Mets announcers forced to call game from different booth as possum ‘makes a home’ at A’s stadium

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The New York Mets' television announcers had a last-minute change to their broadcast in Oakland Saturday.

SNY's Gary Cohen and Ron Darling called the game against the Oakland Athletics from a different booth because a possum "makes a home" in the visitors' broadcast booth.

"So, when we came here last September, we were told the tale of the ‘RingCentral Coliseum Possum,’ who apparently makes a home in the visitors' TV booth," Cohen said in the top of the second inning. 

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A game between the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics Aug. 28, 2022, at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, Calif.  (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Cohen said former Mets radio broadcaster Wayne Randazzo, now the TV voice for the Los Angeles Angels, told the SNY crew that while he was calling an Angels' series against Oakland earlier this season, the possum "made an appearance during the game in their booth."

"So they set traps for this possum, but he's proved elusive," Cohen said.

It seemed like the plan for Saturday was to have Cohen and Darlng, a former Mets pitcher, call the game from the normal visitors' booth despite nobody having "been in that booth for a few days."

But when SNY staff entered the booth Saturday morning, they were forced to make the change due to a foul odor.

Oakland Athletics gear on the grass before a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards April 10, 2023, in Baltimore.  (Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images)

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