Every now and then a rogue creature will find its way into Yankee Stadium.
The ensuing video from the YES cameras was spectacular.
Like these two folks.
You’d think they just saw their first naked woman.
Never have once encountered a squirrel in their lives.
Probably thought this was an alien of some sort.
Closest they’ve come to the wilderness is on a golf course at their country club.
Adversity is not something they’ve had to handle much to this point.
That was until this villainous critter invaded their lives and threatened them for all they have.
The other friend of their group also terrified for his own life.
Good on him for pointing out the animal for everyone else to see in case they were unaware.
Yes, that is in fact a squirrel.
The older gentleman next to him couldn’t be less concerned.
Probably wanted to snatch the little fella for himself and take him home as a pet.
Would love to see everyone’s heart rate and how much they vary here.
These folks below had it down correct.
Like obviously you have to be a little concerned about the squirrel situation.
And that’s exactly what happened.
And of course the squirrel was perfectly fine.
Now a leap of 8 feet is obviously not going to do anything to this kind of animal.
A force (such as the force of gravity) is calculated by multiplying mass and acceleration.
On top of being small, squirrels are fluffy and intuitively spread their bodies out when falling.
This allows them to experience as much wind resistance as possible, slowing down their rate of descent.
Some squirrels even use this fact to glide through the air.
While gliding is not the same as flight, we nonetheless call them flying squirrels.
(source)
Fun stuff!
Now if only they could survive cars they’d practically be immortal.
At the time of the squirrel’s antics the Yankees were not doing so hot.
In fact I would have taken more squirrel time on TV than actual game play.
That was until Aaron Judge decided to continue his God-like tear of destroying baseballs.
And Volpe came through in the 10th with some good situational hitting to walk it off.
Recapped it all real quick over on the Tok.
Finally this team is playing consistent good baseball.
Keep it going tonight with Nestor on the bump.
