Baseball may be a game of strategy, skill, and split-second decisions, but sometimes the most unexpected moments come courtesy of creatures that have no business being on the field at all.
Look no further than the wild snake that appeared in the dugout of the Los Angeles Dodgers during Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.
The snake got us thinking, what other strange animals have found their way onto baseball diamonds and dugouts over the years?
Major League Baseball has seen its fair share of some truly wild visitors – not opposing teams, but animals that have wandered into dugouts, sprinted across the outfield, and even changed the course of a game.
Whether it’s a cat interrupting play, bugs and geese invading a playoff game, or birds resting on the grass, these animal encounters have become part of baseball folklore.
So on Tuesday, during the Dodgers workout at Citi Field in New York,we asked some of the players what were …