Minor league baseball game delayed by opossum

Get out the old opossum-capturing garbage can, the opossum's on the field!

Earlier this year we found that rising floodwaters around the Mississippi River could not stop baseball for the Quad Cities River Bandits, even if they had to make their stadium into an island. However, there is something that can stop baseball there: OPOSSUM.

The @QCRiverBandits' game was briefly delayed today when an opossum took the field. Seriously. Photo: @QCBanditPhotogpic.twitter.com/rBlgFnZ8ih

— MiLB.com (@MiLB) July 31, 2014

The opossum scurried across the field for a bit:

Rascal's buddy #VoteRascalRiverBandits MT @James__Stratton I have now seen everything... An Opossum at MWP. pic.twitter.com/ANIr0JsQCs

— QC River Bandits (@QCRiverBandits) July 31, 2014

But eventually, the situation got handled:

Brief 3-min opossum delay is over. Grounds crew member for QC trapped it with garbage can, another came over and picked it up by tail.

— Clinton LumberKings (@LumberKings) July 31, 2014

We hope River Bandits Possum can meet up with Rangers Cat.