Squirrel’s tightrope walk stuns Yankees fans

ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian likes to say that for those who attend a Main League Baseball sport, you would possibly see one thing you might have by no means seen earlier than.

For some New York Yankees followers Tuesday night time that quote got here true, however maybe not precisely as Kurkjian envisioned.

Followers sitting within the entrance row of the bleachers have been handled to an up-close-and-personal feat of aerobatic achievement from, of all creatures, a squirrel. The YES Community digicam caught the squirrel dart throughout the highest of the outfield wall, earlier than launching itself off the wall, and onto the warning observe under.

Of specific word? The reactions from every of the followers, as they appear to get higher and higher alongside the squirrel’s journey:

As you would possibly anticipate, social media went … nuts over the squirrel.

Even higher? The variety of references to Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip that rolled in.

Yankees followers would possibly contemplate the squirrel a good-luck appeal. Aaron Choose homered within the backside of the ninth to tie the sport at 5-5, and ship the competition towards the Baltimore Orioles into further innings. Then, within the backside of the tenth, Anthony Volpe lifted a fly ball to proper middle that allowed Isiah Kiner-Falefa to tag up from third and are available dwelling with the successful run.

New York improved to 30-20 on the season with the win, going ten video games above .500 for the primary time this season.

Are some “rally squirrel” towels sooner or later?