Terrified cat loose on baseball field

[Emeraldgreen]

This poor cat. I saw this on the news yesterday. An orange tabby was running around the field frantically looking for somewhere safe to hide during a game between the Mets and the Padres at Citi Field in New York. Everywhere I looked for information, people wrote comments about how funny it was but the cat was terrified and I didn't think it was funny at all. I'm wondering if it was a stray living in and around the stadium or if some stupid person brought the cat and set it loose on purpose. What if it was someone's pet that got picked up by people with bad intentions and then brought to the game and released in a stadium with thousands of people screaming. I'm praying this isn't what happened.
Apparently a black cat was on the field in 1969 and rumors spread that it caused a team to lose an important game or something ridiculous like that.
Anyone know if the cat was caught and rescued? I can't stop thinking about it. Anyone in New York who could call the SPCA or something?

Here is link to the video: VIDEO LINK

[catmandu]

I remember when an outfielder caught a little Kitten thrown out onto the field and he adopted that Kitten, and they had that Cat for many years.
I hope that little Orange Cat is all right, and somebody on the ground crew managed to catch this Cat , and get him to safety.

[Don Juan's mom]

Looks like he was in the right spot to catch flies!

(Zerlina's favorite toy is "any fly that gets in the house.")

Seriously, maybe some of our NY area talkers know what became of that orangie. Maybe name him "Marv"?

Liz

[Taz_Zoee]

This is exactly how Tony La Russa began his Animal Rescue Foundation. A little kitty he named Evie wandered onto the field during an A's game and they shooed her into the dug out and into the bathroom. That was the beginning of a wonderful thing. I believe that was back in 1990 or 91.

I'm sorry this poor kitty was so frightened. I hope someone was as kind as Tony and helped this poor kitty.

[Moesha]

The Mets played their first ever home game in their new stadium, Citi Field, on Monday night. Many familiar faces were in attendance including Tom Seaver, John Franco, former announcer Ralph Kiner and more. One of the more commonly seen faces from good old Shea reared it's ugly head in the bottom of the 3rd inning, a feral cat.
Shea stadium was notorious for housing wild feral cats that made a constant mess all throughout it's bowels. Well it seems the Mets aren't the only ones calling Citi Field their new home these days..
The Mets lost to San Diego 6-5 and the cat got away never to be seen again.

This is the link to that quote. It's all I could find.

[Emeraldgreen]

This is the link to that quote. It's all I could find.

Thanks Moe. I found an article about feral cats living at Shea stadium too after I posted and learned about a TNR organization called Neighborhood Cats who were trying to get cats relocated to Citi Field because they were already feral and would help keep the rodent population down there. I was really surprised to read that as I can't imagine that it would be a very good life living amongst bleachers and all those people come game time. But I guess the life of a feral isn't that great wherever they live unless it's in a barn with good shelter and lots of food.

Before I read that though, I called the Queens N.Y. ASPCA and asked them if the cat had been picked up by them. The guy that answered sounded as if he'd received the question a couple of times already and said "yessssss maam, the cat was picked up". I asked him if the ASPCA picked it up and he said no and that he thought the Queens Animal Control had picked it up. He didn't sound too sure and I sort of thought he was just telling me what I wanted to hear. I got the number for the Queens Animal Control and left a message and also emailed them. I don't really expect to hear back from them. And it does seem that it was probably a feral cat after all.