSERT VANISHES IN ONE INNINGThen the raccoon gets the gift of a lifetime when another fan hands him a full hot dog.Reynolds said that he and his family were eating peanuts and dropping the shells in the stands when they noticed a paw appearing from a small hole in the concrete."We soon realized that it was a raccoon," Reynolds said. "We laughed and enjoyed the extra show.""Extra show" might be underselling it a little bit, as most Mets fans would argue the 30-second clip of the ballpark scavenger is probably more entertaining than anything the team has put on the field so far this season.METS REPORTER DISSECTS TEAM'S MISERABLE SEASON WHILE PRIDE NIGHT MR.
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