{"id":61371,"date":"2025-05-28T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/61371\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:04:09","slug":"squirrel-on-field-puzzles-riley-greene-terrorizes-detroit-tigers-bullpen-while-announcers-narrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/61371\/","title":{"rendered":"Squirrel on field puzzles Riley Greene, terrorizes Detroit Tigers bullpen while announcers narrate"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT \u2013 A squirrel infiltrated Comerica Park during the Detroit Tigers game on Tuesday, puzzling Riley Greene and terrorizing the bullpen pitchers while the announcers narrated every glorious moment.<\/p>\n

It happened during the very first at-bat of the game, and the video has since gone viral. If you were watching on FanDuel Sports Network<\/a>, you got to enjoy commentary of the squirrel\u2019s journey from Jason Benetti and Andy Dirks.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, we like to stay on topic here, but — Squirrel! SQUIRREL!\u201d Benetti said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat? Where? Where? I don\u2019t see it,\u201d Dirks said.<\/p>\n

The squirrel was bounding around the outfield, at one point leaving Greene completely perplexed in left. It eventually made its way to the outfield fence, and ran along the warning track to the bullpen, which has a fence through which the relievers watch the game.<\/p>\n

Tyler Holton was sitting on the end when the squirrel hopped up and eventually wriggled through the fence.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh boy, the bullpen\u2019s on it,\u201d Benetti said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHolton just got scared!\u201d Dirks said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, Tyler!\u201d Benetti said.<\/p>\n

The squirrel ultimately disappeared from view into the bullpen.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in the bullpen with the guys down there,\u201d Dirks said. \u201cHolton about came unglued.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTyler gets lefties and righties out, but not squirrels,\u201d Benetti said.<\/p>\n

The broadcast also showed Will Vest looking over and trying to find the squirrel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d Benetti said. \u201cPeople think sometimes we don\u2019t stay on subject, but literally, first pitch, there\u2019s a squirrel.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true, some people do complain that the Tigers broadcast doesn\u2019t stay on the topic of the game enough. But baseball season is long, and it\u2019s nice to have a team of play-by-play guys and analysts who can be more entertaining than just, \u201cfoul, strike, fly ball to left field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Never change, fellas.<\/p>\n

If you want to re-live the FanDuel Sports Network<\/a> call, you can watch the video above.<\/p>\n

On a related note, if you\u2019ve never read about the time a squirrel got into my house (twice), here are those beautiful memories:<\/p>\n

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