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Elephant Rumblings: Coliseum continues to court wildlife

Happy Tuesday, Athletics Nation!

During the weekend the Oakland Coliseum featured Angels against Athletics, but in another alliterative note it also had possums pestering press boxes. After all the fuss has been made around the Coli’s new population of feral cats earlier in the season, a return of a resident marsupial has some talk stirring again.

This all started during Sunday’s game, as recorded by writers Michael Wagaman and Matt Kawahara on twitter:

This isn’t the first time the Coliseum’s possum population has shown up; in the summer of 2014 one possum made its presence known.