You go, squirrel!
Is St. Louis jinxing itself for Game 5 by setting up traps to nab the RallySquirrel?
It's a bird! No, wait — it's a plane! Hold on a sec. It's ... a squirrel?
Yes, a squirrel. Now you'll understand exactly what fans and players in the St. Louis-Philadelphia playoff baseball series are thinking.
Not one, but two games in St. Louis in the National League Division Series (Games 3 and 4) have been graced by the unexpected presence of a furry fanatic on the field that wasn't quite listed on the player roster.
In Game 3, a little brown squirrel scurried through the outfield, raising a few eyebrows and fueling a few giggles.
By Game 4, the brazen squirrel grew bolder. He not only dubbed himself "Busch Squirrel," scored himself a Twitter account (boasting almost 10,000 followers), and coined his hashtag "#rallysquirrel."
He scuttled right across home plate in the middle of a Roy Oswalt pitch to Skip Schumaker — incidentally leading the underdog Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the heavily-favored Phillies.
Clearly, he's a Cardinals fan.
But now the Busch Stadium staff is setting squirrel traps up — right when the Cardinals are set to play everyone's World Series pick on the road in a decisive Game 5 tonight. Talk about potential jinxes!
The series used to be about baseball. It used to be about playoffs and titles and pennants and glory.
But now?
Well, you go, squirrel. Stay free.