So that something wouldn’t smell bad at the far end of the Cardinals’ dugout Friday, a surfeit of four skunks who had slid into or under a compartment were allowed to stay behind a trap door, as opposed to their being released before the game and causing havoc not only in the dugout but in the stadium.
Manager Mike Matheny is an avid hunter but he said, “I don’t hunt skunks. There’s not a skunk season that I’m aware of.”
His pregame interview in the dugout was cut short as Matheny hastened to the safety of the field to throw batting practice.