Citi Field Really Does Have a Raccoon Problem
There is a raccoon at Citi Field. The raccoon was seen near the New York Mets bullpen on Sunday afternoon. Most pitchers stood a safe distance from the animal while Carlos Carrasco and Aaron Loup tried to help security wrangle the wild animal.
fwiw, Mets pitchers are standing off to the side while security attempts to handle the alleged raccoon situation. I was held up at the media gate for a few minutes for an “on-field incident,” too. lol pic.twitter.com/KQd1SN8Tb1
— Deesha (@DeeshaThosar) August 1, 2021
This actually ends a months-long debate in the Mets' corner of the Internet as Fransisco Lindor relayed a story of encountering what he thought was a "New York rat" in the bowels of Citi Field back in May.
"We were going back and forth debating if it was a rat or a racoon"
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 8, 2021
SOUND UP to hear about what happened in the tunnel between Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil from Francisco himself ? pic.twitter.com/REn66S6nf3
So while some New York City rats may be the size of a raccoon, in this case, it probably was a raccoon. Presumably the same one, but how knows. What we do know is that this kind of thing would never happen at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey where hundreds of feral cats may or may not be in charge behind the scenes.