A MEDIUM-SIZED rodent - perhaps about the size of the pitching rubber - deftly scaled the screen behind home plate in the second inning of last night's game between the Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals.
It distracted everyone on the field and in the stands, which wasn't the worst thing in the world. The people, after all, came to be entertained.
The Citizens Bank Park Squirrel, no relation to the 2011 NLDS Busch Stadium Squirrel, according to a baseball source, didn't stop with his high-wire act.
With a hop, skip and a jump, our hero was suddenly dancing on the dugout.