Twins Broadcast Crew Kicked Out of Booth at Oakland Coliseum So Exterminator Can Hunt Possum
The Oakland Coliseum has been around for more than half a century. The Oakland Athletics have played there since 1968. They hope to move to a new stadium in a couple years, but for now, hey, look, a possum.
writing my story, look up and pic.twitter.com/zzB1S5xFkn
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) May 16, 2022
Images of a possum sticking its head out of the drop ceiling in the press box were shared on Sunday as the A's hosted Shohei Ohtani and the Angels. Then on Monday, as the A's were preparing to play the Minnesota Twins we got this tweet from longtime Twins play-by-play broadcaster Dick Bremer saying that he was asked to leave the booth so an exterminator could hunt the possum.
I've just been asked to leave the visiting broadcast booth so an exterminator could come in to try to catch a possum...a series of words that, I'm guessing, has never been connected before. Hope you can join @LaTroyHawkins32, me and ????? for Twins/A's tonight from Oakland.
— Dick Bremer (@dbremer_pxp) May 17, 2022
Dallas Braden posted a video showing one climbing back into the ceiling.
Comin’ into the office today & just gathering some paperwork & I caught the “tail end” of the stay of our little visitor. What does a possum in the press box mean? Don’t sleep on the A’s , THATS what that means! #PlayinPossum pic.twitter.com/qKnK0lYwgb
— Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) May 16, 2022
This is not the first time a possum - sorry, an opossum - has reared its ugly head at the Coliseum.
Hopefully the new ballpark allows pets.