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VIDEO: Cat Disrupts Yankees Game, Evades Grounds Crew, Wins Over Fans

A stray cat brought yesterday’s (August 2) game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles to a halt when it ran into the outfield and evaded multiple members…

A cat runs away from security and grounds crew members during the eighth inning of a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 2, 2021 in New York City.
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A stray cat brought yesterday's (August 2) game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles to a halt when it ran into the outfield and evaded multiple members of the grounds crew multiple times.

Video of the incident can be viewed below via MLB's YouTube channel. At the time of this stoppage in play, the Yankees were down 7-1, and somehow, this random cat gave Yankees fans inside Yankee Stadium something to really cheer about. They erupted in applause every time the cat scurried past grounds crew members and at one point began chanting, "M-V-P! M-V-P!"

The video below was from the Orioles broadcast, and even their play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown was stunned by the cat's speed saying, "Look at this thing go; it’s faster than anybody on the Yankees!"

Eventually, the cat went through an open door along the third-base line, which led to an eruption of boos from the crowd. In what appears to be fan-shot video from the game shared to NJ.com's YouTube channel, following the first time the cat dodged getting caught, Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell" began playing on the Yankee Stadium's P.A. system. Talk about purr-fection!

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights